Quote of the day
Policemen so cherish their status as keepers of the peace and protectors of the public that they have occasionally been known to beat to death those citizens or groups who question that status.
Edward P. Jones

Born: 1951 (age 74)
Bio: Edward Paul Jones is an American novelist and short story writer. His 2003 novel The Known World received the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award.
Known for:
- The Known World (2003)
- Lost in the City (1992)
- All Aunt Hagar's Children (2006)
- Tapestry (Fast Fiction) (2011)
- In the Blink of God’s Eye (Fast Fiction) (2011)