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Douglas W. Jones

Douglas W. Jones lives in Iowa City with his wife Beverly, a dog and three cats, his two children having grown and fled the nest. He did not seriously consider writing fiction until he read Eric Flint's book 1632.


Doug Jones took a science fiction writing class at Carnegie Mellon University in the early 1970s, where he majored in physics. His PhD work at the University of Illinois was in computer science.


Doug Jones has been on the computer science faculty at the University of Iowa since 1980 and is best known for his work on electronic voting. He has observed and consulted on elections around the world, has testified before numerous government bodies, and has been widely quoted in the media on that subject.


Doug provided the cover art for Grantville Gazette, Volume 12.

  • Power Play

    From: Grantville Gazette, Volume 24


    A policeman's life . . .

  • Joseph Hanauer, Part Three: All Creatures Stand in Judgment

    From: Grantville Gazette, Volume 14


    And Yossie didn't think it would ever happen . . .

  • Joseph Hanauer, Part Two: These Things Have No Fixed Measure

    From: Grantville Gazette, Volume 13


    Part Two of Doug Jones' serial about the Jewish presence in Grantville.

  • Joseph Hanauer, Part One: Into the Very Pit of Hell

    From: Grantville Gazette, Volume 8


    The congregation for the Saturday evening service at the close of the Sabbath filled the small synagogue in Hammelberg. Several out-of-town visitors brought the number well above the minimum of ten men required for the service. It was not a congregation that placed great value on formality or decorum.

  • The Jews of 1632

    From: Grantville Gazette, Volume 6


    With Jewish characters occupying such a prominent place in the 1632 story universe, it is important to accurately recreate the Jews of that era. What I have written in the following is intended as a handy resource for anyone contemplating using Jewish characters in fiction they set in this world.

  • Schwarza Falls

    From: Grantville Gazette, Volume 5


    Yesterday, May twenty-ninth, the fourth day after the disaster, we went up Buffalo Creek to the power plant to look into how to build a road connection over the border into the lands to what is now the southwest. You asked us to tell you everything, even if we weren't certain it was important, so pardon us if we ramble a bit.