title: Patrick Jones (author)
text: # Patrick Jones (author)
  
  Patrick Jones (born 1961) is a librarian and the author of realistic teen novels.
  
  ## Biography
  
  Chasing Tail Lights (2007)was a finalist in the YA category in the 2008 Minnesota Book Award. In 2006, he won lifetime achievement awards from both the Catholic Library Association, and the American Library Association. Jones is a frequent speaker at library conferences, having visited all fifty states, as well as in Canada, Singapore, Australia, and New Zealand. Jones grew up in Flint, Michigan & attended Ainsworth Highschool, but now lives in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
  
  