Jon Ronson
Jon Ronson biography and information
Ronson's first book, Them: Adventures With Extremists, was an international bestseller. His follow-up title The Men Who Stare At Goats. Them was longlisted for The Guardian's First Book Award, until it was disqualified for not being, strictly speaking, his first book.
He grew up in Cardiff and began his journalistic career as an award-winning columnist for Time Out. He has also written the popular Human Zoo and Out of the Ordinary columns for The Guardian, where he contributes features. He produced the BBC Radio 4 documentary Hotel Auschwitz, and the Sony nominated Radio 4 series, Jon Ronson On.....
Jon has produced documentaries for the both the BBC and Channel 4, covering such topics as euthanasia, Kidneys for Jesus, the Cliff Richard fan club and David Ickes theory that "the elite are genetically descended from a race of 12-foot, blood-drinking, shape-shifting lizards."
In the US, he is a contributor to National Public Radio's All Things Considered and This American Life.
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