Tom Eaton
Tom Eaton is a versatile South African writer with over two decades experience across fiction, non-fiction, print, digital media, film, and television. He is one of SA’s most prominent newspaper columnists and is widely known for his writing on cricket. His novels include THE DE VILLIERS CODE (Jonathan Ball Publishers, 2005) and IS IT ME OR IS IT GETTING HOT IN HERE?: GREAT EXPECTATIONS AND BOILING FROGS IN SOUTH AFRICA (Tafelberg, 2020); and his upcoming novel AN ACT OF MURDER (Penguin Books, 2025), launching in April. The book is the first in a cosy crime series for Penguin Random House.
Eaton’s screenwriting career spans multiple genres, from satire and comedy to thriller, drama, and documentary. Tom was the head writer for popular series like SOAP ON A ROPE and MASTERCHEF SOUTH AFRICA, and he co-created THOSE WHO CAN’T for SABC3. He has recently written for MNet’s SUMMERTIDE and LEGACY, and his docudrama about football on Robben Island, MORE THAN JUST A GAME, was given a special screening at the UK House of Lords. He is currently working on new sitcom RED HERRING for Panther Punch and Showmax and is adapting his novel AN ACT OF MURDER.
Tom has many original series in development ranging from speculative epics to sitcoms, and is a writer for hire.
Find out more about Tom here.
Represented by Aoife Lennon-Ritchie.