Washington Irving
In 2008, Jones published "Washington Irving: An American Original", a project he spent seven years writing and researching. As one of the first biographies of the American author and statesman in eight decades, "Washington Irving" was praised by the Associated Press as "authoritative" and "charming" by the "New York Times". In 2010, Jones was awarded the Washington Irving Medal for Literary Excellence from the St. Nicholas Society of New York.