Adam Mars-Jones (born 26 October 1954) is a British novelist and literary and film critic.

[1][2][3][4] Mars-Jones attended Westminster School, and studied English at Trinity Hall, Cambridge.

[5][6] Mars-Jones is a regular contributor to The Guardian, The Observer, The Times Literary Supplement, and the London Review of Books.

His essay "Venus Envy", a polemic against Martin Amis, was originally published in the CounterBlasts series in 1990.

His teammates were international rower Tom James, world champion cyclist Emma Pooley and actor Dan Starkey.