Heather Rose Jones is an American author of fantasy novels. She received the 2017

Gaylactic Spectrum Award The Gaylactic Spectrum Awards are given to works of science fiction, fantasy and horror that explore LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender) topics in a positive way. Established in 1998, the awards were initially presented by the Gaylact ...

for her novel ''Mother of Souls'', the third novel in her Alpennia series. Previous novels in her Alpennia series, ''Daughter of Mystery'' and ''The Mystic Marriage'', were both finalists for the Spectrum Award. Jones published the book ''Baby Names for Dummies'', part of the

For Dummies ''For Dummies'' is an extensive series of instructional reference books which are intended to present non-intimidating guides for readers new to the various topics covered. The series has been a worldwide success with editions in numerous lang ...

series of instructional manuals, under the pseudonym Margaret Rose. Jones received a PhD in Linguistics from the

University of California, Berkeley The University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley, Berkeley, Cal, or California) is a public land-grant research university in Berkeley, California. Established in 1868 as the University of California, it is the state's first land-grant u ...

. Since August 2016, Jones has presented the Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast subseries of the Lesbian Talk Show.

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Index of Episodes: Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast
Living people Women science fiction and fantasy writers American lesbian writers 21st-century American novelists American women novelists American fantasy writers American LGBT novelists 21st-century American women writers Year of birth missing (living people) {{Sf-writer-stub