Thomas Henry Calthorpe Blofeld (born 30 May 1964), known as Tom Blofeld, is a writer of children's books and the owner and CEO of Bewilderwood, an adventure park in Horning,

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. The author of three books for children, '' A Boggle at Bewilderwood'' (available also in a poetic version), ''The Bewilderbats'', and ''A Bewildermuddle,'' Blofeld also runs his family's country estate,

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, located in the village of the same name. He is also a Vice President of

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. Blofeld is the son of Sir

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, a former High Court judge, and the nephew of

Henry Blofeld Henry Calthorpe Blofeld, OBE (born 23 September 1939) nicknamed Blowers by Brian Johnston, is an English retired sports journalist, broadcaster and amateur ornithologist best known as a cricket commentator for ''Test Match Special'' on BBC Ra ...

, the cricket commentator. Like his father and uncle he attended

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. He is married to Leslie Felperin, a film critic for ''

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'' magazine, and the father of two children, born in 2007 and 2008.

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1964 births English children's writers Living people People from Hoveton People educated at Sunningdale School {{england-writer-stub