Christopher Paul Pascoe (born 26 April 1966) is an English writer of humorous books, and magazine columnist.
Career
Books
His first two books, ''A Cat Called Birmingham'' (
, 2005) and ''You Can Take the Cat Out of Slough'' (Hodder & Stoughton, 200
tell the story of a disaster-prone cat named Birmingham.
''A Cat Called Birmingham'' has since been translated into French and Chinese. In France, the book is titled ''Monsieur Chatastrophe
The book caused controversy in
Birmingham
Birmingham ( ) is a City status in the United Kingdom, city and metropolitan borough in the metropolitan county of West Midlands (county), West Midlands, within the wider West Midlands (region), West Midlands region, in England. It is the Lis ...
because it was seen as a slur on the city by a
London
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-based writer.
''You Can Take the Cat Out of Slough'' has also been released in France (October 2009), titled ''Le Journal de Monsieur Chatastrophe'
''A Cat Called Birmingham'' and ''You Can Take the Cat Out of Slough'' have featured in
Amazon Kindle, Kindle's Top-Ten Cat books, and ''A Cat Called Birmingham'' is now in its tenth U.K. edition. ''You Can Take the Cat Out of Slough'' was re-released in paperback in 2015.
In 2009, Pascoe signed with
Anova Books
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, and ''Death, Destruction and a Packet of Peanuts'', a humorous factual/historical tour of the
English Civil War
The English Civil War or Great Rebellion was a series of civil wars and political machinations between Cavaliers, Royalists and Roundhead, Parliamentarians in the Kingdom of England from 1642 to 1651. Part of the wider 1639 to 1653 Wars of th ...
battlefields and their pubs, was released on Anova's Portico imprint in July 2010.
''Confessions of a Cat Sitter'', based on the long-running ''
Your Cat'' magazine series, was released in January 2016.
''The World's Daftest Rabbit'', a collection of his ''
My Weekly
''My Weekly'' is a magazine for women. Published by D. C. Thomson & Co. Ltd of Dundee, Scotland. It tends to consist of short stories, reader contributions, knitting or sewing patterns, and celebrity gossip. There are no real life horror stories ...
'' magazine columns, was released by ''My Weekly'' in September 2017, and ''The World's Craziest Cats'' in September 2018.
Magazine writing
Pascoe is now a writer with various U.K. and U.S. magazines, and is a columnist for the U.K. national magazines ''My Weekly'' and ''Your Cat''.
See also
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List of English writers
List of English writers lists writers in English, born or raised in England (or who lived in England for a lengthy period), who already have Wikipedia pages. References for the information here appear on the linked Wikipedia pages. The list is in ...
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List of humorists
A humorist (American English) or humourist (British English) is an intellectual who uses humor in writing or public speaking. Humorists are distinct from comedians, who are show business entertainers whose business is to make an audience laugh, t ...
References
External links
* , Pascoe's official website
Profile*
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Date of birth missing (living people)
1966 births
Living people
20th-century English male writers
20th-century English journalists
21st-century English male writers
21st-century English journalists
Animal writers
British magazine writers
English humorists
English male journalists