Richard Jones is a former newspaper reporter who began writing fiction because he wanted to get paid for making things up and not get fired for it. Newspapers are funny that way. Jones is a stay-at-home father of three boys and lives with his wife and family in Charlotte, North Carolina, USA. When he can pry his nose out of a book, he likes to write his own stories, filled with the sort of bad humor that has given his wife so many trials over the years. His fiction has appeared in numerous on-line magazines and print publications. He currently is shopping "Until Tomorrow," an urban-fantasy novel, and expanding his award-winning young readers' story, "The Mismatched Monster."