About
Original Tintype by Harry Taylor
TAYLOR BROWN grew up on the Georgia coast. His work has appeared in a wide range of publications, including The New York Times, The Rumpus, Garden & Gun, Chautauqua, The North Carolina Literary Review, and many others. He is the recipient of a Montana Prize in Fiction, a three-time finalist for the Southern Book Prize, and was named the 2021 Georgia Author of the Year. He’s also been a finalist for the Press 53 Open Awards, Machigonne Fiction Contest, Wabash Prize in Fiction, Rick DeMarinis Short Story Contest, Dahany Fiction Prize, Doris Betts Fiction Prize, and Townsend Prize in Fiction.
He is the author of a short story collection, In the Season of Blood and Gold (Press 53, 2014), as well as six novels: Fallen Land (St. Martin’s Press, 2016), The River of Kings (St. Martin’s Press, 2017), Gods of Howl Mountain (St. Martin’s Press, 2018), Pride of Eden (St. Martin’s Press, 2020), Wingwalkers (St. Martin’s Press, 2022), and Rednecks (St. Martin’s Press, 2024). Taylor, an Eagle Scout, graduated from the University of Georgia in 2005. He’s settled in Savannah, Georgia, after long stints in Buenos Aires, San Francisco, and the mountains and coasts of North Carolina. He is the editor-in-chief of BikeBound.com, and he likes old motorcycles, thunderstorms, and dogs with beards.
May 25, 2020 at 9:37 pm
Taylor , I loved your On Dad’s Trail , Forever story . That is the best story I have ever read n Readers D , and I can tell it is completely true. Thanks , Ronnie Lee , Lithia Springs Ga.
January 13, 2021 at 2:14 pm
Just finished The River of Kings and enjoyed it immensely. Grew up on St. Simons and spend a fair amount of time in McIntosh County and around the Altamaha. I specifically enjoyed your interweaving today’s McIntosh, that of a generation ago, and the French explorers. Made me think of Janisse Ray’s Ecology of a Cracker Childhood, in which she did the same with her own story and that of the ecology of the coastal plain and long leaf pines. A wonderful read indeed. Thanks!
September 20, 2022 at 12:11 pm
Taylor – I’m delighted to see the books that you’ve written. I ordered “Gods of Howl Mountain”. Love the Kindle book, but there is one problem. All of a sudden after page 27 and Chapter 3 I have a mysterious Chapter 1 entitled Harvest Moon page 29 , the next page is page 29 also and ends “Bonni soon found herself nodding to his words, as if they were music” and has Bonni in the library. The next chapter is chapter 4 on page 31 and I’m just through chapter 7 with no other issues. Great characterization! Guess you know well the story of Raymond Parks if you know who Red Byron is. Would love to see you in Athens, but am a caregiver. Maybe next time.
September 21, 2022 at 4:36 pm
Taylor, I just finished WINGWALKERS. Oh, how much I enjoyed it! Masterfully done, and even sweeter because a local guy I watched grow up accomplished it. Thank you for the lessons and the history woven into your fictional work. Loved learning more about Faulkner, and the often lonesome and deadly march west of our poorest citizens during hard times.
I’m ready for your next one! Peace.
January 6, 2024 at 4:57 pm
Mr Brown, when I read your article in Garden&Gun “Cruising the Coastal Highway “
I was intrigued . So much so my wife and I are doing the drive , sorry by car, to see and feel the sights. Thank you, I now have to read your books. God bless
February 5, 2024 at 1:29 am
Dear Taylor, I had just read “Wing Walkers” and left me wanting to read another 300 pages of your delightful prose and History of America Inter wind thru the pages . So human, real, as it is life and many times my own life. Bless your talent and forever entertaining .
May 25, 2024 at 4:41 pm
Hi there-
I haven’t read Rednecks yet, but I’ll be picking up a copy next time I’m in my local bookstore. As a former union organizer, I’m particularly interested.
But I did think that “redneck” only applied to white guys (generally in the South) who worked outside all day and thus had sunburned necks. That wouldn’t be true for coal miners. To confirm, please listen to Jefferson Airplane’s High Flying Bird.
Best wishes,
Dan
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