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Eleanor Cawood Jones

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Born

in Kingsport, TN

Website

http://www.girlsgonechillin.com/

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Mystery, Crime, Chick Lit

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Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, Dick Francis, a book loving family, and ...more

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Eleanor Cawood Jones began her writing career in elementary school, using a #2 pencil to craft short stories based around the imaginary lives of her stuffed animal collection. While in college at Virginia Tech, she got her first paid writing job as a reporter with the Kingsport Times-News in Kingsport, Tenn., and never looked back. Her work appears in several mystery anthologies and in two solo books. She won the 2021 Derringer Award for "The Great Bedbug Incident and the Invitation of Doom" in Chesapeake Crimes: Invitation to Murder.
Eleanor now lives in Northern Virginia and is a reformed marketing director and freelance copywriter while working on more stories as well as her upcoming mystery novel series. She's an avid reader, people watc ...more

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	Midnight Mysteries (Sarah Booth Delaney, #16.75; Samantha Sweet, #10.5; Organized, #2.5; The Kitchen Witch, #4.5; Sophie Rhodes Ghostly Romance #2.5; A Cherry Tucker Mystery, #5.5; Lella York, #3.5; Nichelle Clarke Crime Thriller, #5.5) by Ritter Ames (Goodreads Author), Carolyn Haines (Goodreads Author), Karen Cantwell (Goodreads Author) 4.19 avg rating — 189 ratings — published 2016	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Murder on the Beach: A Destination Murders Short Story Collection by Karen Cantwell (Goodreads Author), Ritter Ames (Goodreads Author), Lucy Carol (Goodreads Author) 4.14 avg rating — 105 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Florida Happens: Tales of Mystery, Mayhem, and Suspense from the Sunshine State by Greg Herren (editor), Lawrence Block (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Reed Farrel Coleman (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 3.80 avg rating — 74 ratings — published 2018 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Murder in the Mountains: A Destination Murders Short Story Collection by Karen Cantwell (Goodreads Author), Gretchen Archer (Goodreads Author), Leslie Budewitz (Goodreads Author) 4.29 avg rating — 63 ratings — published 2022 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Katherine Hall Page Presents Malice Domestic 11: Murder Most Conventional by Verena Rose (Editor), Katherine Hall Page (Contributor), Marcia Talley (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 3.68 avg rating — 71 ratings — published 2016 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Crime Travel by Barb Goffman (Editor & Author), Art Taylor (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Michael Bracken (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.24 avg rating — 34 ratings — published 2019 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Death is Coming to Town: Four Murderous Holiday Tales 4.30 avg rating — 33 ratings — published 2013 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Baker's Dozen: 13 Tales of Murder and More by Eleanor Cawood Jones (Goodreads Author), Dorothy Cawood Jones (Contributor) 4.18 avg rating — 33 ratings — published 2012 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Murder At Sea (Destination Murders Book 3) by Leslie Budewitz (Goodreads Author), Leslie Budewitz (Goodreads Author), Tina Kashian (Goodreads Author) 4.13 avg rating — 32 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Importance of Being Urnest 4.67 avg rating — 6 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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