Baylea Jones
Instructor
About Baylea
Baylea Jones is a queer writer, teacher, and Southerner. She holds a BA in English from Louisiana State University and an MFA in fiction from Western New England University. Her short story "Dad & I" was named an honorable mention in Glimmer Train and her story "The Girl From Montana" was selected as a finalist for the New Letters Prize in Fiction. She appeared on the Writing Class Radio podcast, served as managing editor of Common Ground Review, and has contributed to HuffPost, Electric Literature, BuzzFeed, Medium, Eater Houston, and more. Currently, she lives in Houston with her wife where she teaches at the High School for the Performing and Visual Arts, Houston Community College, Writers in the Schools, and GrubStreet. She is represented by Annie DeWitt at The Shipman Agency and is working on a memoir.