Jon Ronson

Jon is a regular contributor to BBC and NPR and is the author of the best-selling So You’ve Been Publicly Shamed, which is frequently cited as having kickstarted the conversation about the perils of social media shaming. The book is used by educators across America to teach compassion and curiosity, as well as to illuminate the damage that results from a reactionary shaming culture. It also inspired an episode of Black Mirror, “Hated in the Nation.”

Among Jon’s other books are The Psychopath Test, Them: Adventures with Extremists, Lost at Sea, and The Men Who Stare At Goats, which was adapted into a film starring George Clooney, Jeff Bridges, and Ewan McGregor. Jon’s original screenplays include the critically acclaimed Netflix Original, Okja, as well as Frank, which was inspired by his time alongside the Frank Sidebottom Band. His books have been translated into more than 30 languages, and his two TED talks have been watched more than 30 million times. One of them – Strange Answers to The Psychopath Test – is among the 25 most watched TED talks of all time.

His most recent published work is the acclaimed BBC podcast Things Fell Apart – named by the Observer as the number one audio show of 2021. Before that came two Audible Original audio series, The Butterfly Effect and The Last Days of August. Both went straight to number one in the US and UK audiobook charts and were named by multiple critics as two of the best podcasts of recent years.

In the US, Jon is a contributor to This American Life, the New York Times magazine and GQ magazine, and has appeared many times as a guest on shows like The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, The New Yorker Radio Hour, Conan, Inside Amy Schumer, and more. In the UK, Jon has written regularly for The Guardian, as a columnist and feature writer. His many UK documentaries include Stanley Kubrick’s Boxes, The Secret Rulers of the World, and seven seasons of the multi award winning BBC Radio 4 program Jon Ronson On…

He lives in New York.