Kaylie Jones
Kaylie Jones | |
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| Born | August 5, 1960 Paris, France[1] |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Education | Wesleyan University Columbia University School of the Arts |
| Notable works | A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries Lies My Mother Never Told Me |
| Spouse | Kevin Heisler |
Kaylie Jones (born 5 August 1960 in Paris, France) is an American writer, memoirist and novelist.
Biography[]
Jones is the daughter of National Book Award-winning novelist James Jones (From Here to Eternity), and Gloria Jones, a former actress and stand-in for Marilyn Monroe. Kaylie Jones grew up in Paris, France and Sagaponack, New York. She is a graduate of Wesleyan University and Columbia University School of the Arts.
She has taught in the public schools of New York City through Teachers & Writers Collaborative, and has organized a symposium at Southampton College in memory of her father, who died in 1977.
In 1998, Jones' book A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries (published in 1990) became a Merchant Ivory film. The film was directed by James Ivory and starred Leelee Sobieski as Channe (the protagonist in the novel).
(2009), a memoir, describes her life as the child of a celebrated author and a beautiful, competitive and witty mother, who became an editor at Doubleday with her friend, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis. Gloria Jones's close circle of friends included Lauren Bacall, Betty Comden, Phyllis Newman, and , the daughter of Stella Adler. Kaylie Jones's relationship with her mother became more combative after her father's death in 1977.[2]
In 2011, Jones was instrumental in publishing an uncensored edition of James Jones' From Here to Eternity.[3][4] Her essay, "Judite", appears in the anthology Knitting Yarns: Writers on Knitting (2013), published by W. W. Norton & Company.
Jones helped found the MFA Program in Writing at Long Island University, which is now a part of the Stony Brook University Southampton Campus, and the MFA Program in Writing at Wilkes University. She teaches memoir, literature and fiction writing at both universities.
Personal life[]
Jones is married to Kevin Heisler and has a daughter, Eyrna, born in 1997.[1][5]
Works[]
- (Doubleday, 1986)
- (Doubleday, 1989)
- A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries (Bantam Books, 1990)
- (HarperCollins, 2000)
- Speak Now (Akashic, 2003)
- (HarperCollins/William Morrow, 2009)
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b Jones bio Archived 2014-02-19 at the Wayback Machine, New York Writers Workshop. Accessed May 30, 2014.
- ^ Maslin, Janet. "Book of the Times: A Daughter’s Memoir, a Mother’s Anguish," New York Times (Aug. 31, 2009).
- ^ Kellogg, Carolyn. "Profanity and more to be found in uncensored 'From Here to Eternity' e-book," Los Angeles Times (Apr. 5, 2011).
- ^ Bosmna, Julie. "James Jones' 'From Here to Eternity' is Uncensored," New York Times (Apr. 5, 2011).
- ^ Bullock, Gregory. "Kaylie Jones: A Soldier's Daughter," Archived 2014-02-03 at the Wayback Machine East Hampton Star (Nov. 25, 2013).
External links[]
- Official website
- Jones bio, Harper Collins website
- Holden, J. Z. "The Beautiful Creator - Kaylie Jones," Hamptons.com (July 20, 2006)
- Lybarger, Dan. "Keeping up with the Joneses: An Interview with Kaylie Jones," Pitch Weekly (Jan. 14-20, 1999). Archived at TipJar.com.
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- Writers from Paris
- People from Sagaponack, New York
- American women novelists
- 20th-century American women writers
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