Kelly Jones grew up in Twin Falls, Idaho.  She attended Gonzaga University in Spokane, Washington, graduating magna cum laude with a degree in English and an art minor.  She spent her junior year in Italy at the Gonzaga-in-Florence program and developed a love for travel, a passion she now shares with her husband, Jim.  An art history class in Florence fueled a love for the history of art, which has become an integral part of her writing.

Bloodline and Wine, her latest novel is now available. Dana Pierson, an American journalist, and Father Giovanni Borelli, an Italian priest, first introduced to readers in Lost and Found in Prague, join forces again in a gripping mystery set in the lush wine country of Tuscany.

Berkley/ Penguin books include, Lost and Found in Prague (January, 2015), a novel of mystery, murder, and miracles; The Woman Who Heard Color (2011), a story of family loyalty, banned art, and creative freedom; The Lost Madonna (2007), set in Florence, Italy; and The Seventh Unicorn (2005), inspired by The Lady and the Unicorn Tapestries in the Cluny Museum in Paris, France.

Evel Knievel Jumps the Snake River Canyon . . . and Other Stories Close to Home is her first release from Ninth Avenue Press. It is set in her hometown of Twin Falls, Idaho.

She is a mother and grandmother and is married to former Idaho Attorney General, Idaho Supreme Court Justice Jim Jones. They live in Boise.