Ian Jack

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Ian Jack (born 7 February 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 48th issue he edited and the last.

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.

Media offices
Preceded by Stephen Glover	Editor of The Independent on Sunday 1991-1995	Succeeded by Peter Wilby
Preceded by Bill Buford	Editor of Granta 1995-2007	Succeeded by Jason Cowley