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Jodi Taylor is the internationally bestselling author of the Chronicles of St Mary's series, the story of a bunch of disaster prone individuals who investigate major historical events in contemporary time. Do NOT call it time travel! She is also the author of the Time Police series - a St Mary's spinoff and gateway into the world of an all-powerful, international organisation who are NOTHING like St Mary's. Except, when they are.

Alongside these, Jodi is known for her gripping supernatural thrillers featuring Elizabeth Cage together with the enchanting Frogmorton Farm series - a fairy story for adults.

Born in Bristol and now living in Gloucester (facts both cities vigorously deny), she spent many years with her head somewhere else, much to t ...more

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	Just One Damned Thing After Another (The Chronicles of St Mary's, #1) 3.87 avg rating — 52,228 ratings — published 2013 — 58 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Symphony of Echoes (The Chronicles of St Mary's, #2) 4.12 avg rating — 22,525 ratings — published 2013 — 40 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Second Chance (The Chronicles of St Mary's, #3) 4.28 avg rating — 17,511 ratings — published 2014 — 33 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Trail Through Time (The Chronicles of St Mary's, #4) 4.32 avg rating — 15,341 ratings — published 2014 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	No Time Like the Past (The Chronicles of St Mary's, #5) 4.35 avg rating — 13,877 ratings — published 2015 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	What Could Possibly Go Wrong? (The Chronicles of St Mary's, #6) 4.42 avg rating — 12,173 ratings — published 2015 — 27 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Lies, Damned Lies, and History (The Chronicles of St Mary's, #7) 4.42 avg rating — 11,589 ratings — published 2016 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	And the Rest Is History (The Chronicles of St Mary’s, #8) 4.44 avg rating — 10,118 ratings — published 2017 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	An Argumentation of Historians (The Chronicles of St Mary's, #9) 4.51 avg rating — 9,222 ratings — published 2018 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Doing Time (The Time Police, #1) 4.25 avg rating — 9,464 ratings — published 2019 — 16 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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I'm going to Comic Con - which was something I thought only ever happened in The Big Bang Theory. For anyone who happens to be in the Cardiff area, do drop by. I shall be signing books and chatting with anyone who doesn't have the energy to escape.

It's being held on 24th & 25th October 2015 at the Motorpoint Arena in Cardiff.

At no little personal risk, I'm going to have a bash at adding the lin Read more of this blog post »

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The Chronicles of St Mary's (14 books)
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And the Rest Is Cookery: A Manual for the Care and Keeping of Historians

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“Everyone needs rules. After all, how can you break what doesn’t exist? Rules give anarchy something to aim at”
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“It is better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to open your mouth and remove all doubt.”
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“Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming "Wow! What a Ride!”
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