About Josh Jones

Josh Jones was born at the witching hour on Hallowe’en in 1973. He caught the reading bug at an early age, when his mom convinced him to pick out a book instead of a toy during a fateful trip to the grocery store. It was a choose your own adventure book about being an interplanetary spy, and it blew this small town kid’s mind. He learned that there were vast worlds inside the pages of the smallest books, and he spent the rest of his childhood being the weird kid who hid in the back bedroom at family gatherings, reading his newest fantasy novel.His favorite authors in those days were J. R. R. Tolkein, C. S. Lewis, Lloyd Alexander, and Terry Brooks. Just your average, exciting epic fantasy for this young lad! Now that he's all grown up, he enjoys commiserating with the poor souls who live and die in much grimmer worlds. His character driven works are largely influenced by Joe Abercrombie, George R. R. Martin, Robin Hobb, Larry McMurtry, Pierce Brown, and Stephen King.His characters wished they lived in the light-hearted imagination of his youth, but some things just can't be helped.Josh travels full-time in an RV with his wife, Lynn, and his dog, Arya. They can be found in Durango, Colorado in the summer, southern Arizona in the winter, and traveling the Four Corners states during the seasons between.