STEPHEN GRAHAM JONES se otè ki gen liv ki pi vann sou lis The New York Times la, tankou The Only Good Indians, My Heart Is a Chainsaw, ak I Was a Teenage Slasher: A Novel. Li te benefisyè yon bous etid National Endowment for the Arts epi li resevwa plizyè pri, pami yo genyen Pri Ray Bradbury nan Los Angeles Times; Pri Bram Stoker; Pri Shirley Jackson; Pri Jesse Jones pou Pi Bon Zèv Fiksyon nan Texas Institute of Letters; Pri Piblikatè Endepandan pou Fiksyon Miltikiltirèl; ak Pri Alex nan American Library Association. Li se Pwofesè Ivena Baldwin nan Anglè nan Inivèsite Colorado, Boulder.