Jay Jones is the 2025 2x Independent Author Award recipient and 2025 Positive International Impact Award winner for the book, A Bilagáana Boy among the Navajo. In this true story, he chronicles his four years living as a white kid on the Navajo Indian Reservation in Window Rock, Arizona. As the son of two Air Force veterans, he was born in Tachikawa, Japan, and lived across the United States. After a turbulent childhood, Jay grew up quickly and joined the Marine Corps at 17 and served in Bermuda before receiving an honorable discharge. He has worked as a pizza and short order cook, professional photographer, security guard, fire alarm salesman, employment counselor, drugstore manager trainee, hotel front desk clerk, bar manager, restaurant manager, disk jockey, beauty pageant MC, financial advisor, investment wholesaler, volunteer, and more. While working, Jay obtained his degree in Business Management and retired after 33 years as a Chartered Financial Consultant sales executive. He lives at Dove Mountain near Tucson, Arizona.