Judy Jones Author

Judy Jones is a freelance journalist, having previously been a staff correspondent on the Independent and the Observer. Her broadcasting experience includes national TV and radio interviews, while she has also spoken at the Edinburgh and Dartington book festivals. Judy's previous book was Getting a Life (Hodder, 1997), republished as Downshifting in mass-market editions (1997, 2004); this has now sold around 40,000 copies. Since 1997 Judy has lived in Malmesbury, Wiltshire, where she was until recently a town councillor.