Brian Jones
 Agent: Lyons Literary, LLP
Washington, District of Columbia, United States Email: brian@brianjayjones.com
Home page: www.brianjayjones.com
Brian Jay Jones is a critically-acclaimed writer and biographer who has been lauded for his ability to present the academic, political, or unusual in an engaging, highly-readable narrative voice. His writing has been praised not only for its scholarship, but for its “grace, wit and empathy,” and a “chatty, charming, and irreverent style.”
Brian spent nearly two decades as a writer, speechwriter, and public policy analyst, serving elected officials at three levels of government, including nearly ten years in the United States Senate. A dynamic public speaker and presenter, Brian is known for his ability to make even the legislative process entertaining and accessible. He has also discussed Washington Irving in numerous venues across the country, including standing-room only crowds at Politics & Prose in Washington, D.C, the New York Society Library, and the Redwood Library & Athenaeum in Newport, R.I.
Brian’s first book, Washington Irving: An American Original, is one of the first biographies of the author in more than 80 years, and the only true character study of American literature’s first pop culture icon. The Associated Press praised the book as “authoritative,” the Washington Post’s Michael Dirda called it, “engaging, clearly written, and well researched,” while the New York Times summed it up simply as “charming.”
Brian lives with his wife, daughter, and very large dog in Maryland. When he’s not writing, he loves listening to classic jazz and blues, admires the films of Charlie Chaplin, reads anything having to do with the Beatles, and generally succeeds in trying the patience of his wife.
Interests: Biographies, 18th and 19th century history, old jazz and blues, Batman comics, the films of the Marx Brothers and Charlie Chaplin, and anything having to do with the Beatles.
Published writer: Yes
Freelance: Yes |
