Jon Ferry was born in Wiltshire, England in October, 1947. He came to Canada in 1972, and has worked as a reporter, bureau correspondent and columnist for the Toronto Globe & Mail, the Edmonton Journal, the Victoria Daily Colonist and the Vancouver Province. He has lived in North Vancouver.

Co-author. The Olson Murders (Cameo books, 1982) with Damian Inwood 978-9993-1860-2-1
Charred Horses (Prominence, 2017) 978-1-9889-250-8-0
Dark Wood (Prominence, 2018) 978-1-9889-252-7-1

[BCBW 2019] "Journalism"