| Belinda Jones | |
|---|---|
| Born | Belinda Cheryl Jones (1967-12-20)20 December 1967 Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England, United Kingdom |
| Died | 1 December 2024(2024-12-01) (aged 56) |
| Occupation | Novelist |
| Nationality | English |
| Period | 1997–2024 |
| Genre | Fiction |
| Website | |
| belindajones | |
Belinda Jones (born 20 December 1967) was an English writer.
Biography
Jones was born in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent to parents Pamela (née Gwyther) and Trefor Jones. She grew up in Exeter , Devon, and studied at the London College of Printing. Her first job was on the children's comic, Postman Pat. At the age of 20, she moved on to become a feature writer on Woman's World. She spent four years working on More! magazine as a feature writer. She has had work published in Elle, Empire, FHM, Bliss, Company, and Cosmopolitan. In 1997 she moved to Los Angeles, but later returned to the UK where she wrote her successful first novel, Divas Las Vegas. Her second novel was I Love Capri. In 2009 she switched publisher from the Arrow imprint of Random House to Hodder.
Jones was the co-founder of Notting Hill Press with authors Talli Roland and Michele Gorman.
Her novels mainly fall into the women's fiction or "chick lit" categories, and usually combine romance and travel. On the Road to Mr. Right is an autobiographical travelogue.
Jones died on 1st December 2024 after a short battle with cancer.
Bibliography
- 2001 – Divas Las Vegas
- 2002 – I Love Capri
- 2003 – The California Club
- 2004 – On the Road to Mr. Right
- 2005 – The Paradise Room
- 2006 – Cafe Tropicana
- 2007 – The Love Academy
- 2008 – Out of the Blue
- 2010 – Living La Vida Loca
- 2011 – California Dreamers aka Hollywood Calling
- 2012 – Winter Wonderland'
- 2014 – The Travelling Tea Shop
- 2018 – Bodie on the Road: Travels with a Rescue Pup in the Dogged Pursuit of Happiness (Skyhorse)
References
- "Belinda Jones" (in Dutch). BOL. Retrieved 20 December 2010.
- ^ Schwartz, Dani (11 December 2024). "Belinda Jones (1967-2024)". The Coronado Times.
- "Belinda Jones". TV.com. Retrieved 2 October 2010.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Victoria Gallagher (17 April 2009). "Jones makes move to Hodder". Bookseller. No. 5378. p. 15.
- ^ "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.