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Jon Stock
Jon Stock (born 12 May 1966 in England) is a British author and journalist. Between 1997 and 2017, he wrote six spy novels under his own name: The Riot Act (1997); The Cardomom Club (2003); Dead Spy Running (2009); Games Traitors Play (2011); Dirty Little Secret; To Snare a Spy. He has also written five psychological thrillers under the pen name J.S. Monroe: Find Me (2017); Forget My Name (2018); The Other You (2020); The Man on Hackpen Hill (2021); No Place to Hide (2023). He has written one work of non-fiction: The Sleep Room: A Very British Medical Scandal (2025).
Stock was educated at Sherborne School in Dorset and at Magdalene College, Cambridge. He lives in Wiltshire with his wife Hilary Stock, a fine art photographer; they have three children. He has three brothers, one of whom is Andrew Stock, a past president of the Society of Wildlife Artists.
After working for some years as a freelance journalist in London, Stock moved to India, where he was a columnist for The Week and, from 1998 to 2000, a foreign correspondent for The Daily Telegraph in New Delhi. He also lived in Cochin, Kerala. On his return to England, he worked for The Daily Telegraph and was the editor of the Weekend section of the paper 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. From 2020 to 2023 He was the Royal Literary Fund Writing Fellow at Mansfield College, University of Oxford.
The Riot Act (1997) was published by Serpent's Tail and short-listed by the Crime Writers' Association for its best first novel award. It was published in France by Éditions Gallimard in 2002 as Lutte Des Casses as part of its Série Noire imprint.
The Cardamom Club (2003) was published by Blackamber (later part of Arcadia Books) in the UK, and by Penguin Books in India in 2004.
Dead Spy Running (2009), published by Blue Door, was the first book in the Legoland trilogy.
Games Traitors Play (2011), published by Blue Door, was the second book in the Legoland trilogy.
Dirty Little Secret (2012), published by Blue Door, was the concluding book in the Legoland trilogy.
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Jon Stock
Jon Stock (born 12 May 1966 in England) is a British author and journalist. Between 1997 and 2017, he wrote six spy novels under his own name: The Riot Act (1997); The Cardomom Club (2003); Dead Spy Running (2009); Games Traitors Play (2011); Dirty Little Secret; To Snare a Spy. He has also written five psychological thrillers under the pen name J.S. Monroe: Find Me (2017); Forget My Name (2018); The Other You (2020); The Man on Hackpen Hill (2021); No Place to Hide (2023). He has written one work of non-fiction: The Sleep Room: A Very British Medical Scandal (2025).
Stock was educated at Sherborne School in Dorset and at Magdalene College, Cambridge. He lives in Wiltshire with his wife Hilary Stock, a fine art photographer; they have three children. He has three brothers, one of whom is Andrew Stock, a past president of the Society of Wildlife Artists.
After working for some years as a freelance journalist in London, Stock moved to India, where he was a columnist for The Week and, from 1998 to 2000, a foreign correspondent for The Daily Telegraph in New Delhi. He also lived in Cochin, Kerala. On his return to England, he worked for The Daily Telegraph and was the editor of the Weekend section of the paper 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. From 2020 to 2023 He was the Royal Literary Fund Writing Fellow at Mansfield College, University of Oxford.
The Riot Act (1997) was published by Serpent's Tail and short-listed by the Crime Writers' Association for its best first novel award. It was published in France by Éditions Gallimard in 2002 as Lutte Des Casses as part of its Série Noire imprint.
The Cardamom Club (2003) was published by Blackamber (later part of Arcadia Books) in the UK, and by Penguin Books in India in 2004.
Dead Spy Running (2009), published by Blue Door, was the first book in the Legoland trilogy.
Games Traitors Play (2011), published by Blue Door, was the second book in the Legoland trilogy.
Dirty Little Secret (2012), published by Blue Door, was the concluding book in the Legoland trilogy.