Jaida Jones
Jaida Jones is an American author. Their most prominent work is the 2008 fantasy novel , co-written with Danielle Bennett.
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]
Bibliography[]
Poetry[]
- Cinquefoil (as Hannah Jones) (2006, New Babel Books; ISBN 0-9720197-4-X)
The Volstovic Cycle[]
- (2008, Spectra; ISBN 978-0-553-80696-0)
- (2009, Spectra; ISBN 978-0-553-80697-7)
- (2010, Spectra; ISBN 978-0-553-80769-1)
- (2011, Spectra; ISBN 978-0-553-80770-7)
Other novels[]
- Master of One (2020, HarperTeen; ISBN 978-0-06-294144-2)
References[]
- ^ "About the Authors". Jones & Bennett. Archived from the original on 18 February 2010. Retrieved 13 August 2009.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Dedyna, Katherine (18 June 2008). "Fantasy book deal for young Island author". Times Colonist. Archived from the original on 19 June 2008.
- ^ Langdon, Murray (23 June 2008). "Online collaboration lands young authors book deal". The Globe and Mail. Archived from the original on 8 July 2011.
- ^ 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.
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