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 63) ( 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.
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