Kathleen B. Jones was born and educated in New York. She holds a B. A. in political science from Brooklyn College and a Ph. D. from the political science program at CUNY’ s Graduate School and Center. After teaching women’ s studies for two decades at San Diego State University, she resigned to focus on writing, recently earning an M. F. A. in fiction from Fairfield University. Dr. Jones’ s scholarly writing includes six books published with academic presses— three monographs and three edited anthologies of critical essays. Diving for Pearls: A Thinking Journey with Hannah Arendt won the 2015 Barbara “ Penny” Kanner Book Award from the Western Association of Women Historians. Her essays and short fiction have appeared in Fiction International, Mr. Beller’ s Neighborhood, the Briar Cliff Review, and the Los Angeles Review of Books. She lives in Stonington, Connecticut.
