RICHARD PAUL JONES
Mr. Jones’s love affair with writing began in high school with sports reporting for the local newspaper and articles for the school newspaper and annual. After a brief stint in the peacetime army (between the Korean and Vietnam wars) he graduated from the University of Minnesota with a BA degree (cum laude) in economics, and extensively wrote both published and internal materials during a 26-year business career in information systems and marketing with Allstate Insurance and Equifax. This was followed by a period of independent business consulting which led the founding of Consultants Exchange, Inc.
Eight years ago, Jones switched his primary focus to writing, and has been a full-time freelance writer for the last four years. He specializes in writing fiction in the political and psychological adventure genres, but also authored an investigative article and several shorter pieces for the local newspaper and likes to dabble in non-fiction based on his love of small-town life in Minnesota.
He currently lives in the Atlanta, Georgia area where his prior business career deposited him “longer ago than he likes to remember.”