Emily Lloyd-Jones

Emily Lloyd-Jones is an American young adult fantasy author from Oregon. She grew up in rural Oregon, on a vineyard and remembers playing on green forests and meadows where sheep grazed. She went to Western Oregon University, from where she graduated with a bachelor’s in English. She would then study for an MA in publishing at Rosemont College. She published her first novel “Illusive” in the “Illusive” series in 2014. She has also written several single standing novels including “The Hearts We Sold” and “The Bone Houses.” Lloyd-Jones has asserted that she always loved anything to do with books which is why she chose to study and have a career in publishing. After graduating from college, she went on to become a children’s buyer and bookseller for an independent bookshop. She was charged with trawling through thousands of new titles from which she would then select the best ones the bookshop would stock. This would come in handy as she knows what type of books readers buy, what booksellers are looking to sell, how to run a teen book club, how to run a pre-order campaign and how to write an effective newsletter. As a published author, she has presented at the Mendocino Writing Conference, taught pitching skills and provided advice at bookseller panels.