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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" [1] and by Giles Smith in The Times as "when it's not alarming, it's merely amazing". [2] The Years of the Locust was described as "standing proud in the tradition of great boxing writing" by Richard Bath in Scotland on Sunday . [3]

The Years of the Locust was optioned by Inflammable/Warp Films. [4] [5]

In June 2015 he published a novel, My Life and the Beautiful Music (Jonathan Cape). [6]

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) [7] and since February 2013 a frequent contributor to The Cordon cricket blog at Cricinfo. [8] The Old Batsman also appears in The Guardian . [9] He is one of the co-writers, along with Sam Collins and Jarrod Kimber, of the 2015 cricket documentary Death Of A Gentleman . [10] Hotten has presented two seasons of The Nightwatchman podcast. [11]

He plays on the Authors XI cricket team. [12]

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References

  1. ↑ 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.
  2. ↑ The Times [ dead link ]
  3. ↑ 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.
  4. ↑ Roberts, Gareth. "Paddy Considine: Here Comes the Sun". Paddy Considine Official Website. Archived from the original on 15 March 2012. Retrieved 15 October 2011.
  5. ↑ "The Years of the Locust - IMDb". IMDb .
  6. ↑ "About us".
  7. ↑ "The Old Batsman". Blogspot . Retrieved 14 February 2014.
  8. ↑ "Jon Hotten Cricket Blogs". The Cordon. ESPN Cricinfo . Retrieved 14 February 2014.
  9. ↑ "Sport: The old batsman". The Guardian. Retrieved 14 February 2014.
  10. ↑ "Death of a Gentleman (2015) - IMDb". IMDb .
  11. ↑ "The Nightwatchman: The Wisden Cricket Quarterly". 17 April 2017. Retrieved 25 March 2024.
  12. ↑ 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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