The Kaylie Jones Collective
FOUNDER, EDITOR-IN-CHIEF: Kaylie Jones
KAYLIE JONES
KAYLIE JONES has published seven books, including a memoir, Lies My Mother Never Told Me, and her most recent novel, The Anger Meridian. Her novel A Soldier’s Daughter Never Cries was adapted as a Merchant Ivory film in 1998. Jones has been teaching for more than twenty-five years, and is a faculty member in the Stony Brook Southampton MFA in Creative Writing & Literature program and in Wilkes University’s MFA in Creative Writing program. She is the author of Speak Now and the editor of Long Island Noir. Her newest endeavor is her publishing imprint with Akashic Books, Kaylie Jones Books.
MANAGING EDITOR: Kristin Ivey
KRISTIN IVEY
Kristin Ivey (’21 MFA) is a fiction writer, a poet, and a freelance editor. She is currently serving as the managing editor for Kaylie Jones Books. Her work has been published in Hippocampus Magazine, Spark Anthology IV, the Pennsylvania Bards Review, and through Poetry in Transit. She has spent 23 years teaching writing to middle and high school students in Pennsylvania. When she isn’t working, you can find her playing in the woods with her boxer dog and his dog-agility training pals.
JACKET DESIGNER: Kaitlin Martin
KAITLIN MARTIN
Kaitlin Martin is a Chicago-based illustrator and animator. Her work deals with the act of haunting, nature, and the imagery and tropes of gothic fiction. Past works have been featured in Onion City Film Festival, Chicago Underground Film Festival, Sideshow Gallery, and Grimoire Magazine. Her work can be found here.
RENETTE ZIMMERLY - JACKET DESIGNER
RENETTE ZIMMERLY
Renette Zimmerly is an award-winning art director and graphic designer. She lives and works in Brooklyn, NY.
Our Authors
David Andreas • Timothy Brandoff • Laurel Brett • Jason Carney • Mckenzie Cassidy • Justin Kassab • Bill Landauer • Stacey Lender • Laurie Loewenstein • Jaime Manrique • Matt McGevna • J. Patrick Redmond • Lauren J. Sharkey • Deirdre Sinnott • Patricia A. Smith • Nina Solomon • Lauren Stahl• Ronnie Stephens • Barbara Taylor • Theasa Tuohy
Past Interns & Graduate Assistants
Justin Kassab • Maxwell Bauman • Kait Burrier • Anre Carter • R. Anthony Giamusso • Danie Watson-Goetz • Michael Hoarty • Trilby Greene • Monique Millane • Dana Miller • Linda M.C. Nguyen • Rick Priebe • Allison Richter • Ronnie K. Stephens • April Bogle • Patricia Bowen • Kristin Ivey • Jake Canington • Michelle Polizzi • Sharan Duggal • Anne Reeves