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

Biography

Davies was born and grew up in

San Francisco San Francisco (; Spanish for " Saint Francis"), officially the City and County of San Francisco, is the commercial, financial, and cultural center of Northern California. The city proper is the fourth most populous in California and 17th ...

,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) Convent of the Sacred Heart High School is a private, independent Catholic high school in San Francisco, California. It operates in partnership with the all boy's Stuart Hall High School as Convent & Stuart Hall. Academics The school offers its ...

. She graduated from the

University of California The University of California (UC) is a public land-grant research university system in the U.S. state of California. The system is composed of the campuses at Berkeley, Davis, Irvine, Los Angeles, Merced, Riverside, San Diego, San Franci ...

. Davies's screenplay credits include ''

Three Businessmen ''Three Businessmen'' is a 1998 comedy film directed by Alex Cox and written by Tod Davies, who was also the producer. It is an international co-production between the United Kingdom, Netherlands, and United States. Two businessmen, played by Mi ...

'', 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 ''Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream'' is a 1971 novel in the gonzo journalism style by Hunter S. Thompson. The book is a ''roman à clef'', rooted in autobiographical incidents. The story follo ...

''. Although Davies' 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 ''Revengers Tragedy'' is a 2002 film adaptation of the 1606 play ''The Revenger's Tragedy'' (attributed to Thomas Middleton in the credits, following the scholarly consensus). It was directed by Alex Cox and adapted for the screen by Cox's fello ...

'', the founder of Toxteth TV, an educational/media studio for young people, based in

Liverpool Liverpool is a city and metropolitan borough in Merseyside, England. With a population of in 2019, it is the 10th largest English district by population and its metropolitan area is the fifth largest in the United Kingdom, with a populat ...

, 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 ''Publishers Weekly'' (''PW'') is an American weekly trade news magazine targeted at publishers, librarians, booksellers, and literary agents. Published continuously since 1872, it has carried the tagline, "The International News Magazine of ...

''. 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 Alexander B. H. Cox (born 15 December 1954) is an English film director, screenwriter, actor, non-fiction author and broadcaster. Cox experienced success early in his career with '' Repo Man'' and ''Sid and Nancy'', but since the release and co ...

. 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"
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Poets & Writers Poets & Writers, Inc. is one of the largest nonprofit literary organizations in the United States serving poets, fiction writers, and creative nonfiction writers. The organization publishes a bi-monthly magazine called ''Poets & Writers Magazine'', ...

'', 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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