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Zak Jones is the author of Fancy Gap (Hamish Hamilton, 2026). He is a writer and literary scholar. A dual Canadian-American citizen, he grew up between rural North Carolina and Toronto. His short story, “So Much More to Say,” won the Writers’ Trust of Canada’s 2023 Bronwen Wallace Award for Emerging Writers, and his story, “Love Handles,” won the 2023 Norma Epstein National Award. Jones is currently a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Toronto studying veterans’ narratives in American Literature, writing his second novel, and developing an archival documentary project, Riding Six White Horses.

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Zak Jones liked Akeel Ghann's review of Fancy Gap: "3.5 stars It’s starts pretty slow and doesn’t pick up much until part 2 but it’s a beautifully written book with an engaging story. I wish some of the characters and stories had more detail for quite a long book, it just felt like there was so much fl" Read more of this review »
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Zak Jones and 1 other person liked Maxime Brunet's review of Fancy Gap: "More of a 4.5 - change your ratings goodreads. A great debut novel. Every chapter is written from the perspective of a different character, showing you how many sides there can be to one story. As the plot progressed, I found it hard to put this book" Read more of this review »
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