Born in Birmingham in 1972, C. M. Taylor has lived in West Yorkshire, Suffolk, Cambridge, Edinburgh, India, Spain and Brussels.
[3] The dystopian satire Grief was nominated for Best Book of the Year 2005 by the British Science Fiction Association[4] and was described in the BSFA's review as a work of "breathtaking originality."
Published by Corsair, an imprint of Constable & Robinson,[7] Taylor's Premiership Psycho is a dark satire on the excesses of celebrity and football culture.
Simon Redfern of The Independent praised the book, saying: "As with all good satire, this dystopian vision inspires laughter and loathing in equal measure.
[10] In December 2014, Taylor launched the "immersive narrative app" Reptile Resistance in collaboration with John Crump through the crowdfunding publisher Unbound; funding was secured in 2017.