In 2006 Jones decided to become a writer of adventure stories, like the Swallows and Amazons series she had read as a child. Jonesa has also studied the fiction writing of Margery Allingham's father, Herbert Allingham. Jones' interest in the Allingham family grew she researched Margery Allingham's life and wrote a biography published in 1991. She opened a bookshop in Ingatestone, Essex, then developed into small scale local publishing, re-issuing a Second World War autobiography by crime writer Margery Allingham. This nautical connection with Ransome, along with numerous pony books, influenced a lifelong enthusiasm for books. The Salt-Stained Book by Julia Jones 4. When she was three years old, her father George Jones bought the wooden sailing ketch Peter Duck, a yacht originally commissioned and owned by children's novellist Arthur Ransome. Julia Jones was born in Woodbridge, Suffolk in 1954. A Swallows and Amazons for our times Marine. Julia Jones, formerly also known as Julia Thorogood, born 1954, is an English writer, editor, book publisher and classic yacht owner. All books are paperback, all are also available as e-book and the Salt-Stained Book is also an audiobook.
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