Rod Jones

Rod Jones (born 5 February 1953) is an Australian novelist. He was writer in residence at La Trobe University for four years, and has also been the Australia Council's writer in residence in Paris. He studied English and History at the University of Melbourne. Jones told journalist, Jane Sullivan, that he likes short novels. His favourite novels include The Great Gatsby, Heart of Darkness and The Sun Also Rises, and all of them short. Rod Jones’ first novel, Julia Paradise, in 1988 won the Fiction Award in the South Australian Premier's Awards, and was runner-up for the Femina Etranger Prize in Paris. It has been translated into ten languages and published throughout the world. Julia Paradise was described by the New York Times as ‘. ....