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""Teddy Jones is a force of nature. I mean who writes seven critically acclaimed and award-winning books of fiction in thirteen years? And now she gives us her eighth, Far from Uncertain, arguably her most compelling and absorbing novel. You're not going to read many novels as powerful, as honest, and as vivid and irresistible as this one."" —John Dufresne, author of My Darling Boy ""A propulsive novel about a girl from Uncertain, Texas (yes, it's a real place) who's certain that she never wants to return there, and the 90-year-old woman who believes in the importance of not being too certain. With Far from Uncertain: One Woman's Life of Crime and Other Righteous Deeds, Teddy Jones has written another bewitching page-turner.""—Robin Lippincott, Blue Territory: A Meditation on the Life and Art of Joan Mitchell ""What I know for certain is Far From Uncertain by Teddy Jones is a page-turner of a novel, suspenseful and gripping. At turns, a thriller, a romance, a mystery, it gives me what I want most from historical fiction—riveting stories about women with chaotic and difficult, joyous and memorable lives that still resonate today. Told from dual timelines—one in the lawless boomtowns of Texas in the 1920s and the other in twenty-first century aughts—the two main characters, Frankie and Margaret contend with unloving families and abusive men while striving to live true meaningful lives. But Far From Uncertain isn't a narrative from a time gone by that is no longer relevant. It is the story of us in the present and ongoing: How do we live a good life? What happens when the strong prey on the weak? Who is the hero of our story? Jones answers these questions with profound compassion and wisdom in her masterfully crafted novel."" —Helena Rho, author of Stone Angels

""A propulsive novel about a girl from Uncertain, Texas (yes, it's a real place) who's certain that she never wants to return there, and the 90-year-old woman who believes in the importance of not being too certain. With Far from Uncertain: One Woman's Life of Crime and Other Righteous Deeds, Teddy Jones has written another bewitching page-turner."" --Robin Lippincott, Blue Territory: A Meditation on the Life and Art of Joan Mitchell ""Teddy Jones is a force of nature. I mean who writes seven critically acclaimed and award-winning books of fiction in thirteen years? And now she gives us her eighth, Far from Uncertain, arguably her most compelling and absorbing novel. You're not going to read many novels as powerful, as honest, and as vivid and irresistible as this one."" --John Dufresne, author of My Darling Boy ""What I know for certain is Far From Uncertain by Teddy Jones is a page-turner of a novel, suspenseful and gripping. At turns, a thriller, a romance, a mystery, it gives me what I want most from historical fiction--riveting stories about women with chaotic and difficult, joyous and memorable lives that still resonate today. Told from dual timelines--one in the lawless boomtowns of Texas in the 1920s and the other in twenty-first century aughts--the two main characters, Frankie and Margaret contend with unloving families and abusive men while striving to live true meaningful lives. But Far From Uncertain isn't a narrative from a time gone by that is no longer relevant. It is the story of us in the present and ongoing: How do we live a good life? What happens when the strong prey on the weak? Who is the hero of our story? Jones answers these questions with profound compassion and wisdom in her masterfully crafted novel."" --Helena Rho, author of Stone Angels

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Since completing a graduate degree in creative writing in 2012, Teddy Jones has made creating fiction her full-time occupation. She's had six novels—including A Family of Good Women, which first introduced readers to Frankie—and a collection of short stories published and collected some prizes along the way. Jackson's Pond, Texas was finalist in the Women Writing the West Willa Award for contemporary fiction in 2014, and one of her short stories won the Faulkner-Wisdom Creative Writing Competition first prize medal in 2015. Marva Cope, another novel, was named finalist for the Sarton Award in 2024. Jones earned a degree in nursing and a doctorate in education, worked as a family nurse practitioner and was founding dean of the School of Nursing at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center. She focused on rural health promotion and was a monthly columnist for The Farmer Stockman for thirteen years. When she and her husband decided in 2001 to leave their ""real jobs"" and begin farming, opportunity presented itself. ""If you're going to write fiction, now's the time,"" she told herself. She's been at it ever since.

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