Jonathan Grant

Jonathan Grant is an award-winning writer and editor (The Way It Was in the South: The Black Experience in Georgia). His new novel, Chain Gang Elementary (Thornbriar Press), is the tragicomic story of a suburban school that turns into a battleground between a reform-minded PTA president and an authoritarian principal.

Grant grew up on a Midwestern farm and graduated from the University of Georgia as an English major. He is a former newspaper reporter, editor, and bureau chief. He also served as a Georgia state government spokesman for six years.

He lives in suburban Atlanta with his wife and two children. Actively involved in community affairs, he has served as PTA president at a five-star Georgia School of Excellence, an elected member of his local school council, and a soccer coach for twelve seasons.