Graham Peter Taylor (born 1958 in Scarborough, North Yorkshire), pen-name G. P. Taylor, is the author of the best-selling novels Shadowmancer and Wormwood. Before taking up writing full-time, he was an Anglican priest in the village of Cloughton, North Yorkshire.
Biography
When Taylor completed the manuscript of his first book, Shadowmancer, he opted to self-publish. The book was a great success as it quickly garnered a publishing deal with Penguin Books (Faber in the UK and Putnam in the United States) for a further six novels. At this time he resigned as parish priest and moved to a private home some 3 miles from his former parish. His books have since been translated into forty-eight languages and optioned for the movies.
His second novel, Wormwood, was nominated for the American book award known as The Quills. Tersias is his third novel and was published in the UK in 2005. In August 2006, Faber published a follow up to Shadowmancer entitled The Curse of Salamander Street.
In October 2006, Taylor's first ever 'illustronovella', The Tizzle Sisters & Erik was released by Markosia. A mixture of prose and graphic novel, Taylor was joined on the book by fellow collaborators Tony Lee, Dan Boultwood and Harry Potter artist Cliff Wright.
He also contributed text to a book on the Yorkshire coast by photographer Mark Denton.
Taylor currently resides in Scalby, North Yorkshire and has three children.
Bibliography
"half" sequels
Shadowmancer
- Shadowmancer (2003)
- The Curse of Salamander Street (2006)
References
- Lunden, Jeff. "'Shadowmancer' Touted as 'Hotter than Potter'", Morning Edition on National Public Radio. May 18, 2004. Retrieved October 6, 2005.
- Akwagyiram, Alexis. "Vicar's black magic works £3.5m deal", The Guardian. April 20, 2004.
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