Gwen Jones, after spending years writing several unpublishable novels, decided to learn what she was doing wrong or give it all up. Now, after earning an MFA in Creative Writing from Western Connecticut State University, she's so good they even allow her to teach there. An unabashed, born-and-bred native of southern New Jersey and the Jersey Shore, she lives with her husband, Frank, and the absolute cutest cat in the world, Gracie.