​​Holden's writing has been published in books including Growing Up in Country Australia (Black Inc, 2022), Hometown Haunts (Wakefield Press, 2021) and Bright Lights, No City (Margaret River Press, 2019). He has written articles for The West Australian, The Sydney Morning Herald, 10 Daily, Ad News, the Huffington Post, the ABC and DNA Magazine. His creative works have been published in journals Griffith Review, Westerly, page seventeen and Indigo Journal. He graduated with Honours from Edith Cowan University’s Writing program, and in 2015 won a prestigious Australia Council grant. In 2025, he was appointed as an Adjunct Creative Fellow at Edith Cowan University.

Holden has been profiled in several books including Prudish Nation (Upswell Publishing, 2023), Hard Knocks (Affirm Press, 2022) and How To Be An Author (Fremantle Press, 2021). In 2022, he appeared on the hit ABC TV series You Can't Ask That (Season 7, Episode 1:  "Bogans"). Holden served as Deputy Chair of Writing WA from 2019 - 2023. He is represented by Gaby Naher of The Naher Agency. 

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When he's not writing or reading, Holden can be found working out at the gym, watching or playing footy (AFL), or working as a labourer. Originally from Geraldton in Australia's Midwest region, he now lives in Perth's far north, with his husband and his V8 ute.