title: Jon Stock
text: # Jon Stock
  
  Jon Stock (born 12 May 1966 in England) is a British author and journalist.
  
  ## Early life and family
  
  Stock was educated at Sherborne School in Dorset and at Magdalene College, Cambridge, England. He lives in Wiltshire with his wife Hilary Stock the fine art photographer, and they have three children. He is currently the Royal Literary Fund Writing Fellow at Mansfield College, University of Oxford. He has three brothers, one of whom is Andrew Stock, former president of the Society of Wildlife Artists.
  
  ## Journalism
  
  Stock is a full-time author and journalist. He was the editor of the Weekend section of The Daily Telegraph in the UK from 2005 till 2010. He left the paper in January 2010 to complete a trilogy of spy thrillers and returned in March 2013 to edit the paper's online books channel, before rejoining the staff as Weekend editor in June 2014. He left the paper in October 2015 to pursue his writing career.
  
  Additionally he was a columnist for The Week magazine in India, contributing to their column "The Last Word" from 1996 until 2012. He previously worked in Delhi, India, for a period of two years, as a foreign correspondent for The Daily Telegraph, and has also lived in Cochin, Kerala.
  
  