Gayl Jones was born in Lexington, Kentucky, and earned an MA and DA in creative writing at Brown University. Jones's first novels, Corregidora (1975) and Eva's Man (1976), were edited by Toni Morrison at Random House A. <IMG SRC="http://rcm-images.amazon.com/images/G/01/rcm/468x336.gif" WIDTH="468" HEIGHT="336" BORDER="0" USEMAP="#boxmap-p16" ALT="Shop at Amazon.com">