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'''[[Tom Holt''']] is a British author whose works can be described as comic urban fantasy mixed with [[Fractured Fairy Tale]]s. Most of his books are standalone, but he has a short series centering around the J.W. Wells Corporation (named after the sorcerer in the [[Gilbert and Sullivan]] musical ''[[The Sorcerer]]'').
 
Holt's male protagonists are nearly all nerds with little social sense, and his female characters tend to be rock-hard, super-competent steamrollers (though they do tend be less competent if they are the actual protagonist rather than the love interest or other supporting character.) Holt's works often deal with the theme of love, though he's very cynical about it and often protrays it as an annoyance or even a disease (either because the subject knows he'll never get anywhere with his crushes, or because she's so desirable she's no longer interested).
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Holt has also written several historical novels (as Thomas Holt), and two sequels to E. F. Benson's ''Mapp and Lucia'' series.
 
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=== {{examples|Bibliography ===}}
* Expecting Someone Taller (1987)
* Who's Afraid of Beowulf? (1988)
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* Lucia in Wartime (1985)
* Lucia Triumphant (1986)
 
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* [[Ambulance Chaser]] - the werewolf lawyers in ''Barking'', quite literally.