Julia Frances Jones BEM | |
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Born | 1954 (age 69–70)
Woodbridge, Suffolk, England |
Occupation(s) | Editor, publisher, writer |
Years active | 1986–present |
Spouse(s) | Chris Thorogood (divorced) Francis Wheen (m. 2019) |
Website |
golden-duck |
Julia Jones, formerly also known as Julia Thorogood, [1] is an English writer, editor, book publisher and patient advocate.
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 novelist Arthur Ransome and named for a character in one of his novels. [3] This nautical connection with Ransome, along with numerous pony books, helped to shape a lifelong enthusiasm for books.
Jones opened a bookshop in Ingatestone, Essex, which she then developed into a small-scale local publishing business, reissuing a Second World War autobiography by crime writer Margery Allingham. [2] Jones's 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, while working on a PhD on Herbert Allingham, 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] [3] The Salt-Stained Book, the first part of a planned sailing adventure trilogy, was released in June 2011. [4] Jones hoped the trilogy would inspire a new generation of children to mess about in boats. [3]
In November 2014, Jones and co-founder Nicci Gerrard set up an advocacy group, John's Campaign, to promote extended visiting rights for family carers of patients with dementia in hospitals in the United Kingdom. [5] Jones was awarded a British Empire Medal (BEM) in the 2023 King's Birthday honours "For Services to People with Dementia". [6]
Jones has five children. [7] She was previously married to Chris Thorogood; in 2019 she married Francis Wheen, a writer, journalist and broadcaster who ŵas deputy editor of Private Eye. [8]
Books by Julia Jones: [9]
Julia Frances Jones BEM | |
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Born | 1954 (age 69–70)
Woodbridge, Suffolk, England |
Occupation(s) | Editor, publisher, writer |
Years active | 1986–present |
Spouse(s) | Chris Thorogood (divorced) Francis Wheen (m. 2019) |
Website |
golden-duck |
Julia Jones, formerly also known as Julia Thorogood, [1] is an English writer, editor, book publisher and patient advocate.
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 novelist Arthur Ransome and named for a character in one of his novels. [3] This nautical connection with Ransome, along with numerous pony books, helped to shape a lifelong enthusiasm for books.
Jones opened a bookshop in Ingatestone, Essex, which she then developed into a small-scale local publishing business, reissuing a Second World War autobiography by crime writer Margery Allingham. [2] Jones's 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, while working on a PhD on Herbert Allingham, 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] [3] The Salt-Stained Book, the first part of a planned sailing adventure trilogy, was released in June 2011. [4] Jones hoped the trilogy would inspire a new generation of children to mess about in boats. [3]
In November 2014, Jones and co-founder Nicci Gerrard set up an advocacy group, John's Campaign, to promote extended visiting rights for family carers of patients with dementia in hospitals in the United Kingdom. [5] Jones was awarded a British Empire Medal (BEM) in the 2023 King's Birthday honours "For Services to People with Dementia". [6]
Jones has five children. [7] She was previously married to Chris Thorogood; in 2019 she married Francis Wheen, a writer, journalist and broadcaster who ŵas deputy editor of Private Eye. [8]
Books by Julia Jones: [9]