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K.J. Parker

Born

in The United Kingdom

September 13, 1961

Website

http://www.kjparker.net/

Genre

Science Fiction & Fantasy

Influences

C.J. Cherryh

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K.J. Parker is a pseudonym for Tom Holt. The author's true name was revealed on 21 April 2015.

According to the biographical notes in some of Parker's books, Parker has previously worked in law, journalism, and numismatics, and now writes and makes things out of wood and metal. It is also claimed that Parker is married to a solicitor and now lives in southern England. According to an autobiographical note, Parker was raised in rural Vermont, a lifestyle which influenced Parker's work.

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K.J. Parker's Books

Average rating: 3.80 · 21,689 ratings · 2,198 reviews · 96 distinct works · Similar authors

	Devices and Desires (Engineer Trilogy, #1) 3.69 avg rating — 3,058 ratings — published 2005 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Folding Knife 3.91 avg rating — 1,777 ratings — published 2010 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Evil for Evil (Engineer Trilogy, #2) 3.87 avg rating — 1,727 ratings — published 2006 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Escapement (Engineer Trilogy, #3) 3.87 avg rating — 1,553 ratings — published 2007 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Colours in the Steel (Fencer Trilogy, #1) 3.72 avg rating — 1,160 ratings — published 1998 — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sharps 3.85 avg rating — 1,026 ratings — published 2012 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Company 3.43 avg rating — 1,125 ratings — published 2008 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Shadow (Scavenger, #1) 3.73 avg rating — 957 ratings — published 2001 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Hammer 3.79 avg rating — 875 ratings — published 2010 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Belly of the Bow (Fencer Trilogy, #2) 3.64 avg rating — 735 ratings — published 1999 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Series by K.J. Parker

Engineer Trilogy (3 books)
by K.J. Parker
3.78 avg rating — 6,338 ratings

Fencer Trilogy (3 books)
by K.J. Parker
3.67 avg rating — 2,495 ratings

Scavenger (3 books)
by K.J. Parker
3.77 avg rating — 2,150 ratings

The Two of Swords (23 books)
by K.J. Parker
4.01 avg rating — 1,165 ratings

Saloninus (2 books)
by K.J. Parker
3.93 avg rating — 724 ratings

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Quotes by K.J. Parker

“The easiest way to do anything is properly.”
― K.J. Parker

tags: inspirational, science

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“He turned away, and suddenly she thought about the old children's story, where the stupid girl opens the box that God gave her, and all the evils of the world fly out, except Hope, which stays at the bottom; and she wondered what Hope was doing in there in the first place, in with all the bad things. Then the answer came to her, and she wondered how she could've been so stupid. Hope was in there because it was evil too, probably the worst of them all, so heavy with malice and pain that it couldn't drag itself out of the opened box.”
― K.J. Parker, Sharps

tags: evil, false-hope, hope, malice, pain, pandora-s-box

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“Secretly, deep down, everybody on Earth believes they can write poetry, apart from the members of the Poets' Guild, who know they can't.”
― K.J. Parker

tags: humor, poetry

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Which Collection of SF/F stories would you like to discuss together in the group in February?

Academic Exercises collection by K.J. Parker

5 votes, 71.4%

Some of the Best From Tor.com, 2013 Edition by Dale Bailey

Some of the Best From Tor.com, 2013 anthology by various

1 vote, 14.3%

The Starry Rift Tales of New Tomorrows by Jonathan Strahan

The Starry Rift: Tales of New Tomorrows anthology edited by Jonathan Strahan

1 vote, 14.3%

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