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Pen name
  
K. J. Parker

Name
  
Tom Holt

Occupation
  
Writer

Role
  
Novelist

Nationality
  
British

Education
  
Westminster School

Period
  
1987–present


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Born
  
13 September 1961 (age 62) (
1961-09-13
)

Genre
  
Humorous fantasy, historical fiction

Nominations
  
Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel, Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel

Books
  
The Portable Door, Expecting Someone Taller, Earth - Air - Fire and Custard, Life - Liberty and the Pursuit of, Who's Afraid of Beowulf?

Similar People
  
Thomas C Holt, Jane Yolen, Tom Hungerford

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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.

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Holt was born in London, the son of novelist Hazel Holt, and was educated at Westminster School, Wadham College, Oxford, 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.

Parodies of musical works

  • "Impractical Man" – a parody of the song "Practical Man" by Pete Atkin and Clive James.
  • References

    Tom Holt Wikipedia