Jen Jones

Jen Jones, writer

Jen Jones is a writer/editor (and former police officer) in Hamilton Ontario. She is a City of Hamilton Arts Award (Emerging Writer) recipient, and has taught creative writing at Mohawk College. Jones won the gritLIT writing competition and the Short Works Prize for her story, “Autopilot”, and is past-vice president of the Association of Canadian Cartoonists. She is currently working on a creative non-fiction memoir, The Barrenlands.

Grit — Volume 5, Issue 2

Pulled from Jen Jones’ memoir-in-progress, The Barrenlands, Grit is a childhood snapshot set in Fort Smith, Northwest Territories in 1970.