Thomas Tidholm

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| name = Thomas Tidholm

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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1943|4|11|df=y}}

| birth_place = Örebro, Sweden

| occupation = Children's writer, poet, playwright, photographer, translator, musician

| notable_works = Over thirty children's books, collaborations with Anna-Clara Tidholm, Swedish translation of The Hitchhiker's Guide series

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| years_active = 1963–present

| spouse = Anna-Clara Tidholm

| website = [http://thomas.tidholm.se/ Thomas Tidholm site]

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Thomas Tidholm (born in Örebro on 11 April 1943) is a Swedish children's writer, poet, playwright, photographer, translator, and musician. Since his debut as a poet in 1963, he has written poetry, novels, stage plays, and some thirty children's books (often collaborating with his wife, artist and writer Anna-Clara Tidholm). He has directed short films for Sveriges Television, done youth theater for Unga Riks,[https://books.google.com/books?id=TG2mP5KTDn8C&dq=%22thomas+tidholm%22&pg=PA240 The World of theatre by Ian Herbert, International Theatre Institute, pg 240] and was a member of Swedish band Pärson Sound/International Harvester in the late sixties. He's also known for the Swedish translation of the radio series and the first four novels in The Hitchhiker's Guide series.