A. R. Taylor
Author Interview - A. R. Taylor
Author of Jenna Takes The Fall.
“…a darkly humorous, at times absurd, coming-of-age novel that examines the life of a young woman who becomes infamous before she becomes anybody at all. At just twenty-four, Jenna McCann has moved to Manhattan from Ohio, landing a job as assistant to prominent New Yorker Vincent Macklin Hull of Hull Industries and their somewhat tacky magazine NewsLink.”
Author I draw inspiration from: Maria Semple
Favorite place to read a book: On my deck
Book character I’d like to be stuck in an elevator with: Anna Karenina
The moment I knew I wanted to become an author: When I read Jack Kerouac’s Doctor Sax
Hardback, paperback, ebook or audiobook: All of the above!
The last book I read: The Street by Ann Petry
Pen & paper or computer: Computer
Book character I think I’d be best friends with: Elizabeth Bennet
If I weren’t an author, I’d be a: An actress
Favorite decade in fashion history: 1980’s
Place I’d most like to travel: Africa
My signature drink: Very dry martini
Favorite artist: David Hockney
Number one on my bucket list: A day at the secret archives of the Vatican Library
Anything else you'd like to add: I’d also love to visit The Moai at Easter Island
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Author Bio: A.R. Taylor is an award-winning playwright, essayist, and fiction writer. Her debut novel, Sex, Rain, and Cold Fusion, won a Gold Medal for Best Regional Fiction at the Independent Publisher Book Awards 2015, was a USA Best Book Awards finalist, and was named one of the 12 Most Cinematic Indie Books of 2014 by Kirkus Reviews. She’s been published in the Los Angeles Times, the Southwest Review, Pedantic Monthly, The Cynic online magazine, the Berkeley Insider, So It Goes—the Kurt Vonnegut Memorial Library Magazine on Humor, Red Rock Review, and Rosebud. In her past life, she was head writer on two Emmy-winning series for public television. She has performed at the Gotham Comedy Club in New York, Tongue & Groove in Hollywood, and Lit Crawl LA. You can find her video blog, Trailing Edge: Ideas Whose Time Has Come and Gone at her website, www.lonecamel.com.