Ian Jack

Ian Jack (born February 7, 1945) is a Scottish journalist who was the editor of the literary magazine "Granta" from 1995 to 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 to 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 to 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.