Jon Ronson
Journalist, author and filmmaker
Jon Ronson is a journalist, author and filmmaker who is both British and American. His reporting takes a casual yet doubtful look at fringe politics and science.
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British Born 1967 in Cardiff, United Kingdom
About Jon Ronson
Jon Ronson was born in Cardiff, Wales, in 1967. He has written nine books, including Them: Adventures with Extremists, The Men Who Stare at Goats and The Psychopath Test. He has written for newspapers and magazines such as The Guardian, City Life and Time Out. His books, among them So You’ve Been Publicly Shamed, have reached the Sunday Times and/or New York Times bestseller lists and been translated into more than thirty languages. On television, he has made a number of documentary films for the BBC and a pair of documentary series for Channel 4. Ronson co-wrote the films Frank and Okja, and he made the BBC podcast Things Fell Apart.