Kaylie Jones (born August 5, 1960 in Paris, France) is an American writer, memoirist and novelist.
She has taught in the public schools of New York City through Teachers & Writers Collaborative, and has organized a symposium at Southampton College in memory of her father, who died in 1977.
In 1998, Jones' book A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries (published in 1990) became a Merchant Ivory film.
The film was directed by James Ivory and starred Leelee Sobieski as Channe (the protagonist in the novel).
[citation needed] Jones is married to Kevin Heisler and has a daughter, Eyrna, born in 1997.