Belinda Jones (writer)
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20 December 1967[1]
Belinda Jones | |
|---|---|
| Born | Belinda Cheryl Jones 20 December 1967[1] Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England, United Kingdom |
| Died | 1 December 2024 (aged 56)[2] |
| Occupation | Novelist |
| Nationality | English |
| Period | 1997–2024 |
| Genre | Fiction |
| Website | |
| belindajones | |
Belinda Jones (20 December 1967 – 1 December 2024) was an English writer.[3]
Jones was born in Royal Tunbridge Wells,[citation needed] Kent to parents Pamela (née Gwyther) and Trefor Jones.[4] 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.[4] At the age of 20, she moved on to become a feature writer on Woman's World.[citation needed] She spent four years working on More! magazine as a feature writer.[4] She has had work published in Elle, Empire,[4] FHM, Bliss, Company, and Cosmopolitan.[citation needed] In 1997 she moved to Los Angeles, but later returned to the UK where she wrote her successful first novel, Divas Las Vegas.[4][5] Her second novel was I Love Capri.[4] In 2009 she switched publisher from the Arrow imprint of Random House to Hodder.[6][7]
Jones was the co-founder of Notting Hill Press with authors Talli Roland and Michele Gorman.[8][9]
Her novels mainly fall into the women's fiction or "chick lit" categories, and usually combine romance and travel.[6][7] On the Road to Mr. Right is an autobiographical travelogue.[10][11]
Jones died on 1 December 2024 after a short battle with cancer.[2]
