K. J. Parker

1 universe Last reviewed 2026-09-23

K. J. Parker is the pen name of British author Thomas Charles Louis Holt, born September 13, 1961, used exclusively for his fantasy fiction since 1987. He was educated at Westminster School and Wadham College, Oxford, and trained as a solicitor at the College of Law in London before writing full time; under his own name, Tom Holt is also known for a long-running series of comic fantasy novels that parody mythology, history, and literature. Parker's identity behind the pseudonym was kept confidential for seventeen years until it was publicly confirmed in 2015. K. J. Parker's fantasy works include the Fencer, Scavenger, and Engineer trilogies, the standalone novel Sixteen Ways to Defend a Walled City, and the Corax Trilogy (2023). Parker has twice won the World Fantasy Award for Best Novella, in 2012 for "A Small Price to Pay for Birdsong" and in 2013 for "Let Maps to Others."

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Books

• Saevus Corax Captures the Castle (2023) · The Corax Trilogy Core Canon
• Saevus Corax Deals with the Dead (2023) · The Corax Trilogy Core Canon
• Saevus Corax Gets Away with Murder (2023) · The Corax Trilogy Core Canon

Aggregate across all universes

• Total Core Canon books across all universes: 3 books
• Award recognitions across all universes: 0 (None recorded)

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