Jon Stock

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Jon Stock
Occupation Author and Columnist
Nationality
British

Jon Stock is a British author and journalist who also writes a column called The Last Word for The Week magazine in India.

He is currently editor of the Weekend section of the Daily Telegraph in the UK. He previously worked in New Delhi for two years, as a foreign correspondent for the Daily Telegraph, and has also lived in Cochin, Kerala. He currently lives in Wiltshire with his wife and three children.

He has written two books, both of them spy novels: The Riot Act, published by Serpent's Tail 1997, and The Cardamom Club, published by Blackamber in 2003. The Cardamom Club was also published in India (2004) by Penguin Books. The Riot Act was shortlisted by the Crime Writers' Association for its best first novel award, and has been published by Gallimard in France as part of its acclaimed serie noir imprint.