Shirley A. Jones

Shirley Ann Jones is rooted in diverse living. She has a degree in biology with a chemistry minor and a master's degree in English, specifically the teaching of writing. She has written books that range in content from the history of barbed wire to the wisdom of science to basics of sex education. Shirley was a nutrition educator with the University of California Cooperative Extension and taught a research writing course at the University of the Pacific, with a focus on connecting to the larger design of living. She currently lives with her husband in Lodi, California, and has two grown sons and four grandchildren.