Chloe Cooper Jones
Born
Bangkok, Thailand
NationalityAmerican
EducationBA, Emerson College
MD and PhD, University of Kansas
PhD, City University of New York
Notable workEasy Beauty

Chloé Cooper Jones is a Thailand-born American memoirist, academic, and journalist.[1] Her work has appeared in publications including the New York Times, GQ, The Verge, VICE, Bookforum, New York Magazine and The Believer. [2]

Biography

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Jones was born in Bangkok, Thailand and grew up in Tonganoxie and Lawrence, Kansas. She earned a bachelor's degree at Emerson College and a master's degree and doctorate from the University of Kansas. She was awarded a second PhD at City University of New York Graduate Center.[3][4]

In 2020, Jones was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in feature writing for her profile of Ramsey Orta, the man who filmed the NYPD’s killing of Eric Garner. The profile appeared in The Verge.[5] She’s also the recipient of the 2020 Whiting Foundation Creative Nonfiction Grant,[6] and a 2021 Howard Foundation Grant from Brown University,[7] both for Easy Beauty.

She was born with sacral agenesis, a congenital disease that impacts her walk and shortens her stature.[8] Jones' memoir, Easy Beauty, which is about her quest to both understand beauty and to challenge our assumptions and standards of it, was published by Avid Reader/Simon & Schuster in April 2022.[9] A review in Ms.Magazine described Easy Beauty as "a memoir of motherhood and disability, of bodily presence and difference depicted by talent that is both staggering and undeniable."[10] It was named a best book of the year by publications including The Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times, USA Today, Time, Publishers Weekly, Booklist and The New York Times.[11] Jones was a finalist for the 2023 Pulitzer Prize for Memoir or Autobiography. [12]

References

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  1. ^ Stark, Cortlynn (May 6, 2020). "'Restrained yet powerful language.' Three Kansas writers honored by Pulitzer committee". kansascity.com. Retrieved May 21, 2024.
  2. ^ "Chloé Cooper Jones". www.whiting.org. Retrieved 2024-05-22.
  3. ^ Schonbek, Amelia (2022-04-11). "How Chloé Cooper Jones Changed Her Mind". Vulture. Retrieved 2024-05-22.
  4. ^ "Beauty, Bernini and Beyoncé". Kansas Alumni Magazine. Retrieved 2024-05-22.
  5. ^ Jones, Chloé Cooper (2019-03-13). "He filmed the killing of Eric Garner—and the police punished him for it". The Verge. Retrieved 2024-05-24.
  6. ^ "Chloé Cooper Jones". www.whiting.org. Retrieved 2024-05-25.
  7. ^ "Previous Fellowship Awardees | Howard Foundation | Brown University". www.brown.edu. Retrieved 2024-05-25.
  8. ^ Jones, Chloé Cooper (2018-09-11). "My 6-Year-Old Thinks My Disability Is Boring". The Cut. Retrieved 2024-05-25.
  9. ^ "Chloé Cooper Jones's Debut Memoir, "Easy Beauty," Holds Up a Mirror to the Able-Bodied World". Oprah Daily. 2022-05-09. Retrieved 2024-05-25.
  10. ^ Lanier, Alison (2024-05-09). "'Easy Beauty': A Memoir of Motherhood and Disability". Ms. Magazine. Retrieved 2024-05-22.
  11. ^ Jones, Chloé Cooper (2023-04-04). Easy Beauty. Simon and Schuster. ISBN 978-1-9821-5200-0.
  12. ^ Times, The New York (2023-05-08). "Pulitzer Prizes: 2023 Winners List". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2024-05-21.
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