Janet L. Jones

About the Author

Janet Jones, Ph.D is an award-winning neuroscientist who began working with horses in early childhood. She earned her Ph.D. in cognitive science from UCLA and taught perception, language, memory, and thought for 23 years as a college professor. Jones trained horses at a large stable early in her career, and later ran a successful horse training business of her own. Jones has offered masterclasses in brain-based horsemanship on four continents and consults for organizations including Film Utopia and Nissan Motor Corporation. She won Japan’s Equine Culture Award in 2021, the only time an American author received that prize since Laura Hillenbrand won for Seabiscuit. Jones and her horse True live in Colorado and may be reached at janet-jones.com.