Allowed to read <em>Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine</em> at a young age, Eleanor Cawood Jones began writing in elementary school, using #2 pencils to craft crime stories starring her stuffed animals. Her stories include “Keep Calm and Love Moai” (Malice Domestic 13: <em>Mystery Most Geographical</em>), “All Accounted For at the Hooray for Hollywood Motel” (Bouchercon’s <em>Florida Happens</em>), and Derringer Award-winning “The Great Bedbug Incident and the Invitation of Doom” (<em>Chesapeake Crimes: Invitation to Murder</em>). A former newspaper reporter and reformed marketing director, Eleanor is a Tennessee native who lives in Virginia and travels often. You’ll find her rearranging furniture or lurking at airports.<br>
