| Jon Stock | |
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Jon Stock |
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| Born | May 12, 1966 |
| Occupation | Author and Columnist |
| Nationality | British |
| Genres | Spy thriller |
Jon Stock (born 12 May 1966 in England) is a British author and journalist. He was educated at Sherborne School in Dorset and at Magdalene College, Cambridge, England. He lives in Wiltshire with his wife and three children.[1] He has three brothers one of whom is Andrew Stock currently president[2] of the Society of Wildlife Artists.
Stock is a full time author. He was the editor of the Weekend section of the Daily Telegraph in the UK from 2005 till 2010.[3] Additionally he is a columnist for The Week magazine[3] in India contributing to their column called The Last Word. He previously worked in New Delhi, India for a period of two years, as a foreign correspondent for the Daily Telegraph, and has also lived in Cochin, Kerala.[1]
He has written four books, all of them spy novels. The Riot Act (1997), published by Serpent's Tail, The Cardamom Club (2003), published by Blackamber (now part of Arcadia Books),[1] The Cardamom Club was published in India (2004) by Penguin Books, Dead Spy Running (2009) published by Blue Door. The fourth book Games Traitors Play will be published by Blue Door on 3 March 2011.[4]
The Riot Act was short-listed by the Crime Writers' Association for its best first novel award.[1] It has been published in France by Éditions Gallimard as Lutte Des Casses (2002)[5] as part of its acclaimed Série Noire[6] imprint.
Stock signed a three book deal in July 2008, with Blue Door, a new HarperCollins imprint,[7] for "a good six-figure sum", according to The Bookseller [8](15/7/08). The first book, a spy novel Dead Spy Running starring a MI6 officer Daniel Marchant, was published in July 2009.,[8] this was followed by Games Traitors Play also starring Daniel Marchant published in 2011.[4]
Warner Bros. acquired the movie rights to the Dead Spy Running franchise in October 2008 to make the first of a proposed three movie franchise,[9] they signed on Charlie's Angels director McG[9] to direct the movie along with Stephen Gaghan to write the screen play.[10] It was initially reported that after the shooting of McG's last movie Terminator Salvation,[11] he would be taking up the shooting of the remake Captain Nemo: 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea,[12] but with the cancelling of this movie by Disney[12] it appears that Dead Spy Running will be the next movie to be taken up.