Jon Stone was born in Derby, lives in London, and studies poem-game hybrids at UWE, Bristol. His collection, School of Forgery (Salt, 2012) was a Poetry Book Society recommendation, and was reissued in paperback in 2018. He won a Society of Authors Eric Gregory Award in 2012 and the Poetry London Prize in 2014 and 2016. He is also an editor at Sidekick Books.