William Robin Taylor ONZM (11 October 1938 – 3 October 2015) was a New Zealand writer.
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Biography
Taylor was born in Lower Hutt. Before he began writing in the 1980s, Taylor worked as a primary school principal and served as mayor of Ohakune from 1981 to 1988,[1] before moving to Raurimu. He won the Choysa Bursary in 1986, and turned his attention to writing full-time that year. Taylor's last book was published in 2010, the memoir Telling Tales: A Life in Writing.[2]
Taylor died in 2015 at Taumarunui.[2] His funeral was held on 8 October 2015, three days before he was to turn 77.[3]
Honours and awards
Over the course of his career, Taylor won the Esther Glen Award (1991), an AIM Children's Book Award (1995), a Margaret Mahy Medal (1999), and was nominated for a Lambda Literary Award (2000).
In the 2004 Queen's Birthday Honours, Taylor was appointed an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to children's literature and the community.[4]
Works
Adult fiction
- Episode (1970)
- The Mask of the Clown (1970)
- The Plekhov Place (1971)
- Pieces in a Jigsaw (1972)
- The Persimmon Tree (1972)
- The Chrysalis (1974)
Non-fiction
- Burnt Carrots Don't Have Legs (1976)
- Telling Tales a Life in Writing (2010)
Young Adult fiction
- Pack Up, Pick Up And Off (1981)
- Shooting Though (1986)
- My Summer Of The Lions (1986)
- Possum Perkins (1987), printed in the US as Paradise Lane (1987)
- The Worst Soccer Team Ever (1987)
- Break A Leg (1987)
- Making Big Bucks (1987)
- I Hate My Brother Maxwell Potter (1989)
- Kidnap of Jessie Parker (1989)
- Agnes The Sheep (1990)
- The Porter Brothers (1990)
- Knitwits (1992)
- Supermum And Spike The Dog (1992)
- Fast Times At Greenhill High (1992)
- Beth And Bruno (1992)
- S.W.A.T. The Southside War Against Terrorists (1993)
- The Blue Lawn (1994)
- Numbskulls (1995
- The Fatz Katz (1995)
- Annie and Co. And Marilyn Munroe (1995)
- The Fatz Twins And The Haunted House (1996)
- Nick's Story (1996)
- Circles (1996)
- Hark The Herald Angel (1997)
- The Fatz Twins And The Cuckoo In The Nest (1997)
- At Then Big Red Rooster (1998)
- Harry Houdini-Wonderdog! (1999)
- Jerome (1999)
- Hotmail (2000)
- Crash! The Story Of Poddy (2000)
- Scarface and the Angel (2000)
- Spider: A Novel (2001)
- Pebble in a Pool (2003)
- Land of Milk and Honey (2005)
- Gladys the Goat (2005)
- Albert the Cat (2005)
References
- ^ "William Taylor profile". New Zealand Book Council. Retrieved 25 October 2015.
- ^ a b "Children's author William Taylor dies in Taumarunui". Stuff.co.nz. 5 October 2015. Retrieved 8 October 2015.
- ^ Thomas, Rachel (8 October 2015). "Author and former Ohakune Mayor William Taylor farewelled". stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- ^ "Queen's Birthday honours list 2004". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. 7 June 2004. Retrieved 30 May 2020.
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