Ion Trewin


Ion Courtenay Gill Trewin was a British editor, publisher and author.

Biography

Born in London, the son of J. C. Trewin and Wendy Trewin, Ion Trewin was educated at Highgate School. He was the literary editor of The Times from 1972 to 1979 and then became an editor with Hodder & Stoughton until 1992 and Orion Publishing Group to 2006. He was said to have "an unmatched reputation as a publisher of taste and acumen".
He was director of the Man Booker Prize for a decade and was the biographer of the politician Alan Clark. Trewin also edited the three volumes of Clark's diaries.