Daniel Jones

Daniel Jones is an American author, editor, and essayist who has spent nearly two decades exploring the complexities of contemporary romance and relationships. With a sharp editorial eye and a deep sense of empathy, he has cultivated a unique platform for people to share their most intimate personal stories.

He is best known as the longtime editor of Modern Love, the wildly popular weekly column in The New York Times. He is also the author of Love Illuminated: Exploring Life’s Most Mystifying Subject (with the Help of 50,000 Strangers), a brilliant synthesis of the lessons he has learned from reading thousands of relationship essays.

Under Jones’s stewardship, Modern Love has expanded into a global cultural phenomenon, spawning a successful podcast and a critically acclaimed television series. His work continues to provide readers with profound, relatable insights into the universal human quest for connection.