Tom Cox was born in Nottinghamshire in 1975. Sincequitting his job as rock critic for The Guardian in 2000,he has written eight books, including four about his cats– Under The Paw, Talk To The Tail, the top ten SundayTimes bestseller The Good, The Bad And The Furry, andClose Encounters of the Furred Kind – and two about hisadventures as Britain’s most inept golf professional.Tom writes a monthly column for The Guardian about hislife in the Devon countryside, a column about his cats forYour Cat magazine, a diary for Devon Life magazine. Hishobbies include walking, reading and listening to old folksongs about witches.
