Louis B. Jones

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Louis B. Jones is an American author and essayist. He has written five novels, the first three of which were named New York Times Notable Books of their respective years. [1] His third novel, California's Over, was named the Los Angeles Times ' Best Book of the Year in 1997. [2] He is a National Endowment for the Arts fellow and a fellow of the MacDowell Colony, and was a regular reviewer for The New York Times Book Review . Amy Tan has called Jones "one of the best minds of our generation". [2]

He has served as visiting writer at a number of colleges around the country, and is currently the co-director of the fiction workshops for the Community of Writers.

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References

  1. "Notable Books of the Year 1997", The New York Times , December 7, 1997
  2. 1 2 http://www.ewu.edu/willowsprings/interviews/jones.php [ dead link ]