Jones is the New York Times bestselling au thor of The Only Good Indians and Don&rsquo\;t Fear the Reaper\, and a prolific author of more than 25 books spannin g genres. He has been an National Endowment for the Arts fellowship recipi ent and been recipient of several awards including the Ray Bradbury Award from the Los Angeles Times\, the Bram Stoker Award\, the Shirley Jackson A ward\, the Jesse Jones Award for Best Work of Fiction from the Texas Insti tute of Letters\, the Independent Publishers Award for Multicultural Ficti on\, and the Alex Award from American Library Association. He is the Ivena Baldwin Professor of English at the University of Colorado Boulder.
\nIllinois librarian and Readers' Advisor\, Becky Spratford\, will join J ones in conversation. She trains library staff all over the world on how t o match books with readers through the local public library and runs the c ritically acclaimed blog RA for All. A devout horror fan\, she writes a ho rror review column for Library Journal\, is the author of The Reader&r squo\;s Advisory Guide to Horror\, and is a proud member of the Horro r Writers Association.
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