Jon Hotten

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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"{{cite web | url = https://www.theguardian.com/books/2004/dec/04/featuresreviews.guardianreview3 | title = Muscle: A Writer's Trip Through a Sport with No Boundaries | access-date = 15 October 2011 | last = Poole | first = Steven | author-link= Steven Poole | date = 4 December 2004 | work = guardian.co.uk | publisher = The Guardian}} and by Giles Smith in The Times as "when it's not alarming, it's merely amazing".[http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/books/article395428.ece The Times]{{dead link|date=September 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} The Years of the Locust was described as "standing proud in the tradition of great boxing writing" by Richard Bath in Scotland on Sunday.{{cite news | url = http://www.scotsman.com/sport/book_review_the_years_of_the_locust_a_true_story_of_murder_money_and_mayhem_in_the_last_age_of_boxing_by_jon_hotten_1_1304779 | title = Book review: The Years Of The Locust: A True Story Of Murder, Money And Mayhem In The Last Age Of Boxing, by Jon Hotten | access-date = 15 October 2011 | last = Bath | first = Richard | date = 7 March 2009 | newspaper = The Scotsman}}

The Years of the Locust was optioned by Inflammable/Warp Films.{{cite web | url = http://paddyconsidine.co.uk/Site_Interview_December10.htm | title = Paddy Considine: Here Comes the Sun | access-date = 15 October 2011 | last = Roberts | first = Gareth | author-link = Gareth Roberts (writer) | publisher = Paddy Considine Official Website | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120315101522/http://paddyconsidine.co.uk/Site_Interview_December10.htm | archive-date = 15 March 2012 | url-status = dead }}{{Cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2920576/|title = The Years of the Locust - IMDb| website=IMDb }}

In June 2015 he published a novel, My Life and the Beautiful Music (Jonathan Cape).{{Cite web|url=http://www.randomhouse.co.uk/editions/my-life-and-the-beautiful-music/9780224077835|title = About us}}

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){{cite web|url=http://theoldbatsman.blogspot.co.nz/|title=The Old Batsman|publisher=Blogspot|access-date=14 February 2014}} and since February 2013 a frequent contributor to The Cordon cricket blog at Cricinfo.{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/blogs/content/story/blogs?genre=496;page=3|title=Jon Hotten Cricket Blogs|publisher=ESPN Cricinfo|work=The Cordon|access-date=14 February 2014}} The Old Batsman also appears in The Guardian.{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/cricket-the-old-batsman-blog|title=Sport: The old batsman|newspaper=The Guardian|access-date=14 February 2014}} He is one of the co-writers, along with Sam Collins and Jarrod Kimber, of the 2015 cricket documentary Death Of A Gentleman.{{Cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4746370/|title = Death of a Gentleman (2015) - IMDb| website=IMDb }} Hotten has presented two seasons of The Nightwatchman podcast.{{Cite web |last= |first= |title=The Nightwatchman: The Wisden Cricket Quarterly |url=https://www.thenightwatchman.net/news/the-wisden-nightwatchman-podcast-episode-1 |access-date=2024-03-25 |website= |date= 17 April 2017|language=en-US}}

He plays on the Authors XI cricket team.{{cite book|last=Authors Cricket Club|title=The Authors XI: A Season of English Cricket from Hackney to Hambledon|publisher=Bloomsbury|location=London|year=2013|isbn=978-1-4088-4045-0}}