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Belinda Jones | |
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| Born | Belinda Cheryl Jones 20 December 1967 [1] Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England, United Kingdom |
| Occupation | Novelist |
| Nationality | English |
| Period | 1997–present |
| Genre | Fiction |
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Belinda Jones (born 20 December 1967) is an English writer. [2]
Jones was born in Royal Tunbridge Wells,[ citation needed ] Kent to parents Pamela (née Gwyther) and Trefor Jones. [3] She grew up in Taunton, Devon, and studied at the London College of Printing. Her first job was on the children's comic, Postman Pat . [3] At the age of 20, she moved on to become a feature writer on Woman's World .[ citation needed ] She spent four years working on More! magazine as a feature writer. [3] She has had work published in Elle , Empire , [3] FHM , Bliss , Company, and Cosmopolitan .[ citation needed ] In 1997 she moved to Los Angeles, but later returned to the UK where she wrote her successful first novel, Divas Las Vegas. [3] [4] Her second novel was I Love Capri. [3] In 2009 she switched publisher from the Arrow imprint of Random House to Hodder. [5] [6]
Jones is the co-founder of Notting Hill Press with authors Talli Roland and Michele Gorman. [7] [8]
Her novels mainly fall into the women's fiction or "chick lit" categories, and usually combine romance and travel. [5] [6] On the Road to Mr. Right is an autobiographical travelogue. [9] [10]
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