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Welcome to Michael Taylor's author web site
| "Romantic sagas have traditionally been the province of female writers, but Michael Taylor convincingly breaks the mould. He is a born storyteller with a great sense of history and a talent for creating believable characters."
The Historical Novels Review, May 2006 |
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Michael Taylor was born in Dudley in Worcestershire, England, and was educated at Dudley Grammar School. He began writing seriously in 1990, and in 1997 his first novel, Eve's Daughter - destined to become the first of a trilogy - was published by Peacock Publishing. Soon after, Michael was signed up by Hodder & Stoughton who subsequently published 8 of his novels, including a new imprint of Eve's Daughter. His ninth novel, Linden Woods, was published in May 2007 by Severn House. Michael enjoys the research for his novels, and the subject of research forms the basis of an entertaining talk - The Fact in Fiction - he is willing to deliver the talk to interested groups. His interest in music led him in the 1960s into songwriting, and performing with the popular recording group, Herbie's People. In the '80s Michael became an accomplished and widely published amateur photographer, producing striking graphic style images that won him recognition from photo salons all over the world. Some of his work has been exhibited at Laycock Abbey, the home of photography. Michael's other interests include reading, restoring old photos, art, video photography and computers. He plays golf (well, he tries) and enjoys watching football (soccer to his US and Australian readers). He also relishes good food, good beer and decent wine. Michael lives in South Staffordshire, England. |
Michael's novels are listed in order of publication.
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The Romantic Novelists' Association
Research by 'The Sunday Mercury' in 1998 revealed that out of 700 members of the Romantic Novelists' Association only 20 were men and, of those, Michael Taylor was the only one who did not use a female pseudonym. | |
| Michael is available for speaking engagements and liaison with reading groups. Please see the Contacts page | |||
