Tom Holt was born in 1961, and produced his first book, Poems by Tom Holt, at the age of thirteen. He began writing his distinctive brand of comic fantasy while at Oxford, and has also written two well-received historical novels, as well as collaborating on the (unauthorised) biography of Margaret Thatcher, I, Margaret. He is married, and lives in Chard, Somerset, "just downwind of the meat canning factory".
Tom Holt has been a full-time writer since 1995 and has produced some of the most popular comic fantasy of the last decade including Little People, Falling Sideways and Nothing But Blue Skies.
Tom Holt has been a full-time writer since 1995 and has produced some of the most popular comic fantasy of the last decade including Little People, Falling Sideways and Nothing But Blue Skies.
Genres: Fantasy, General Fiction, Science Fiction
New Books
Series
J. W. Wells & Co.
1. The Portable Door (2003)
2. In Your Dreams (2004)
3. Earth, Air, Fire and Custard (2005)
4. You Don't Have to Be Evil to Work Here, But It Helps (2006)
5. The Better Mousetrap (2008)
6. May Contain Traces of Magic (2009)
7. Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Sausages (2011)
8. The Eight Reindeer of the Apocalypse (2023)
1. The Portable Door (2003)
2. In Your Dreams (2004)
3. Earth, Air, Fire and Custard (2005)
4. You Don't Have to Be Evil to Work Here, But It Helps (2006)
5. The Better Mousetrap (2008)
6. May Contain Traces of Magic (2009)
7. Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Sausages (2011)
8. The Eight Reindeer of the Apocalypse (2023)
YouSpace
1. Doughnut (2012)
2. When It's A Jar (2013)
3. The Outsorcerer's Apprentice (2014)
4. The Good, the Bad and the Smug (2015)
1. Doughnut (2012)
2. When It's A Jar (2013)
3. The Outsorcerer's Apprentice (2014)
4. The Good, the Bad and the Smug (2015)
Novels
Expecting Someone Taller (1987)
Who's Afraid of Beowulf? (1988)
Flying Dutch (1991)
Ye Gods! (1992)
Overtime (1993)
Here Comes the Sun (1993)
Grailblazers (1994)
Faust Among Equals (1994)
Odds and Gods (1995)
Djinn Rummy (1995)
My Hero (1996)
Paint Your Dragon (1996)
Open Sesame (1997)
Wish You Were Here (1998)
Only Human (1999)
Alexander at World's End (1999)
Snow White and the Seven Samurai (1999)
Olympiad (2000)
Valhalla (2000)
Nothing But Blue Skies (2001)
Falling Sideways (2002)
Little People (2002)
Song for Nero (2003)
Meadowland (2005) (as by Thomas Holt)
Barking (2007)
Blonde Bombshell (2010)
The Management Style of the Supreme Beings (2017)
An Orc on the Wild Side (2019)
Who's Afraid of Beowulf? (1988)
Flying Dutch (1991)
Ye Gods! (1992)
Overtime (1993)
Here Comes the Sun (1993)
Grailblazers (1994)
Faust Among Equals (1994)
Odds and Gods (1995)
Djinn Rummy (1995)
My Hero (1996)
Paint Your Dragon (1996)
Open Sesame (1997)
Wish You Were Here (1998)
Only Human (1999)
Alexander at World's End (1999)
Snow White and the Seven Samurai (1999)
Olympiad (2000)
Valhalla (2000)
Nothing But Blue Skies (2001)
Falling Sideways (2002)
Little People (2002)
Song for Nero (2003)
Meadowland (2005) (as by Thomas Holt)
Barking (2007)
Blonde Bombshell (2010)
The Management Style of the Supreme Beings (2017)
An Orc on the Wild Side (2019)
Collections
Omnibus editions
The First Tom Holt Omnibus (2000)
Tom Holt Omnibus (2001)
Tom Holt Omnibus 2 (2002)
Tom Holt Omnibus 3 (2002)
aka Divine Comedies
For Two Nights Only (2004)
Tall Stories (2004)
Saints and Sinners (2004)
Fishy Wishes (2004)
Tom Holt Omnibus (2001)
Tom Holt Omnibus 2 (2002)
Tom Holt Omnibus 3 (2002)
aka Divine Comedies
For Two Nights Only (2004)
Tall Stories (2004)
Saints and Sinners (2004)
Fishy Wishes (2004)
Series contributed to
Mapp and Lucia
7. Lucia in Wartime (1985)
8. Lucia Triumphant (1986)
10. 5. Lucia and the Diplomatic Incident (2013)
Lucia and the Eighth Commandment / Humble Soup (2018)
7. Lucia in Wartime (1985)
8. Lucia Triumphant (1986)
10. 5. Lucia and the Diplomatic Incident (2013)
Lucia and the Eighth Commandment / Humble Soup (2018)
Anthologies containing stories by Tom Holt
The Mammoth Book of Comic Fantasy (1998)
Royal Whodunnits (1999)
The Mammoth Book of Seriously Comic Fantasy (1999)
The Mammoth Book of Awesome Comic Fantasy (2001)
Royal Whodunnits (1999)
The Mammoth Book of Seriously Comic Fantasy (1999)
The Mammoth Book of Awesome Comic Fantasy (2001)
Short stories
Pizza To Go (1998) | |||
Accidental Death (1999) | |||
Escape from the Planet of the Bears (1999) |
Tom Holt recommends

The Crown of the Blood (2010)
(Crown of the Blood, book 1)
Gav Thorpe
"Thorpe writes strong, uncluttered narrative, and his characters actually sound like real people."
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