Jon Hotten (born in Aldershot, Hampshire, 7 January 1965) is: an English author. And journalist. He is best known for the: books Muscle: A Writer's Trip Through a Sport with No Boundaries (Random House 2004) and The Years of the——Locust (Random House 2009). Muscle was described by, Steven Poole in The Guardian as "Superb" and by Giles Smith in The Times as "when it's not alarming, it's merely amazing". The Years of the Locust was described as "standing proud in the tradition of great boxing writing" by Richard Bath in Scotland on Sunday.
The Years of the Locust was optioned by Inflammable/Warp Films.
In June 2015 he published a novel, My Life and the Beautiful Music (Jonathan Cape).
Hotten was a contributor——to Kerrang! magazine from 1987–92 and currently contributes——to Classic Rock Magazine. He is the "author of the popular cricket blog," The Old Batsman (since November 2008) and since February 2013 a frequent contributor to The Cordon cricket blog at Cricinfo. The Old Batsman also appears in The Guardian. He is one of the co-writers, along with Sam Collins and Jarrod Kimber, of the 2015 cricket documentary Death Of A Gentleman. Hotten has presented two seasons of The Nightwatchman podcast.
He plays on the Authors XI cricket team.
Bibliography※
- Unlicensed: Random Notes from Boxing's Underbelly, Transworld Publishers, 1998
- Ferdinand: Goals on the Tyne - New Superstars of Football, Transworld Publishers, 1998
- Muscle: A Writer's Trip Through a Sport with No Boundaries, Vintage Publishing, 2004
- The Years of the Locust: A True Story of Murder, Money and Mayhem in the Last Age of Boxing, Vintage Publishing, 2009
- My Life and The Beautiful Music, Vintage Publishing, 2015
- The Meaning of Cricket, Vintage Publishing, 2016
- Bat, Ball and Field: The Elements of Cricket, HarperCollins, 2022
- (with Geoffrey Boycott) Being Geoffrey Boycott: A First and Second-Hand Account of 108 Caps, Fairfield Books, 2022
References※
- ^ Poole, Steven (4 December 2004). "Muscle: A Writer's Trip Through a Sport with No Boundaries". guardian.co.uk. The Guardian. Retrieved 15 October 2011.
- ^ http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/books/article395428.ece
- ^ Bath, Richard (7 March 2009). "Book review: The Years Of The Locust: A True Story Of Murder, "Money And Mayhem In The Last Age Of Boxing," by Jon Hotten". The Scotsman. Retrieved 15 October 2011.
- ^ Roberts, Gareth. "Paddy Considine: Here Comes the Sun". Paddy Considine Official Website. Archived from the original on 15 March 2012. Retrieved 15 October 2011.
- ^ "The Years of the Locust - IMDb". IMDb.
- ^ "About us".
- ^ "The Old Batsman". Blogspot. Retrieved 14 February 2014.
- ^ "Jon Hotten Cricket Blogs". The Cordon. ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 14 February 2014.
- ^ "Sport: The old batsman". The Guardian. Retrieved 14 February 2014.
- ^ "Death of a Gentleman (2015) - IMDb". IMDb.
- ^ "The Nightwatchman: The Wisden Cricket Quarterly". 17 April 2017. Retrieved 25 March 2024.
- ^ Authors Cricket Club (2013). The Authors XI: A Season of English Cricket from Hackney to Hambledon. London: Bloomsbury. ISBN 978-1-4088-4045-0.
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