Ian Jack

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Ian Jack is a Scottish journalist and was the editor of the literary magazine Granta from 1995-2007. Granta 98 "The Deep End" was the last issue he edited; it was the 48th issue he had edited.

After working on a weekly newspaper in Scotland in the 1960s, Jack worked from 1970-1986 at The Sunday Times as a reporter, editor, feature writer and foreign correspondent.

He was a co-founder of the Independent on Sunday in 1989 and edited the paper from 1991-1995. He left Granta at the end of May 2007 and now writes regularly for The Guardian.

He lives in London with his wife and two children.

Media offices
Preceded by
Stephen Glover
Editor of The Independent on Sunday
1991-1995
Succeeded by
Peter Wilby
Preceded by
Bill Buford
Editor of Granta
1995-2007
Succeeded by
Jason Cowley