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Debbie Taylor

Debbie Taylor

Debbie has a doctorate in psychology and travelled the world as a journalist and novelist, writing about health, social issues and women’s lives, before founding Mslexia. Her books include My Children My Gold (Virago), The Fourth Queen (Penguin) and Herring Girl (One World).

Debbie is currently...

Reading Peach by Emma Glass
Writing A novel about drought and mental illness in Botswana
Passionate about Hoopoes, beech martens and bee-eaters (seen at sunrise in Greece)
Channelling Glenda Jackson, Kate Bush, Maggie Hambling – and wild older women artists everywhere
Desperately seeking A foolproof method for cooking cacio e pepe

 

Contact Debbie about partnership and event invitations; also publicity queries. (All writing submissions and journalism pitches should be sent via our formal submissions process.)

Position Founder and Editor

Every year Mslexia helps Arvon reach an engaged, diverse and vibrant community of writers. It is without a doubt a core part of our advertising campaign.

Arvon Foundation

We have been advertising in Mslexia since 2014 and the service we receive is second-to-none. We have been able to introduce our postgraduate courses, short courses and annual writing competition to a highly targeted market and have benefitted hugely from the results.

Manchester Metropolitan University

Advertising with Mslexia is a rare delight. Easy, flexible – can I say “forgiving”? – and, with exactly the right audience for us, effective, too.

Faber Academy

A huge basket full of ‘thank you’s for all the Mslexia Max events − the best thing that ever happened to me as a writer. Not only did my novel pitch profit a lot from the thoughtful feedback you gave me during the ‘pitch surgeries,’ but one of the Max events changed my writers’ life.

Sophie van Llewyn, author of Bottled Goods

Mslexia was a tangible support to me in the anguished years of writing my first novel and continues to be a source of bristling writerly energy.

Diana Evans

The sort of friend you never outgrow - a source of tips, tricks and deeper inspiration.

Hilary Mantel

The place for poets to see and be seen.

Carol Ann Duffy

I remember when I was writing my first novel - what a lifeline Mslexia was.

Naomi Alderman

There is no other writing magazine on the market that comes anywhere close to the quality of Mslexia. I began my subscription when I was a new writer; I'm a professional now and the magazine continues to cater for my needs as much as ever - as my writing buddy, mentor and literary news feed.

Zosia Wand

Inspired, inspiring, invaluable.

Sarah Waters