Jaida Jones

Jaida Jones is an American author. Their most prominent work is the 2008 fantasy novel Havemercy, co-written with Danielle Bennett.

Biography

Jones attended Saint Ann's School from kindergarten through high school. They later studied East Asian languages and cultures at Barnard College.^[1] Before becoming a published author, Jones co-wrote a Harry Potter fan fiction story called "The Shoebox Project" which gained a massive following online.^[2] It was during this time that Jones met Danielle Bennett in a LiveJournal thread and the two started writing a novel together. The resulting novel, Havemercy, was picked up by Random House for an advance of $30,000 and published in 2008.^[3][4]

In March 2019, Jones and Bennett announced they had sold another book, Master of One, a young adult (YA) fantasy which was published by HarperTeen in November 2020.^[5]

Bibliography

Poetry

• Cinquefoil (as Hannah Jones) (2006, New Babel Books; ISBN 0-9720197-4-X)

The Volstovic Cycle

• Havemercy (2008, Spectra; ISBN 978-0-553-80696-0)
• Shadow Magic (2009, Spectra; ISBN 978-0-553-80697-7)
• Dragon Soul (2010, Spectra; ISBN 978-0-553-80769-1)
• Steelhands (2011, Spectra; ISBN 978-0-553-80770-7)

Other novels

• Master of One (2020, HarperTeen; ISBN 978-0-06-294144-2)