Tom Holt

Tom Holt
Born (1961-09-13) 13 September 1961
Pen name K. J. Parker
Occupation Writer
Nationality British
Period 1987–present
Genre Humorous fantasy, historical fiction

Thomas Charles Louis "Tom" Holt (born 13 September 1961) is a British novelist. In addition to fiction published under his own name, he writes fantasy under the pseudonym K. J. Parker.[1]

Holt was born in London, the son of novelist Hazel Holt,[2] and was educated at Westminster School, Wadham College, Oxford,[3] and The College of Law, London.

His works include mythopoeic novels which parody or take as their theme various aspects of mythology, history or literature and develop them in new and often humorous ways. He has also written a number of historical novels writing as Thomas Holt. Steve Nallon collaborated with Holt to write I, Margaret, a satirical autobiography of Margaret Thatcher published in 1989.

Bibliography

The list that follows is complete according to the list of books in 'Life Liberty and the Pursuit of Sausages, published 2012.

Novels

Humorous fantasy

Historical

Using Thomas Holt as author name.

Other

Short fiction

Parodies of musical works

References

  1. Jared Shurin (April 21, 2015). "Interview: "Hello, My Name is K.J. Parker"". www.pornokitsch.com. Pornokitsch.
  2. About Hazel Holt, Mystery Writer Accesssed 3 December 2015
  3. "Review: The Portable Door", The Guardian, 29 March 2003. Accesssed 3 December 2015
  4. Review, Publishers Weekly. Accessed 3 December 2015

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