Quincy Scott Jones earned a Bachelor's degree from Brown University, a Master's degree from Temple University, and $100 once working as supermarket clown. His work has been featured in African American Review, Journal of Pan African Studies, Water~Stone Review, California Quarterly, Let Loose on the World: Celebrating Amiri Baraka at 75 and From Where We Sit: Black Writers Write About Black Youth. With Nina Sharma he co-created the Nor'easter Exchange: a multicultural, multi-city reading series. Jones' first book, The T-Bone Series, was published by Whirlwind Press in 2009.