Belinda Jones (20 December 1967 – 1 December 2024) was an English writer.
Biography Jones was born in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent to parents Pamela (née Gwyther) and Trefor Jones. She grew up in Exeter , Devon, and studied at the London College of Printing. Her first job was on the children's comic, Postman Pat. At the age of 20, she moved on to become a feature writer on Woman's World. She spent four years working on More! magazine as a feature writer. She has had work published in Elle, Empire, FHM, Bliss, Company, and Cosmopolitan. In 1997 she moved to Los Angeles, but later returned to the UK where she wrote her successful first novel, Divas Las Vegas. Her second novel was I Love Capri. In 2009 she switched publisher from the Arrow imprint of Random House to Hodder.
Jones was the co-founder of Notting Hill Press with authors Talli Roland and Michele Gorman.
Her novels mainly fall into the women's fiction or "chick lit" categories, and usually combine romance and travel. On the Road to Mr. Right is an autobiographical travelogue.
Jones died on 1 December 2024 after a short battle with cancer.
Bibliography 2001 – Divas Las Vegas 2002 – I Love Capri 2003 – The California Club 2004 – On the Road to Mr. Right 2005 – The Paradise Room 2006 – Cafe Tropicana 2007 – The Love Academy 2008 – Out of the Blue 2010 – Living La Vida Loca 2011 – California Dreamers aka Hollywood Calling 2012 – Winter Wonderland' 2014 – The Travelling Tea Shop 2018 – Bodie on the Road: Travels with a Rescue Pup in the Dogged Pursuit of Happiness (Skyhorse)
References
External links Official Site Penguin Random House profile Hodder author profile