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]
Bibliography
edit- 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
edit- ^ 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.
- ^ The Times[dead link]
- ^ 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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