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Jaida Jones is an American author. Their most prominent work is the 2008 fantasy novel Havemercy , co-written with Danielle Bennett.

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Biography

Jones attended Saint Ann's School from kindergarten through high school. They later studied East Asian languages and cultures at Barnard College. [1] Before becoming a published author, Jones co-wrote a Harry Potter fan fiction story called "The Shoebox Project" which gained a massive following online. [2] It was during this time that Jones met Danielle Bennett in a LiveJournal thread and the two started writing a novel together. The resulting novel, Havemercy, was picked up by Random House for an advance of $30,000 and published in 2008. [3] [4]

In March 2019, Jones and Bennett announced they had sold another book, Master of One, a young adult (YA) fantasy which was published by HarperTeen in November 2020. [5]

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References

  1. "About the Authors". Jones & Bennett. Archived from the original on 18 February 2010. Retrieved 13 August 2009.
  2. Hesse, Monica (24 July 2007). "The 'Potterverse' lives on in the world of fan fiction". The Providence Journal . Archived from the original on 28 August 2007.
  3. Dedyna, Katherine (18 June 2008). "Fantasy book deal for young Island author". Times Colonist . Archived from the original on 19 June 2008.
  4. Langdon, Murray (23 June 2008). "Online collaboration lands young authors book deal". The Globe and Mail . Archived from the original on 8 July 2011.
  5. Jones, Jaida [@jonesandbennett] (14 March 2019). "Still don't know what to say. But let's start with THANK YOU @trydzinski! And thank you for loving these difficult fools as much as we do, @aejerman! pic.twitter.com/uKXkeYFNzp" (Tweet). Retrieved 9 September 2019 via Twitter.