Ashby Jones's passion is writing literary fiction that attempts to understand mankind's never-ending battles with irony, tragedy, blatant contradiction, and the anomalies of love. Such is the focus of The Crossing, a stand-alone sequel to The Angel's Lamp, his first novel. Ashby studied under such notables as William Hoffman, a best-selling author, and years later at U.C.L.A. under Leonardo Bercovici, a highly regarded screenwriter.
"""The Little Bird tells an imaginative, wistful story of an eccentric young woman and her steadfast lover, navigating a relationship while confronting the relentless demons from a conflicted past. The free-spirited, haunted and risk-taking Suzanne, leaves a lasting impression.""--Jeanne M. Harrington, Ph.D., Associate Professor Emerita, University of Nebraska at Omaha ""Novelist Ashby Jones gives us a story of haunting and haunted power, at once intimate and mythic, immediate and fantastical, with heroes ready to sacrifice life itself as they risk redemption.""--David Groff, author of Live in Suspense ""As a Southerner and fan of historical and literary fiction, I found The Little Bird to be a riveting story about a young man and woman trying to flee their painful past in a small Southern town.""--Ann Willoughby, Founder Principal Emeritus. Willoughby Designs"