| Julia Jones | |
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Julia Jones in 2009 |
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| Born | 1954 Woodbridge, Suffolk, England |
| Occupation | editor, publisher, writer, classic yacht owner |
| Years active | 1986–present |
| Website | |
| golden-duck.co.uk/julia-jones/ | |
Julia Jones, formerly also known as Julia Thorogood,[1] born 1954, is an English writer, editor, book publisher and classic yacht owner.
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Julia Jones was born in Woodbridge, Suffolk in 1954.[2] When she was three years old, her father George Jones bought the wooden sailing ketch Peter Duck, a yacht originally commissioned and owned by children's novellist Arthur Ransome. This nautical connection with Ransome, along with numerous pony books, influenced a lifelong enthusiasm for books.
Jones opened a bookshop in Ingatestone, Essex, then developed into small scale local publishing, re-issuing a Second World War autobiography by crime writer Margery Allingham.[2]
Jones' interest in the Allingham family grew; she researched Margery Allingham's life and wrote a biography published in 1991. Jones has also studied the fiction writing of Margery Allingham's father, Herbert Allingham.[2]
In 2006 Jones decided to become a writer of adventure stories like the Swallows and Amazons series of Arthur Ransome she had read as a child.[2] The Salt-Stained Book, the first part of a planned sailing adventure trilogy, was released in June 2011[3]
Jones has five children;[4] she lives with her two younger children and partner Francis Wheen, a writer, journalist and broadcaster, currently deputy editor of Private Eye.[5]
Books by Julia Jones[6]