Jon Hotten Explained

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

• 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

Notes and References

1. Web site: Muscle: A Writer's Trip Through a Sport with No Boundaries . 15 October 2011 . Poole . Steven . Steven Poole . 4 December 2004 . . The Guardian.
2. http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/books/article395428.ece
3. News: Book review: The Years Of The Locust: A True Story Of Murder, Money And Mayhem In The Last Age Of Boxing, by Jon Hotten . 15 October 2011 . Bath . Richard . 7 March 2009 . The Scotsman.
4. Web site: Paddy Considine: Here Comes the Sun . 15 October 2011 . Roberts . Gareth . Gareth Roberts (writer) . Paddy Considine Official Website . https://web.archive.org/web/20120315101522/http://paddyconsidine.co.uk/Site_Interview_December10.htm . 15 March 2012 . dead .
5. Web site: The Years of the Locust - IMDb. .
6. Web site: About us.
7. Web site: The Old Batsman. Blogspot. 14 February 2014.
8. Web site: Jon Hotten Cricket Blogs. ESPN Cricinfo. The Cordon. 14 February 2014.
9. News: Sport: The old batsman. The Guardian. 14 February 2014.
10. Web site: Death of a Gentleman (2015) - IMDb. .
11. Web site: The Nightwatchman: The Wisden Cricket Quarterly . 2024-03-25 . 17 April 2017. en-US.
12. Book: Authors Cricket Club. The Authors XI: A Season of English Cricket from Hackney to Hambledon. Bloomsbury. London. 2013. 978-1-4088-4045-0.