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  2. Theodore Langhans Taylor (June 23, 1921 – October 26, 2006) was an American author of more than 50 fiction and non-fiction books for young adult readers, including The Cay, The Weirdo (winner of the 1992 Edgar Award for Best Young Adult Mystery), Timothy of the Cay, and The Bomb.

  3. Theodore Taylor is an American author who died in 2006. Even though he wrote plenty of adult fiction, Theodore is best known for his young adult novels many of which were inspired by real-life experiences. +Biography. Theodore Taylor was born in 1921 in North Carolina, though he didn’t stay for long.

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  5. Theodore Taylor has 101 books on Goodreads with 71194 ratings. Theodore Taylor’s most popular book is The Cay (The Cay, #1).

  6. Biography. Theodore Langhans Taylor was born June 23, 1921, in Statesville, North Carolina, the fifth child of Edward Riley Taylor, an Irish-American ironworker, and Elnora Langhans Taylor, a ...

  7. Oct 28, 2006 · Taylor’s approach to writing “The Cay” and other works for young readers was simply to write well. “Above all I try not to ‘write down’ to the young reader,” he once said. Reviewers ...

  8. Oct 26, 2006 · Theodore Taylor is the author of The Cay (3.79 avg rating, 36395 ratings, 2800 reviews, published 1969), Timothy of the Cay (3.82 avg rating, 2490 rating...

  9. Among his titles are Sniper, Maria, The Hostage, The Weirdo , winner of the 1992 Edgar Allen Poe Award; Sweet Friday Island, another suspense story. In autumn, 1993, Timothy Of The Cay, prequel-sequel to the original tale of survival and prejudice was published by Harcourt Brace. The 24-year gap between the novels was caused by Taylor’s ...

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