Marcia Thornton Jones (born July 15, 1958) is an American writer of children's books, the author or co-author of more than 135 elementary chapter books, picture books, and mid-grade novels, including The Adventures of the Bailey School Kids series, among other works co-written with Debbie Dadey.
[1][2] Jones was born in Joliet, Illinois.
[1] She has been an elementary school teacher of first and third grades, computer lab, writing and reading, and Gifted & Talented.
Her books are published by Scholastic, Tor, Dutton (Penguin Group), Hyperion Press (Disney), and F&W.
She lives in Lexington, Kentucky with her husband Stephen.