SPOKANE, Wash. — Monday was the biggest day in the writing career of Spokane author Sherry Jones, but she wasn’t doing anything special to mark the day. Jones’ first novel, “The Jewel of Medina,” ...

LONDON -- Earlier this month, Gibson Square publishers announced that it would publish "The Jewel of Medina," a novel about the early life of A'isha, one of the wives of the prophet Muhammad. It was a ...

Novelist, journalist and former Independent Record Reporter Sherry Jones will be in Helena Thursday to present a lecture on her controversial book “The Jewel of Medina.” Jones was invited to speak at ...

The Jewel of Medina, a historical novel about Muhammad's wife, was set to be published Aug. 12. But in May, Random House halted publication,... Random House Pulls Book About Muhammad's Wife The Jewel ...

Sherry Jones wasn't supposed to be in Missoula this week. She should have been in Chicago or Los Angeles or San Francisco, promoting her first novel, "Jewel of Medina." It was slated to arrive on ...

Sherry Jones' controversial debut novel about Muhammad's child bride has finally moved out of the headlines and into American bookstores. Its route there has been tortuous. Witness these developments ...

NEW YORK -- The publisher that took on O.J. Simpson's "If I Did It" after it was dropped in the face of public outrage has signed up another rejected project: Sherry Jones' "The Jewel of Medina," a ...

What a difference three weeks makes. Last month, Spokane writer Sherry Jones was in despair. Random House had yanked her novel, "Jewel of Medina," on the eve of publication for fear its subject matter ...