Mark R. Jones

Mark R. Jones is an eighth generation native of the South Carolina lowcountry. He is an author, historian, licensed guide and tour operator in Charleston, S.C. He has conducted more than 40,000 tours.

He is the author of seven other books. His first book kicked off the wildly popular Wicked series for The History Press. Wicked Charleston: The Dark Side of the Holy City (2005), was followed by Wicked Charleston, Vol. II: Prostitutes, Politics & Prohibition (2006).

In 2007, Jones published two true crime anthologies, Palmetto Predators: Monsters Among Us and South Carolina Killers: Crimes of Passion. Jones, and one of the Predator stories, was featured in the Investigation Discovery program “A Crime To Remember” in 2016.

In 2013, Jones published Doin’ the Charleston: Black Roots of American Popular Music & the Jenkins Orphanage Legacy and Kingdom By The Sea: Edgar Allan Poe’s Charleston Tales. In 2015, Jones published Charleston Firsts. and the Charleston Almanac.

Jones is also an active speaker, creating historical presentations for a wide variety of organizations - schools, libraries, corporate and civic organizations.