William E. Jones is an artist, filmmaker, and writer. He has published the following books: Is It Really So Strange? (2006); Tearoom (2008); Heliogabalus (2009); "Killed" Rejected Images of the Farm Security Administration (2010); Halsted Plays Himself (2011); Between Artists: Thom Andersen and William E. Jones (2013); Imitation of Christ (2013), the catalogue accompanying an exhibition at UCLA Hammer Museum; Flesh and the Cosmos (2014); and True Homosexual Experiences: Boyd McDonald and Straight to Hell (2016).