Alden Jones
Alden Jones
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| Born | New York, NY |
| Occupation | writer |
| Citizenship | Vereinigte Staaten |
| Genre | Fiction, Memoir |
| Notable works | The Blind Masseuse: A Traveler's Memoir from Costa Rica to Cambodia (memoir, 2013), Unaccompanied Minors (short story collection, 2014) |
| Notable awards | Independent Publisher Book Awards, New American Fiction Prize |
| Website | |
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Alden Jones (born June 5, 1972) is an American writer.
Leben
Alden Jones was born in New York City and raised in Montclair, New Jersey. She graduated from Brown University in 1994, where she concentrated in Comparative Literature and Hispanic Studies and studied fiction writing under Edmund White.[1] As a student she spent time abroad in Europe, and after college she became a volunteer English teacher for WorldTeach in Costa Rica. While she pursued graduate studies in Creative Writing at New York University and Bennington College, Jones traveled abroad frequently as a teacher and trip organizer to countries including Cuba, Costa Rica, and France.[2] In 2006 she was a Visiting English Professor on Semester at Sea.
Writing Career
In 2000, Jones's travel essay, "Lard is Good For You," appeared in the inaugural edition of Best American Travel Writing, edited by Bill Bryson.[3] Jones continued to publish short stories and travel essays in AGNI, Prairie Schooner, Post Road, and other magazines. In 2013 her travel memoir, "The Blind Masseuse: A Traveler's Memoir from Costa Rica to Cambodia," was published by the University of Wisconsin Press. Her short story collection, "Unaccompanied Minors," was published by New American Press in 2014.
Awards
- IndieFab Award[4] (gold medal) for "The Blind Masseuse"
- Independent Publisher Book Awards (gold medal) for "The Blind Masseuse"
- New American Fiction Prize for "Unaccompanied Minors"
- "The Blind Masseuse" longlisted for the PEN/Diamonstein-Spielvogel Award for the Art of the Essay
Bibliography
- "The Blind Masseuse: A Traveler's Memoir from Costa Rica to Cambodia" (2013)
- "Unaccompanied Minors" (2014)