"The Alaskan Laundry is a gorgeous and powerful novel that succeeds both as a page-turning adventure story and an evocative exploration of the meaning of home. A Stegner Fellow, he received his B.A. from Oxford University, where he boxed for the Blues team. Their previous books include the action thriller 'Parallax' and … With acute psychological precision and a naturalist's attention to detail, Brendan Jones has created a hauntingly beautiful novel that will stay with me for a long time." Brendan Jones is the author of The Alaskan Laundry (3.68 avg rating, 851 ratings, 155 reviews, published 2016)

Author information: Brendan and Damian Jones are brothers from Australia and 'The Blonde Bombshell' is their sixth novel. Brendan Jones of Sitka is the author of the novel The Alaskan Laundry, awarded the Alaskana Prize by the Alaska Library Association. Brendan Whittington-Jones is the author of African Wild Dogs (4.19 avg rating, 16 ratings, 4 reviews, published 2015) Brendan Jones. If he’s bullish on the weather, he’ll set out to check out the spots, taking along a crash kit of flares, a sleeping bag, a SPOT satellite locator in case of radio failure, and a 30-aught-six rifle for bears. His work has appeared in the New York Times, Ploughshares, Popular Woodworking, The Huffington Post, and on … and M.A. Brendan Jones teaches an online writing course for Stanford University and contributes to the New York Times and NPR. Brendan Jones lives on a tugboat in Alaska and works in commercial fishing.