Robert Francis Jones (May 26, 1934 – December 18, 2002)[1] was a novelist and an outdoor writer for Sports Illustrated and Field & Stream.
Many of his novels contain fantastic and/or surrealistic elements, causing some critics to label his work slipstream.
Jones' archive resides at the Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library at the University of Virginia.
Born and raised in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Jones graduated with honors from the University of Michigan in 1956 and then served in the United States Navy as an ensign, with sea duty in the western Pacific.
[1][2] His contributions at Sports Illustrated included the story "Harvey On The Lam," for the August 23, 1971, issue, famously featuring Steve McQueen doing a wheelie on a motorcycle on the cover.