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John Isaac Jones

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in Gadsden, Alabama, The United States

April 20, 1952

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John Isaac Jones is a retired journalist currently living and writing at Merritt Island, Florida. For more than thirty years, "John I.," as he prefers to be called, was a reporter for media outlets throughout the world. These included local newspapers in his native Alabama, The National Enquirer, News of the World in London, the Sydney Morning Herald, and NBC television. He is the author of ten novels, two short story collections and five novellas. ...more

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	A Quiet Madness: A biographical novel of Edgar Allan Poe 3.80 avg rating — 403 ratings — 7 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
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A Quiet Madness

A Quiet Madness, my new biographical novel on Edgar Allan Poe is now on pre-order.
America's most famous poet lives again within these pages. His early orphan years, his tumultuous relationship with his foster father, his scandalous affairs, his glory days as a literary scion and his untimely death at the age of forty in a barroom brawl. It's all here.
Due for release on 11/01/2020, it can be pre- Read more of this blog post »

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“I dreamed I was a butterfly. I didn't know if I was a man dreaming I was a butterfly or a butterfly dreaming I was a man." Lao-Tsu”
― John Isaac Jones, The Duck Springs Affair

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