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Gayl Jones was born in Kentucky in 1949. She attended Connecticut College and Brown University, and has taught at Wellesley and the University of Michigan. Her books include Corregidora, Eva's Man, Mosquito, and The Healing, the last a National Book Award finalist and New York Times Notable Book of the Year as well as Palmares, a Pulitzer Prize finalist, and the recently published THE BIRDCATCHER, which was a finalist for the National Book Award.
“A surprising, welcome gift from one of America’s finest and least predictable writers.” —Kirkus Reviews, Starred Review “Jones’s rich characterizations and wit are on display.” —Publishers Weekly “Jones is skilled at balancing the observational with the intimate, and in Buddy we are given a fully realized character who epitomizes the frustrations, heartbreak, and humor of a generation of Black Americans.” —Booklist “Her latest novel [The Unicorn Woman], infused with wordplay and humor, reveals her to be one of our greatest living authors.” —Lauren LeBlanc, The Boston Globe “Through Buddy’s picaresque journey, Gayl Jones shows her mastery of both dialogue and interiority. There is a bare minimum of scene-setting and little indication of actions such as standing, sitting or leaving a room. Instead we find encounter after encounter with richly individuated characters, each sporting his or her own verbal idiosyncrasies, as noted by a well-read travelling man with an acute ear for speech patterns, just like his creator.” —Suzi Feay, The Times Literary Supplement
