Poet Ken Jones has published 10 complete collections, numerous chapbooks, and thousands of individual poems and songs. He earned a Master of Arts in English/Creative Writing at the University of Texas at Austin at the age of 23 then a Juris Doctorate from the University of Southern California. A Finalist for the 2008 West Chester Poets Prize, winner of the 2011 Houston Fringe Festival Critic's Choice award, and 2 time Pushcart Prize nominee, among others honors, he also performs his poetry and music regularly. The University of Texas at Brownsville has opened a permanent archive of his creative work.