Jon Stock
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Jon Stock

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Jon Stock is the author of The Sleep Room, a non-fiction exposé of Dr William Sargant, one of the most controversial psychiatrists in post-war Britain. A global expert on brainwashing, he was head of the department of psychology at St Thomas' hospital in London from 1948 to 1972 and had close links to British and American intelligence services. The book will be published in the UK on 3 April 2025 by Little, Brown and by Abrams in the US in July 2025, and is currently in development as a TV series. Jon is the author of five acclaimed spy novels and 'To Snare a Spy', a spy novella. Writing as J.S.Monroe (see separate author page), he is also the author of five psychological thrillers, including 'Find Me', which has been translated into 15 languages. After reading English at Magdalene College, Cambridge, Jon worked as a freelance journalist in London, writing features for most of Britain’s national newspapers, as well as contributing to BBC Radio 4. He was also chosen for Carlton TV’s acclaimed screenwriters course. In 1995 he lived in Kochi in Kerala, where he worked on the staff of India’s The Week magazine. Between 1998 and 2000, he was a foreign correspondent in Delhi, writing for the Daily Telegraph, South China Morning Post and the Singapore Straits Times. He also wrote the Last Word column in The Week magazine from 1995 to 2012. On his return to Britain in 2000, Monroe worked on various Saturday sections of the Telegraph before taking up a staff job as editor of its flagship Weekend section in 2005, which he oversaw for five years. He left Weekend and the Telegraph in 2010 to finish writing his Daniel Marchant trilogy and returned to the Telegraph in February 2013 to oversee the Telegraph‘s digital books channel. In May 2014 he was promoted to Executive Head of Weekend and Living, editing the paper’s Saturday and Sunday print supplements, as well as a range of digital lifestyle channels. He left the paper in October 2015 to resume his thriller-writing career. His first novel, 'The Riot Act', published by Serpent’s Tail, was launched on the top floor of Canary Wharf tower in 1997. The book was shortlisted by the Crime Writers’ Association for its best first novel award and was subsequently published by Gallimard in France as part of its acclaimed Serie Noir. The Sunday Times called it a "darkly sparkling crime thriller". 'The Cardamom Club' was published in 2003 by Blackamber (now Arcadia Books) in Britain and by Penguin in India. It was hailed by the travel writer William Dalrymple as a "witty, fast-moving, cleverly plotted espionage romp". 'Dead Spy Running', his third novel and the first in the Daniel Marchant (or ‘Legoland’) trilogy, was published by HarperCollins (Blue Door) in 2009 and has been translated into five languages. It follows Daniel Marchant, a young MI6 officer, as he tries to clear the name of his disgraced father, the former Chief of MI6. The sequel, 'Games Traitors Play', was published in 2011, and the final part of the trilogy, 'Dirty Little Secret', was published in 2012. Warner Brothers bought the film rights to the trilogy in 2009, hiring Oscar-winner Stephen Gaghan (Traffic, Syriana) to write the screenplay for 'Dead Spy Running', which went into development with McG (Terminator IV, Charlie’s Angels, This Means War) and Kevin McCormick (Gangster Squad) producing. Jamie Moss worked on Gaghan’s script, followed by Simon Barrett, with Adam Wingard attached to direct. In 2014, the film rights to 'Dead Spy Running' were bought by Wonderland Sound and Vision, McG's own production company. In 2017, Jon wrote a privately commissioned spy novella, 'To Snare A Spy', that was published in April 2017 by The Nare Hotel in Cornwall, where the book is set. It features Noah, a 15-year-old aspiring spy, who is tipped off by his Russian schoolmate that there is a Moscow mole high up within the British establishment - and who will be staying at The Nare at the same time as him. It is currently in development as a feature film. Jon Stock/J.S Monroe is represented by Janklow & Nesbit (Will Francis in London; Kirby Kim in New York). The Sleep Room is being represented for TV and film by Emily Hayward Whitlock at the Artists Partnership.
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