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About Aphrodite Jones |
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A published investigative journalist for two decades, Jones started writing early, contributing feature articles and syndicated columns to United Media. Of Greek heritage, she was named after her maternal grandmother (Aphrodite Jones is her real birth name and not a pen name). Jones was born in Chicago, raised in Long Island, and spent her summers in Greece. Her father, a Rear Admiral in the Navy, and her mother, a Greek interpreter, died when she was young. She can empathize with people who experience the loss of a loved one, the shock of a sudden death, and moreover, the pain of having to recall the details of a death that is “out of the ordinary.” After completing her undergraduate work at UCLA, she returned to New York to work as a nationally syndicated columnist, interviewing celebrities for United Features Syndicate, her columns appearing in newspapers across America and in Canada. After a five-year stint as a journalist, Aphrodite completed the PhD program at New York University, but was only given the title of ABD, because her dissertation was never approved. Nonetheless, Jones taught at Long Island University in New York, and was an Assistant Professor at Pikeville College and Cumberland College, both located Kentucky. In her late
twenties, she worked as a news director at a radio station in Kentucky and
fell into a career as a true-crime writer when she reported about an FBI
agent who became the first special agent in history to plead guilty to
manslaughter. At the urging of her agent, Jones wrote a proposal that was
quickly purchased by Pinnacle Books. A regional best seller, The FBI Killer was translated into
both German and Chinese, and was subsequently made into an ABC-TV movie Betrayed
By Love, starring Patricia Arquette and Steven Weber. Her third book, All She Wanted, the only book on the Brandon Teena case, became a USA Today national best seller and was subsequently transformed into the Academy Award-winning motion picture Boys Don't Cry featuring Hilary Swank in the role of Brandon Teena. With the Oscar win for Swank, All She Wanted was re-released with a tie-in to the film, and the book was later released in Germany under the title, Boys Don’t Cry. Her fourth book, Della's Web: The
Many Husbands of a Suburban Black Widow, also a USA Today
national best seller, is a black widow story about a woman with seven
husbands. The tale of Della Dante is an expose about reverse domestic
violence. The book sheds light on seven husbands who were tortured and
threatened by Della Dante Fay Hall Sutorious. Della was convicted of killing husband number seven , a famous
Ohio heart surgeon. The book has been re-released by Pocket Books, and
continues to draw media interest, having been featured on NBC Dateline. Her sixth book, Red Zone: The Behind-the-Scenes Story of the San Francisco Dog Mauling (HarperCollins; July 1, 2003) is a story about a shocking dog mauling that made national and international headlines for years. Jones covered the dog mauling trial, and obtained exclusive access to defendant Robert Noel, as well as to sources in the San Francisco Police Department and the District Attorney's office in San Francisco. In a preemptive buy, William Morrow acquired World English language rights and Red Zone was a featured Selection of the Literary Guild, Doubleday Book Club, Book-of-the-month Club, as well as the InSightOut Book Club. Find out more. In her
seventh book, A Perfect Husband (Pinnacle Books; August 1, 2004), Aphrodite
Jones chronicles the story of novelist, Michael Peterson, whose dream
marriage ended in the tragic death of his corporate executive wife.
Peterson "found" his wife, Kathleen, at the bottom of the stairs in
their North Carolina mansion. Strangely, another death lay buried in Michael
Peterson's past. In 1985, his friend, Elizabeth Ratliff was also found dead
at the bottom of a staircase. Jones brings insider access to the jolting
tragic tale, including evidence of a secret sex life. A Perfect Husband was made into the acclaimed television
film, The Staircase Murders, which continues to air on Lifetime Network. Find
out more. In her latest
book, Michael Jackson Conspiracy, (iUniverse; June 13,
2007), Aphrodite Jones takes a bold step, by re-examining the media bias
surrounding the 2005 sexual molestation trial against the King of Pop. From the jury selection to the “not
guilty” verdicts, this book reveals the truth about what went on inside – and
outside – the courtroom during this highly sensationalized event. Michael Jackson Conspiracy condemns the
media for perpetuating hateful rumors and innuendoes, rather than reporting
the exculpatory evidence presented throughout the trial. The book garnered an
“Outstanding Journalist Award” for Jones, presented in Los Angles in 2007,
and has since been sold to Talents Publishing in France. The book is being
released under the title, Le Complot contre Michael Jackson in May 2008.
I Aphrodite has also made a number of appearances all relating to true crime, the killers, victims and other surrounding crimes. |
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