Owen Jones (born 8 August 1984) is an English writer. Jones was born in Sheffield. He grew up in Manchester. He writes a column for "The Guardian". His first book was published by Verso in 2011. It was chosen by the "New York Times" as one of their Top 10 Non-fiction Books of 2011. His second book "The Establishment and How They Get Away With It" was published in 2014. Jones lives in London.