Biography
Born and raised in western North Carolina, Jeremy Jones is the author of <i>Bearwallow:
A Personal History of a Mountain Homeland</i>, which was named the Appalachian Book
of the Year in nonfiction in 2014 and awarded gold in the 2015 Independent Publisher
Book Awards in memoir. His next book, <i>Cipher: Decoding My Ancestor's Scandalous
Secret Diaries</i>, will be published in September 2025. His essays appear in numerous
anthologies and magazines, including <i>Oxford American,</i><i> Garden & Gun</i>,
<i>The Bitter Southerner,</i> <i>Brevity, </i><i>Letter to a Stranger,</i> <i>Appalachian
Reckoning</i>,<i> </i>and elsewhere. His writing also appears frequently in <i>Our
State Magazine.</i> Professor Jones received his MFA from the University of Iowa and
serves as the series co-editor of In Place, a nonfiction book series published by
West Virginia University Press.
Teaching Interests
Professor Jones teaches classes in creative writing, specializing in literary nonfiction.
Research Interests
Professor Jones' writing often explores our connections to family and the places we
live and have left behind.
