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Cally
Taylor was born in Worcester and currently lives in Brighton. She writes
e-learning Masters degree courses for the London School of Hygiene and Tropical
Medicine and has been writing fiction since 2005.
She was awarded the Runner up prize in the Woman's Own short story
competition in 2006 and won the Helen Mullin Awards and Bank Street
Writers short story competitions in the same year. In 2007 her story "SuperEd"
was a joint winner in the Sedbergh Festival of Books and Drama and was broadcast
of BBC Radio Cumbria. Her stories have been published by Take a
Break Fiction Feast, My Weekly and various literary magazines.
Find out more about Cally Taylor at www.callytaylor.co.uk
'What would I do without you, Lucy Brown?' he said, and kissed
me softly. I held his face in my hands and kissed him back. I felt that
life just couldn't get any more perfect. And I was right, it wouldn't. By
the end of the next day, I'd be dead.
Lucy is about to marry the man of her dreams - kind, handsome, funny
Dan - when she breaks her neck the night before their wedding. Unable to
accept a lifetime's separation from her soulmate, Lucy decides to become
a ghost rather than go to heaven and be parted from Dan.
But it turns out things aren't quite as easy as that. When Lucy discovers
that Limbo is a grotty student-style house in North London she's less than
thrilled. Especially after meeting her new flatmates: grumpy, cider-swilling
EMO-kid Claire; and Brian, a train-spotter with a Thomas the Tank Engine
duvet and a big BO problem. But Lucy has a more major problem on her hands
- if she wants to become a ghost and be with Dan she has to complete an
almost impossible task. How the hell does a girl like Lucy find a girlfriend
for the dorkiest man in England? IT geek Archie's only passions are multi-player
computer games and his Grandma.
But Lucy only has twenty-one days to find him love. And when she discovers
that her so-called friend Anna is determined to make a move on the heart-broken,
vulnerable Dan, the pressure is really on...
"I just couldn’t put it down...one for the cold winter evenings
to warm your heart. Brilliant. 5/5" - WWW.CHICKLITREVIEWS.COM
"A great bit of escapism that will have you laughing, gasping and
crying. Lucy Brown is an adorable character and you will be routing for
her all the way" - WWW.LOVEREADING.CO.UK
"Life can wait while you're reading this fabulous story of love
after death... you won't want to do anything else but race to the end. Cally
Taylor has created a truly believable world beyond ours. It's warm, romantic
and very funny" -
KATE HARRISON (The Secret Shopper's Revenge)
“This quirky and enjoyable ghost story is Cally Taylor ’s
first novel after finishing as runner-up in Woman’s Own’s 2006
short story competition. When Lucy dies on the eve of her wedding, she can’t
let go of her groom.” 4/5 - WOMAN'S OWN
| Territory | Publisher/Agent |
|---|---|
| World | Darley Anderson Agency |
| UK & Commonwealth | Orion |
| Brazil | Bertrand Brasil |
| China | Beijing Book Company |
| Croatia | Znanje |
| Czech Republic | Plejada |
| Germany | Goldmann |
| Hungary | Konyvmolykepzo |
| Russia | Eksmo |
| Spain | Versatil |
| Taiwan | Crown |