Jon Stock is the author of five spy novels and is also a columnist with The Week magazine in India. He lives in Wiltshire with his wife and three children.
After reading English at Cambridge University, he worked as a freelance journalist in London, writing features for most of Britain's national newspapers, as well as contributing regularly to BBC Radio 4. He was also chosen for Carlton TV's acclaimed scriptwriters course. Between 1998 and 2000, he was Delhi correspondent for the Daily Telegraph.
On his return to Britain, he worked on various Saturday sections of the paper before taking up a staff job as editor of Weekend in 2005. He left Weekend and the Telegraph in 2010 to pursue a full-time career as an author. He has been writing the Last Word column in The Week since he lived in Cochin, South India in 1995.
His first novel, THE RIOT ACT, published by Serpent's Tail, was launched on the 50th floor of Canary Wharf tower. The book was shortlisted by the Crime Writers' Association for its best first novel award and was subsequently published by Gallimard in France as part of its acclaimed Serie Noir. THE CARDAMOM CLUB was published by Blackamber (now Arcadia Books) in Britain and by Penguin in India.
DEAD SPY RUNNING, his third novel and the first in the ‘Legoland’ trilogy, was published by HarperCollins in 2009 and has been translated into five languages. The sequel, GAMES TRAITORS PLAY, was published in March 2011. DIRTY LITLE SECRET is out in July 2012.
Warner Brothers have bought the film rights to the trilogy. Oscar-winner Stephen Gaghan (TRAFFIC, SYRIANA) has been hired to write the screenplay for DEAD SPY RUNNING, which is currently in development.
