Bronwen Maddox (born May 7, 1963) is a British-American journalist. She is the daughter of the Welsh science writer Sir John Maddox and the journalist and biographer Brenda Maddox.[1]
Maddox was born in New York City and read PPE at St John's College, Oxford. She was a director of Kleinwort Benson Securities' media investment team from 1986 to 1991.
Joining the Financial Times, she headed an investigation into the publisher Robert Maxwell. Later, she moved to The Times to be its Washington Bureau Chief and US Editor, and was then its Foreign Editor. Maddox's last position at The Times was Chief Foreign Commentator. At the end of October 2010, she left the paper to become the editor and chief executive of Prospect magazine.[2] She is a Governor of the Ditchley Foundation for transatlantic debate.
She published the book In Defence of America in 2008, largely defending America's actions, but also displaying some criticism in the area of Guantanamo Bay detention camp and torture.
Bronwen Maddox lives in London with her daughter.[3]