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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]
Biography
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]
Bibliography
- 2001 – Divas Las Vegas [5]
- 2002 – I Love Capri [5]
- 2003 – The California Club [5]
- 2004 – On the Road to Mr. Right [5]
- 2005 – The Paradise Room [5]
- 2006 – Cafe Tropicana [5]
- 2007 – The Love Academy [5]
- 2008 – Out of the Blue [5]
- 2010 – Living La Vida Loca [6] [11]
- 2011 – California Dreamers aka Hollywood Calling [12]
- 2012 – Winter Wonderland [13]'
- 2014 – The Travelling Tea Shop
- 2018 – Bodie on the Road: Travels with a Rescue Pup in the Dogged Pursuit of Happiness ( Skyhorse) [14]
References
- ^ "Belinda Jones" (in Dutch). BOL. Retrieved 20 December 2010.
- ^ "Belinda Jones". TV.com. Retrieved 2 October 2010.
- ^ a b c d e f Catherine Jones (6 July 2002). "Interview: Mother, me and a tale of Capri; Belinda Jones tells Catherine Jones how her new novel 'I Love Capri' was inspired by her mother's pilgrimage to Wales". Western Mail. p. 14.
- ^ "Divas Las Vegas". The Times. 30 August 2000. p. 13.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Victoria Gallagher (17 April 2009). "Jones makes move to Hodder". Bookseller. No. 5378. p. 15.
- ^ a b c "Major sellers: women". Bookseller. No. 5421. 26 February 2010.
- ^ Alison Flood (12 June 2013). "New press hits on 'third way' between traditional and self-publishing". The Guardian.
- ^ Tom Tivnan; Felicity Wood (28 June 2013). "The third way". Bookseller. No. 5582. p. 18.
- ^ Catherine Jones (29 June 2004). "Chick Lit cracks up". Western Mail. p. 1.
- ^ Sam Scott (6 June 2003). "Looking for love in the Port City". Star – News. p. 1B.
- ^ "On the coffee table. Living La Vida Loca, by Belinda Jones". The Mercury. 15 October 2010. p. 24.
- ^ "Belinda Jones official website, biography section". Archived from the original on 20 August 2011. Retrieved 24 August 2011.
- ^ "News". Daily Record. 17 November 2012. p. 11.
- ^ "Pets". Library Journal. Vol. 143, no. 21. 2018. p. 103.
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