About Matson Taylor.

Matson Taylor grew up in Yorkshire (the flat part, not the Brontë part). He comes from farming stock and spent an idyllic childhood surrounded by horses, cows, bicycles, and cheap ice-cream.

Matson now lives in London, and works simultaneously as a novelist and design historian. He studied at the Royal College of Art and has taught at museums and universities around the world. Previous jobs include working on Camden Market, appearing in an Italian TV commercial, and being a (bad) pronunciation coach for the Catalan opera.

In 2016 he started writing his first novel, The Miseducation of Evie Epworth, inspired by his work at the V&A museum.  Published in April 2021 by Simon & Schuster, the book was chosen for both the Richard & Judy Bookclub and the BBC Radio 2 Bookclub, and went on to become a bestseller.

His second book, All About Evie, is a sequel, charting the messy end of the 1960s and the choppy beginnings of the 1970s.

Matson’s third book, Roman Mornings, follows Clementine Severs as she arrives in Rome in 1956 armed with a teaching certificate and enough idealism to fill a host of Grecian urns.  It will be published on 2 July 2026 and is available to buy now.

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