Jodi Taylor

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Jodi Taylor is an English author of fantasy-style historical fiction, [1] historical romance [2] and romance [3] [4] novels.

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Biography

Taylor was born in Bristol. [5] With her then-husband, Taylor moved to Yorkshire. [6] She worked for North Yorkshire County Council for almost 20 years, [6] in positions including library facilities manager. [7]

Her first book, Just One Damned Thing After Another, was self-published on two download websites. [3] That manuscript was subsequently purchased by Accent Press, [6] which published all her subsequent works, up to December 2018. Headline Publishing Group became responsible for publishing her works as of January 2019.

Taylor lives in Gloucestershire.

Reception

Just One Damned Thing After Another appeared on the USA Today Best-Selling Books list on 21 January 2016 at #74. [8] It earned a starred review from Publishers Weekly , which called it "a carnival ride" in a "world ... depicted in lush detail". [9] The review in Library Journal lauded the book's "appealing cast of characters", with "plenty of humor, lots of action, and even a touch of romance". [10]

The first fan convention, Jodiworld, [11] was held in Coventry, UK, in June 2023. Taylor and her literary agent (and former publisher), Hazel Cushion, were in attendance, with Jasper Fforde as an additional Guest of Honour.

Bibliography

The Chronicles of St Mary's

Taylor's flagship series follows the staff of St Mary's Institute of Historical Research, especially historian Dr Madeleine "Max" Maxwell, as they time-travel to "investigate major historical events in contemporary time". [12]

Novels [13]

  1. Just One Damned Thing After Another (June 2013)
  2. A Symphony of Echoes (October 2013)
  3. A Second Chance (February 2014)
  4. A Trail Through Time (July 2014)
  5. No Time Like the Past (February 2015)
  6. What Could Possibly Go Wrong? (August 2015)
  7. Lies, Damned Lies, and History (May 2016)
  8. And the Rest is History (April 2017)
  9. An Argumentation of Historians (May 2018)
  10. Hope For the Best (May 2019)
  11. Plan For The Worst (April 2020)
  12. Another Time, Another Place (April 2021)
  13. A Catalogue of Catastrophe (April 2022)
  14. The Good, The Bad and The History (June 2023)

Short stories [13]

Collections [13]

The Time Police

Novels

Short Stories

Frogmorton Farm

Novels [5]

Short stories [5]

Elizabeth Cage

Writing as Isabella Barclay

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References

  1. ↑ "Books". Accent Press, A Distinctive Voice in Publishing. Accent Press. Retrieved 4 August 2017.
  2. ↑ Taylor, Jodi (2015). A Bachelor Establishment. Accent Press. ISBN   978-1783759712.
  3. 1 2 Novelicious (9 October 2014), "Novelicious Chats To...Jodi Taylor", novelicious.com, retrieved 4 August 2017
  4. 1 2 "Isabella Barclay". Amazon. Amazon.com, Inc. Retrieved 4 August 2017.
  5. 1 2 3 "Jodi Taylor". Amazon. Amazon.com, Inc. Retrieved 8 March 2022.
  6. 1 2 3 Scott, Catherine (24 April 2014). "Getaway to the sun brings new chapter for first time novelist". The Yorkshire Post . Retrieved 4 August 2017.
  7. ↑ Taylor, April (2 September 2014). "Interview with comedy/history writer Jodi Taylor". Luke Ballard, Detective, Apothecary and Elemancer keeping the Tudors safe at Hampton Court Palace. Retrieved 4 August 2017.
  8. ↑ "Just One Damned Thing After Another". USA Today . Gannett Satellite Information Network, LLC. 21 January 2016. Retrieved 5 August 2017.
  9. ↑ "Just One Damned Thing After Another". Publishers Weekly. PWxyz, LLC. 15 February 2016. Retrieved 5 August 2017.
  10. ↑ McArdle, Megan M.; Chadwick, Kristi (23 May 2016). "Chambers's Debut of the Month, Durbin, Vyleta, plus Newcomer Merbeth & Series Lineup / SF/Fantasy Reviews, May 15, 2016". Library Journal. Archived from the original on 17 August 2017. Retrieved 5 August 2017.
  11. ↑ https://www.jodiworld.org/.{{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  12. ↑ Taylor, Jodi (2013). Just One Damned Thing After Another. Abercynon, Wales: Accent Press Ltd. p. 11. ISBN   978-1910939482. Although the phrase 'time travel' is so sci-fi. We don't do that. Here at St Mary's we 'investigate historical events in contemporary time'.
  13. 1 2 3 "The Chronicles of St Mary's Series (14 books)". Goodreads. Goodreads Inc. Retrieved 4 August 2017.
  14. ↑ Taylor, Jodi (25 June 2017). "White Silence". Jodi Taylor. Retrieved 4 August 2017.
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