Mervyn Jones (writer)

Mervyn Jones
Born	27 February 1922 Regent's Park, London
Died	23 February 2010
Occupation	Writer
Nationality	English
Citizenship	British
Education	Abbotsholme School
Alma mater	New York University
Notable works	John and Mary, Holding On, Today The Struggle
Spouse	Jeanne Urquhart (1948–1990)
Children	Conrad Jones, Marian Jones and Jaqueline Jones
Relatives	Ernest Jones (father)

Mervyn Jones (27 February 1922 – 23 February 2010) was a British novelist, journalist and biographer, the son of psychoanalyst Ernest Jones.

Mervyn Jones wrote 29 novels (five unpublished), including John and Mary (1966), the basis for the 1969 film, and Holding On (1973), which was adapted for television in 1977.

Jones also wrote non-fiction, reportage and biography, including a fictional biography of Joseph Stalin in 1970 and a biography of his friend Michael Foot, the former Labour Party leader, in 1994. A former Communist, Jones wrote for the Daily Worker, and later the New Reasoner and Tribune; he was later assistant editor at the New Statesman.

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