Draft:Tom Eaton (author)

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Tom Eaton (born 5 February 1977) is an author, columnist, and screenwriter[1]. He writes a weekly column for Business Day and TimesLive. He first came to prominence writing a weekly satirical column for the Mail & Guardian (2002–2008).

In 2008, he co-founded Hayibo[2], a political satire website, with Antony Pascoe and Steve Porter.

He has written six books, Twelve Rows Back (2005, Juta), The De Villiers Code (2005, Penguin), Texas (2006, Penguin), The Wading (2008, Penguin), The Unauthorised History of South Africa (2013, Zebra Press), and Is It Me or Is It Getting Hot In Here? (2020, Tafelberg).

As a screenwriter he is best known for his movie More Than Just a Game (2007), a drama about the political prisoners on Robben Island who became soccer players at the time of Nelson Mandela's incarceration; Shoreline (2009, 2012) a documentary about the coastal regions of the Western Cape; his comedy series Those Who Can't (2012), created with Alan Committie; and his work on M-net TV dramas, Legacy (2021) and Summertide (2024).

  1. ^ Write, Writers (2018-02-05). "Literary Birthday - 5 February - Tom Eaton". Writers Write. Retrieved 2024-09-19.
  2. ^ News24, Petro-Anne Morkel. "Hayibo.com bows out". News24. Retrieved 2024-09-02.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)