In 2014, after a decade of concentrated effort and lots of rejection, my first book was published, a collection of short stories entitled IN THE SEASON OF BLOOD AND GOLD. Some of my short stories began to get published, and in 2009, I won the Montana Prize in Fiction for a short story called “Rider” - based on the old ballad, “I Know You Rider.” That same year, I moved back home to the South - the mountains of Western North Carolina. Later, I moved to San Francisco, where I worked an office job and just kept writing in the margins of life: before work, during lunch, in the evenings. I thought I was going to pursue a career in academia until I started writing fiction in my last year of college.Īfter school, I sold my car and used the money to move to Buenos Aires, Argentina, where I taught English as a second language and kept writing. I was born with club feet, which necessitated numerous reconstructive surgeries and injuries as I growing up, so books and the world of the imagination were real salvation for me.Īt the University of Georgia, I majored in English and fell in love with the Modernist writers: Hemingway, Faulkner, Virginia Woolf, and more. My mother says I used to follow her around the house, telling her so many stories she would sometimes have to hide from me or lock herself in a room to get any work done. I grew up on the Georgia coast and was a storyteller from a young age. Taylor, we appreciate you taking the time to share your story with us today.
Today we’d like to introduce you to Taylor Brown.
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