Cally Taylor was born in Worcester, spent her childhood guarded by soldiers in Germany (oh okay, her Dad was in the army), studied Psychology in Newcastle and has had a variety of jobs including fruit picker, waitress, post woman, receptionist, shipping co-ordinator, graphic designer and web developer. She currently works as an E-Learning Manager for a London university.

In 2011, after thirteen years in Brighton (the longest she's ever lived anywhere), Cally moved to Bristol where she lives with her boyfriend and baby son, and their ridiculously large DVD/book/music collection. She shares her 'study' with the washing machine and a surf board and writes her novels in any spare moments she can squeeze in between the day job, being a mum and her social network addiction .

'Heaven Can Wait', Cally's debut novel, has been translated into 13 different languages, scooped the Debut Novel of the Year and Book of the Year prizes in chicklitreviews.com book awards 2009 and was the first novel ever to receive a 10/10 review from chicklitclub.com. Her second novel, 'Home for Christmas', was published by Orion in October 2011.

Cally's third book is a psychological thriller about a woman who must discover what caused her comatose 15 year old daughter to step in front of a bus before a secret from the past destroys them both. Published in the UK by Avon HarperCollins as "The Accident" (written as CL Taylor) and in the USA by Sourcebooks as "Look Both Ways" in June 2014.

Cally regularly blogs at http://writing-about-writing.blogspot.com 

Her alter ego (CL Taylor psychological thriller author) blogs here: http://cltaylorauthor.wordpress.com

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