Draft:Jon Talton

Jon Talton
Jon Talton
Born	1956 (age 67–68); Phoenix, Arizona, U.S.
Alma mater	B.A. Arizona State University M.A. Miami University
Occupation(s)	Journalist, Novelist

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Comment: The individual's website, blogsite and employer, together with interviews with the individual are all primary sources and not independent or reliable, for the purposes of notability. Dan arndt (talk) 02:38, 28 November 2024 (UTC)

Jon Talton (born 1956) is an American journalist, business columnist, historian, and novelist. He has covered business and finance, specializing in urban economies, energy, real estate, and economics and public policy. Currently the business columnist for The Seattle Times, he has been a columnist for The Arizona Republic, The Charlotte Observer, and Rocky Mountain News, and his columns have appeared in newspapers throughout North America on the New York Times news service and other news services.

Talton also served as business editor for several newspapers, including the Dayton Daily News, Rocky Mountain News, The Cincinnati Enquirer, and The Charlotte Observer. Among the stories he covered were the landmark Texaco-Pennzoil trial; the collapse of energy prices in the 1980s; the troubles of General Motors and the American auto industry; the bank mergers of the 1990s, America’s downtown renaissance, and the Great Recession. He was a Knight Western Fellow in Journalism at the University of Southern California and a community fellow at the Morrison Institute at Arizona State University.

Talton's 12 novels include the David Mapstone mysteries, the Cincinnati Casebooks, and the thriller Deadline Man. Dry Heat was named 2005 fiction book of the year by Arizona Highways magazine. Talton has written extensively about the history of Phoenix and of water in the Southwest in his long-running blog, Rogue Columnist, and is the author of A Brief History of Phoenix.

Early life and education

Before journalism, Talton worked for four years as an ambulance medic in the inner city of Phoenix and elsewhere. A fourth-generation Arizonan, he attended the Kenilworth public school in Phoenix, Coronado High School in Scottsdale, and Arizona State University. He obtained a master's degree in American history from Miami University of Ohio. He currently divides his time between Seattle and Phoenix.

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References

Pela, Robrt. "Author Jon Talton Is Bringing Phoenix Locals to Life Again in His Latest Crime Novel." Phoenix New Times. 26 May 2021. Online: https://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/arts/author-jon-talton-is-bringing-phoenix-to-life-in-city-of-dark-corners-11557308

"Deadline Man" (review). Goodreads. Online: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7315143-deadline-man

Simons, Ted. "Jon Talton Book: A Brief History of Phoenix” (interview). Arizona PBS. 2 December 2015. Online: https://azpbs.org/horizon/2015/12/jon-talton-book-a-brief-history-of-phoenix/

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