Tod Davies

Tod Davies (born 1955) is an American writer, publisher and producer.

Biography

Davies was born and grew up in San Francisco,Jeff Baker (April 15, 2011
"Tod Davies finds her new book under a big fir tree south of Ashland"
OregonLive.com. where she attended Convent of the Sacred Heart High School (California). She graduated from the University of California.

Davies's screenplay credits include '' Three Businessmen'', in which she also appears briefly as an actress; and as a co-writer for the screenplay of the adaptation of Hunter S. Thompson's novel '' Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas''. Although Davies's husband Alex Cox did not direct the project, the Writers Guild of America twice determined that their script be credited.

She is the producer of ''Three Businessmen'' and ''Revengers Tragedy'', the founder of Toxteth TV, an educational/media studio for young people, based in Liverpool, and the editor/publisher of the online magazine, Exterminating Angel Press. In 2005, she was Artist in Residence at St John's College, Oxford, and is a member of the Senior Common Room there. In 2009, Exterminating Angel Press became an independent press and published three books including ''The Supergirls'' by Mike Madrid, and ''Jam Today'', a cooking memoir & the first book by Davies.

Davies published her first book of fiction, ''Snotty Saves the Day: The History of Arcadia'' in 2011. The second book of her History of Arcadia series, ''Lily the Silent'', was released in 2012,"Crossing Over: Teen Books for Everyone!"
''Library Journal''. July 1, 2013. Retrieved 2014-07-09. both through Exterminating Angel Press. ''Publishers Weekly'' described ''Lily the Silent'' as an "absorbing salute to the necessity and power of storytelling"."Lily the Silent"
''Publishers Weekly''. July 9, 2012. Retrieved 2014-07-09.

In 2014 she published her second book on cookery, ''Jam Today Too: The Revolution Will Not Be Catered'', with 70 recipes and personal stories.Kirsten Rian (June 10, 2014
"Jam Today Too"
OregonLive.com. Retrieved 2014-07-09.

Davies is the wife of film director Alex Cox. She lives in Colestin, Oregon and Boulder, Colorado.

Exterminating Angel Press

Davies founded the independent book publisher, Exterminating Angel Press (EAP), which grew from an online art project started in 2005."Small Press Points"
''Poets & Writers'', November/December 2011. Retrieved 2014-07-09. EAP set out "to challenge the received cultural narrative". They also include stories that bring out values of partnership, nurturing and finding a consensus rather than having one dominant point of view. By the Fall of 2013 EAP had published 13 books. Davies launched an Indiegogo fundraising campaign to raise $7,500 to continue her publishing venture.Wendy Werris (September 16, 2013
"Exterminating Angel Press Launches Indiegogo Fundraiser"
''Publishers Weekly''. Retrieved 2014-07-09.

Books by Davies

*''Jam Today: A Diary of Cooking With What You’ve Got'' by Tod Davies (September 2009).
*''Snotty Saves the Day: The History of Arcadia'' by Tod Davies (April 2011).
*''Lily the Silent: The History of Arcadia'' by Tod Davies and illustrated by Mike Madrid (October 2012).
*''Jam Today Too: The Revolution Will Not Be Catered'' by Tod Davies (June 2014).

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1955 births
Living people
American women screenwriters
Screenwriters from San Francisco
21st-century American women writers
21st-century American screenwriters
20th-century American women writers
20th-century American screenwriters