Jodi Taylor


Jodi Taylor is an English author of fantasy-style historical fiction, historical romance and romance novels.
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Biography

Jodi Taylor was born in Bristol. With her then-husband, Taylor moved to Yorkshire. She worked for North Yorkshire County Council for almost 20 years, in positions including library facilities manager.
Taylor's first book, Just One Damned Thing After Another, was self-published on two download websites. That manuscript was subsequently purchased by Accent Press, which published all her subsequent works, up to December 2018. Headline Publishing Group became responsible for publishing her works as of January 2019.
As of 2024, Jodi 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. It earned a starred review from Publishers Weekly, which called it "a carnival ride" in a "world... depicted in lush detail". 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".
The first fan convention, Jodiworld, was held in Coventry, UK, in June 2023. Taylor and her literary agent, Hazel Cushion, were in attendance, with Jasper Fforde as an additional guest of honour.

The Chronicles of St Mary's

Taylor's flagship series follows the staff of St Mary's Institute of Historical Research, especially the historian Dr Madeleine "Max" Maxwell, as they time-travel to "investigate major historical events in contemporary time".
Novels
  1. Just One Damned Thing After Another
  2. A Symphony of Echoes
  3. A Second Chance
  4. A Trail Through Time
  5. No Time Like the Past
  6. What Could Possibly Go Wrong?
  7. Lies, Damned Lies, and History
  8. And the Rest is History
  9. An Argumentation of Historians
  10. Hope For the Best
  11. Plan For The Worst
  12. Another Time, Another Place
  13. A Catalogue of Catastrophe
  14. The Good, The Bad and The History
Short storiesWhen a Child is Born Roman Holiday Christmas Present The Very First Damned Thing Ships and Stings and Wedding Rings The Great St Mary's Day Out My Name is Markham A Perfect Storm Christmas Past The Battersea Barricades The Steam Pump Jump And Now For Something Completely Different When Did You Last See Your Father? Why is Nothing Ever Simple? The Ordeal of the Haunted Room The Toast of Time Christmas Pie Lights! Camera! Mayhem! Murder at Martingale Manor
CollectionsThe Chronicles of St Mary's Boxset, Volume 1 – novels 1-3The Long and Short of It - A collection of short stories Long Story Short – The second collection of short stories The Most Wonderful Time of the Year: A Christmas Short-Story Collection -

The Time Police

NovelsDoing Time Hard Time Saving Time About Time Killing Time Out of Time
Short Stories
  • ''Santa Grint''

Related novels

  • ''The Ballad of Smallhope and Pennyroyal''

Frogmorton Farm

NovelsThe Nothing Girl The Something Girl
Short storiesLittle Donkey
  • ''Joy to the World''

Elizabeth Cage

White Silence Dark Light Long Shadows
  • ''Bad Moon''

Writing as Isabella Barclay

  • ''A Bachelor Establishment''