Barry Jones is an Australian writer, teacher, lawyer and former Labor politician, best known for the book Sleepers, Wake!: Technology and the Future of Work, first published in 1982. His other books include Joseph II and Age of Apocalypse, and his autobiography A Thinking Reed covers a career that took him through the Victorian Parliament and the House of Representatives. He campaigned against the death penalty through the 1960s and is also a quiz champion and social activist.
