Tom Holt

Tom Holt (born September 13 1961) is an author of parodic mythopoeic fiction. He is the son of novelist Hazel Holt .

Holt's "straight" historical novels, notably The Walled Orchard, have attracted widespread praise.

Steve Nallon collaborated with Holt to write I, Margaret, an unauthorized biography of Margaret Thatcher published in 1989.

Contents

1 Novels

Novels

Expecting Someone Taller (1987)
- Based on Wagner's Der Ring des Nibelungen
Who's Afraid of Beowulf? (1988)
- Based on Norse mythology
Flying Dutch (1991)
- Based on the Flying Dutchman
Ye Gods! (1992)
- Based on Greek mythology (especially Hercules)
Overtime (1993)
- Based on the story of Blondel
Here Comes the Sun (1993)
- Loosely based on the concept of the celestial bureaucracy, reintepreted as the British civil service
Grailblazers (1994)
- Based on Arthurian romance and the quest for the Holy Grail
Faust Among Equals (1994)
- Based on the story of Faust
Odds & Gods (1995)
- Features assorted pantheons
Djinn Rummy (1995)
- Based on the Arabian Nights
My Hero (1996)
Paint Your Dragon (1996)
- Based on the legend of St George
Open Sesame (1997)
- Based on the Arabian Nights
Wish You Were Here (1998)
Only Human (1999)
Snow White and The Seven Samurai (1999)
- Based on the fairy tales of the Brothers Grimm
Valhalla (2000)
- Based on Norse mythology
Nothing But Blue Skies (2001)
- Features Chinese dragons
Falling Sideways (2002)
Little People (2002)
- Based on faery legends
The Portable Door (2004)
In Dreams (2004)
- Both set in the magic firm from The Sorcerer by Gilbert & Sullivan

The Walled Orchard (1997)
- originally published in two parts, as Goatsong (1989) and The Walled Orchard (1990)
Alexander At The World's End (1999)
Olympiad (2000)
Song for Nero (2003)

continuations of E. F. Benson's "Lucia" series
- Lucia In Wartime (1985) fiction
- Lucia Triumphant (1986) fiction

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