Jonathan Green is an English author and investigative journalist specialising in narrative non-fiction. He is the author of two books ''Murder in the High Himalaya'' (2010) and ''Sex Money Murder'' (2018).

Life and career

Green grew up on the family pig farm at

Glemsford Glemsford is a village in the Babergh district in Suffolk, England, near the town of Sudbury. Glemsford is located near the River Glem and the River Stour also flows nearby. Glemsford is surrounded by arable farmland and is not far from his ...

, near

Sudbury, Suffolk Sudbury (, ) is a market town in the south west of Suffolk, England, on the River Stour near the Essex border, north-east of London. At the 2011 census, it had a population of 13,063. It is the largest town in the Babergh local government ...

; when he was 14 the family sold the farm settling in

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. He attended boarding school at

St Joseph's College, Ipswich St Joseph's College is a co-educational independent school for day and boarding pupils between the ages of 2 and 19 in Ipswich, Suffolk, England. With usually 550-600 pupils on the roll, the College is located in South West Ipswich, surrounded ...

, until age 18, but was unhappy with his education there and vowed to become a journalist after he graduated. Years later he would return to school and in 2015 obtained a Master of Fine Arts in Creative Nonfiction from

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. Green's writing career began at age 18, when he worked for the '' Suffolk Free Press'' as an investigative journalist. He did freelance work for a few years, then attended the

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. He then got a break as an investigative feature writer at ''

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'' in London. Since then, Green has written for ''

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'', ''

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'', ''Garden and Gun'', '' Town and Country'', the ''Sunday Times Magazine'', ''

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'', ''Fast Company'', ''

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'', '' GQ'', ''

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'', ''

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'', and ''

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'', among others.Author page
at

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He has reported in Sudan, Brazil, Kazakhstan, South Africa, China, Colombia, Ukraine, Borneo and the ice fields of Alaska among many other places. Green's first book, ''Murder in the High Himalaya: Loyalty, Tragedy, and Escape from Tibet'' (2010) is about the

Nangpa La shootings The Nangpa La shooting incident occurred on 30 September 2006 when a group of unarmed Tibetan refugees attempting to flee Tibet via the Nangpa La pass were fired upon by Chinese border guards. Jonathan Green. ''Murder in the High Himalaya''. 2010 ...

. It is based on his article in ''

'' called "Murder at 19,000 Feet". ''Murder in the High Himalaya'' won the Banff Mountain Book Competition in the Mountain and Wilderness Category (2011). It also won the

American Society of Journalists and Authors The American Society of Journalists and Authors (ASJA) was founded in 1948 as the Society of Magazine Writers, and is the professional association of independent nonfiction writers in the United States. History The organization was established in ...

Outstanding Non Fiction Book of the Year (2011). The book is endorsed by the

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and actor

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. Green's second book, ''Sex Money Murder: A Story of Crack, Blood and Betrayal'' (2018) chronicles the story of the infamous Bronx gang Sex Money Murder through inside access to gangsters and the federal agents, police officers and prosecutors who took them down. Author Jill Leovy reviewing in ''

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'' said that the book is "exceptionally authentic". As of March 2019, a TV show based on the book is being developed by rapper and producer

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along with producer Nicole Rocklin.

Awards

*2011

, Outstanding Non-Fiction Book Award, ''Murder in the High Himalaya'' *2011 Banff Mountain Book Competition, Mountain and Wilderness Literature category, ''Murder in the High Himalaya''

Notes

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Green, Jonathan Living people People educated at St Joseph's College, Ipswich English journalists English non-fiction writers Year of birth missing (living people)