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Location	South Africa
Introduction	Nicky Jones joined academia out of desperation for a normal suburban life. It didn’t work. She worked as a journalist for 12 years before leaping into the university world, and still writes whenever she can. Originally planning on being a lawyer, writing won the day, and she has a bachelor’s degree in English and History and English Honours, as well as a Doctor of Literature from the University of KwaZulu-Natal, where she currently heads the Department of Media and Cultural Studies. Jones has a fondness for dry red wines, dry humour and old Scotch. Preferring cats to dogs, she reads too much, smokes too much and doesn’t sleep enough. While acknowledging that snacking on gardenias won’t make you feel better, she still believes gardening is better than Prozac, and spends most of her free time fixing windows that her three gorgeous sons and recalcitrant husband have shattered with a variety of odd-shaped balls.

Location

South Africa

Introduction

Nicky Jones joined academia out of desperation for a normal suburban life. It didn’t work. She worked as a journalist for 12 years before leaping into the university world, and still writes whenever she can. Originally planning on being a lawyer, writing won the day, and she has a bachelor’s degree in English and History and English Honours, as well as a Doctor of Literature from the University of KwaZulu-Natal, where she currently heads the Department of Media and Cultural Studies. Jones has a fondness for dry red wines, dry humour and old Scotch. Preferring cats to dogs, she reads too much, smokes too much and doesn’t sleep enough. While acknowledging that snacking on gardenias won’t make you feel better, she still believes gardening is better than Prozac, and spends most of her free time fixing windows that her three gorgeous sons and recalcitrant husband have shattered with a variety of odd-shaped balls.