Taylor Brown

I’m thrilled to announce that Pride of Eden has won the 2021 Georgia Author of the Year Award for Literary Fiction! Thank you to the Georgia Writers Association and all of the bookstores, booksellers, and readers who support my work!

Below, you can see what the Georgia Writers Association had to say about the book.

Here’s a reading of some of my favorite passages from Pride of Eden, filmed at an old Elks lodge in historic Savannah, Georgia!

If you don’t have your copy of Pride of Eden yet, it’s not too late!

Signed copies available from…

• E. Shaver Bookseller (Savannah): www.eshaverbooks.com/book/9781250203816
• The Book Lady (Savannah): (912) 233-3628
• Octavia Books (New Orleans): www.octaviabooks.com/book/9781250203816

Or order from these retailers…

• Bookshop.org
• IndieBound
• Amazon
• Barnes & Noble
• Apple Books
• Books-A-Million

This week, I was honored to be on WTOC-11’s morning show, Morning Break, where we discussed Pride of Eden, overcoming obstacles to write, and how to finish a book or story — especially during quarantine!

If you don’t have your copy of Pride of Eden yet, today is the day!

Signed copies available from…

• E. Shaver Bookseller (Savannah): www.eshaverbooks.com/book/9781250203816
• The Book Lady (Savannah): (912) 233-3628
• Octavia Books (New Orleans): www.octaviabooks.com/book/9781250203816

Or order from these retailers…

• Bookshop.org
• IndieBound
• Amazon
• Barnes & Noble
• Apple Books
• Books-A-Million

Crazily enough, my novel Pride of Eden, set on a fictional big cat sanctuary on the Georgia coast, released the same day as the Netflix miniseries Tiger King, which follows the feud between zoo owner Joe Exotic and Florida’s Big Cat Rescue:

“A zoo owner spirals out of control amid a cast of eccentric characters in this true murder-for-hire story from the underworld of big cat breeding.”

Since then, Tiger King has taken mainstream culture by storm, and I’ve been receiving multiple messages per day asking if I knew/know about Joe Exotic and the series.

The answer is definitely yes — it’s hard not to research big cat breeding in America without his name coming up.  However, I only came to know the full arc of his story in 2019, late in the process of revising the book. There’s a wonderful Wondery podcast on the subject, Joe Exotic: Tiger King, which I highly recommend.

Hopefully, in addition to the obvious entertainment value, the series is casting some much-needed light into the (under)world of big cats in America — one of the main backdrops of the book, which you can order here.

Today, Jessica of E. Shaver Bookseller in Savannah, Georgia, asked me about Tiger King and Pride of Eden. A little cheeky fun — enjoy!

Y’all! I recently learned that GODS OF HOWL MOUNTAIN is one of seven finalists for the 2019 Southern Book Prize. Now the #VoiceYourChoice voter ballots are up!

If you enjoyed the book, I’d be so…dang…grateful if you took a moment to vote — doing so will enter you to win a full collection of the 2019 Southern Book Prize finalists!

Here’s the link:

2019 Southern Book Prize Ballot

Friends!

St. Martin’s Press, my publisher, has partnered with Goodreads to give away 50 free copies of my novel The River of Kings.  I would be honored for you have a copy of this book on your shelf if you don’t already.  Here’s the link for entry:  https://www.goodreads.com/giveaway/show/253067-the-river-of-kings

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My lovely publisher, St. Martin’s Press, has partnered with Goodreads to give away 100 free copies (!) of my forthcoming novel, Gods of Howl Mountain…six months ahead of the March 2018 pub date! Easy to enter — here’s the link:

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Hugely honored for Fallen Land to be selected as one of four finalists for the 2017 Southern Book Prize in the Literary category. Congratulations to Julia Franks, whose novel Over the Plain Houses won the prize!