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About Jon Ronson

Unlikely though it certainly will seem to most readers at this difficult hour...Jon Ronson has managed to write a hugely amusing book about the lunatic fringe.
Jonathan Yardley - The Washington Post

Often entertaining, more often disturbing...[Ronson] has gotten closer to these people than any journalist I can think of.
Ron Rosenbaum - The New York Times Book Review

A tremendous and discomfiting achievement.
The Boston Globe

A remarkable book.
Esquire

I've never read such a delightful book on such a serious and important topic.
The Nation

It takes a funny man to see the humor in all the conspiracy theories that float hatefully across the land, and Jon Ronson is a funny man. It takes a brave man to chase that humor right into the belly of the beast, and Jon Ronson is a brave man too.
The San Diego Union-Tribune
"Mr. Ronson sets [The Men Who Stare At Goats] up beautifully. It moves with wry, precise agility ...so entertaining... a smarter, nuttier version of "The Tipping Point" or "Blink." ...Mr. Ronson, a filmmaker and journalist whose earlier book, "Them: Adventures With Extremists," was also outstandingly artful and chilling, eventually follows his trail of bread crumbs to the realms that really matter ...Somehow he is able to keep his book both light and nightmarish ...He remains terrifically adept at capturing the horror of these developments without losing track of their lunacy." Janet Maslin - The New York Times

Welcome to the official Jon Ronson website.

Jon Ronson is a writer and documentary film maker. His books, Them: Adventures With Extremists and The Men Who Stare At Goats were international bestsellers. The Men Who Stare At Goats is currently being filmed as a major motion picture starring George Clooney, Ewan McGregor, Kevin Spacey and Jeff Bridges. He's also the author of two collections, Out Of The Ordinary: True Tales of Everyday Craziness and What I Do: More True Tales of Everyday Craziness.

He's written the popular "Human Zoo" and "Out of the Ordinary" columns for The Guardian, where he still contributes features. He currently writes and presents the twice Sony nominated BBC Radio 4 series, Jon Ronson On....

For Channel 4, Jon has made a number of films including the acclaimed five part series the Secret Rulers of the World and the multi award-winning Tottenham Ayatollah. His most recent documentaries are Reverend Death (Channel 4), Citizen Kubrick (More4) and Robbie Williams and Jon Ronson Journey to the Other Side (Radio 4).

In the US, he is a contributor to Public Radio International's This American Life.

A fuller biography of Jon - in the form of an interview with the Welsh website The Wolfman Knew My Father - can be found here.