They later studied East Asian languages and cultures at Barnard College.
[1] Before becoming a published author, Jones co-wrote a Harry Potter fan fiction story called "The Shoebox Project" which gained a massive following online.
[2] It was during this time that Jones met Danielle Bennett in a LiveJournal thread and the two started writing a novel together.
The resulting novel, Havemercy, was picked up by Random House for an advance of $30,000 and published in 2008.
[3][4] In March 2019, Jones and Bennett announced they had sold another book, Master of One, a young adult (YA) fantasy which was published by HarperTeen in November 2020.