JONES, Pauline Baird 1955-

PERSONAL: Born August 28, 1955, in Powell, WY; daughter of Robert (an entrepreneur) and Ann (a homemaker; maiden name, Gwynn) Baird; married Gregory L. Jones (a geologist), April 19, 1975; children: Elizabeth Vargas Jones Greer, Jessica Ann Jones-Sansom, Nathaniel Baird. Ethnicity: "Caucasian." Politics: Republican. Religion: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormons). Hobbies and other interests: Reading, Lilliput Lane houses, pewter dragons, castles and wizards, doll making, dollhouses.

ADDRESSES: Agent—c/o Author Mail, Five Star Press, 295 Kennedy Memorial Dr., Waterville, ME 04901. E-mail—[email protected].

CAREER: Writer. Electronically Published Internet Connection, member.

MEMBER: Mystery Writers of America, Romance Writers of America.

AWARDS, HONORS: Dorothy Parker Award of Excellence, Reviewers International Organization, 1998, for The Spy Who Kissed Me; Reviewer's Choice Award, Romantic Times, 2000, for The Last Enemy; "top pick" selection, Running Rivers Reviewers Choice Awards, 2000, for Byte Me.

WRITINGS:

ROMANTIC SUSPENSE NOVELS

The Last Enemy, Five Star Press (Waterville, ME), 1999.

The Spy Who Kissed Me, Five Star Press (Waterville, ME), 2000.

Byte Me, Five Star Press (Waterville, ME), 2000.

Missing You, Five Star Press (Waterville, ME), 2002.

Do Wah Diddy Die, Hard Shell Word Factory (Amherst Junction, WI), 2001.

A Dangerous Dance, Five Star Press (Waterville, ME), 2004.

Also author of four screenplays, two one-act plays, and one full-length play.

WORK IN PROGRESS: Out of Time; The Big Uneasy; Mistral in Oz; research for a World War II novel and for a mystery series.

SIDELIGHTS: Pauline Baird Jones told CA: "I write because I am compelled to. It wells up in me in an irresistible force. I write mysteries because it is so cathartic to fictionally kill people who annoy me, and I like the clash of good versus evil."

BIOGRAPHICAL AND CRITICAL SOURCES:

PERIODICALS

Booklist, November 15, 1999, Catherine Sias, review of The Last Enemy, p. 608; April 15, 2002, Diana Tixier Herald, review of Missing You, p. 1385.