Natthinee Khot-asa Jones is a country girl from the Thai side of the Thai-Cambodian border. She grew up speaking Cambodian, Thai, and Laotian. In 2000, she graduated in Accounting from Sophon Business School in Thailand, and later attended the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, Auburn University, and University of New Orleans. Her short story "Puppy Love" was published in the Thai anthology High School Love in 2007. Her memoir Wal-Mart Girl was published in 2008 by Nokhook publishing; in 2015, an excerpt of the English translation, "My Talking Dic," is in Issue Two of Red Truck Review. Her novel The Heart of Time was also published by Nokhook in 2008, and in that same year her webblog, Roslita-bloggang was voted the third best literature blog on the Pantip website.
In addition to being a writer, Natthinee is an avid photographer. One of her photos was used for the cover image of the "Family Secrets" (Issue #44) for Sugar Mule Online Magazine. In 2006-2007, she was a Laotian translator and photographer for Louisiana’s Folklife “New Populations Project.” For this project, her husband received a research grant to write about Songkran, the Buddhist New Year's celebration in the Laotian community of Lanxang outside of Lafayette, Louisiana. The essay and photographs from their research are on the Louisiana Folklife website. Natthinee loves cooking and in 2006 her Phad-Thai recipe was featured in the Wal-Mart Family Cookbook. She is co-founder and webmaster for Cybersoleil online journal (http://www.cybersoleiljournal.com) and hardyjoneswriting's website.
Her English publications include the memoirs “Wal-Mart Girl”, “When I Was a Child”, “A True Story of Child Labor”. She is the co-author of the story collection “Coconuts and Crawfish” and the novel “International Love Supreme” The essay “Praying Hands” which appeared in The Font literary journal.
Her Thai publications include the novel “February, I Love” and the short story “Puppy Love” published in the High School Love anthology in 2007. A Thai version of Natthinee's memoir “Wal-Mart Girl” was published in 2008 by Nokhook publishing, and in 2008 the novel The Heart of Time was also published by Nokhook.
In 2017 and 2020, the essays “Praying Hands” and “Red Ants” appeared in The Font literary journal. In 2015, an excerpt of the English version of Wal-Mart Girl, “My Talking Dic” was in Issue Two of Red Truck Review. In 2008, her web-blog, Roslita-bloggang, was voted the third best literature blog on the Pantip website.
In addition to being a writer, Natthinee is a photographer, and one of her photos was used for the cover image of the “Family Secrets” (Issue #44) Sugar Mule Online Magazine. In 2006-2007, she was a Laotian translator and interpreter for Louisiana’s Folklife “New Populations Project.” For this project, her husband Hardy Jones received a research grant to write about Songkran, the Buddhist New Year's celebration in the Laotian community of Lanxang outside of Lafayette, Louisiana. The essay and photographs from their research are on the Louisiana Folklife website. Natthinee loves cooking Thai and Cajun food, and in 2006 her Phad-Thai recipe was featured in the Wal-Mart Family Cookbook. Organic gardening is her newest passion, building on her childhood experiences on her family’s farm in Thailand.
Her website is www.natthineeandhardy.com. She is the co-founder and the Webmaster of the online journal Cybersoleil (www.cybersoleiljournal.com).
She worked in the Lawton Public School system for four years, and she worked in the Accounting department at Sam's Club from 2009 to 2014, and in November 2011 she was named Associate of the Month.
She loves reading, writing, drawing, cooking, gardening, traveling, photography, and working on her website. Currently she is translating her Thai works into English and is working as a professional photographer in the New Orleans area. She works in Accounting Office/Customer Service/ Cashier at Robert Fresh Market in New Orleans.
|
.jpg)
