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Margie Taylor is the author of four novels as well as a collection of humorous essays and a collection of book reviews. Her fourth novel, Rose Addams (NeWest $24.95), is about a woman in her early sixties whose life is turning upside down. Rose’s daughter has given up her PhD thesis and moved back home; Rose doesn’t see eye-to-eye with her son’s partner; her husband has been acting strangely and recently quit his university job; and there’s that young man who seems homeless and hangs around Rose’s library office. Taylor’s author bio notes that this novel was written with a definite audience in mind: “women of a certain age who have raised their children and feel that the hard work is behind them. They tend, more often than not, to be wrong.”
Taylor was born on June 1, 1949 in Fort William, Ontario (now Thunder Bay). She grew up in Northwestern Ontario, attended Lakehead University, and began her radio career there. As a CBC Radio host and producer for 30 years, she worked in Vancouver, Calgary, and the UK, hosted regional and national radio programs, wrote a syndicated parenting column, and appeared regularly on arts and entertainment programs across the country. Her book reviews and op-ed articles have appeared in The Globe and Mail, the Calgary Herald, and Active Adult. She lived and worked in BC from 1977 to 1987, moved back to BC in 2014.
In 2007 Taylor attended the University of Guelph and received her Masters of Science degree in Rural Studies. Currently, she lives in Port Moody where she teaches EAL and is writing a sequel to Rose Addams, called Rose in Lockdown.
BOOKS:
Rose Addams (NeWest Press, 2023) $24.95 9781774390696
I'll Read That For You: A bluffer's guide to 101 book reviews you should read before you die (Coquitlam: Self-published, 2019) 9781082063763
Harrow Road (Coquitlam: Self-published, 2017) 9781896616155
60 Is The New 20: A boomer's guide to aging with grace, dignity, and what's left of your self-respect (Guelph: Mediscript Communications Inc., 2011)
Displaced Persons (Edmonton: NeWest Press, 2004)
Murder in the Atrium: A tale of corporate downsizing, in three acts (Montreal: Robert Davies Multimedia Publishing, 1998)
Some of Skippy's Blues (Montreal: Robert Davies Multimedia Publishing, 1997)
The Vancouver Baby Book (North Vancouver: Whitecap Books, 1984)
Awards:
2019 Northwestern Ontario Writers Workshop (2nd place) “You Can Lie Down When You’re Dead”
2018 “Life of Writers” online writing competition. “Sweet Thursday”
2004 Alberta Writers Guild Trade Fiction Book Award: Displaced Persons
2005 Ontario Evergreen Award (nominated): Displaced Persons
1998 Alberta Writers Guild Georges Bugnet Award: Some of Skippy’s Blues
[BCBW 2023]
Taylor was born on June 1, 1949 in Fort William, Ontario (now Thunder Bay). She grew up in Northwestern Ontario, attended Lakehead University, and began her radio career there. As a CBC Radio host and producer for 30 years, she worked in Vancouver, Calgary, and the UK, hosted regional and national radio programs, wrote a syndicated parenting column, and appeared regularly on arts and entertainment programs across the country. Her book reviews and op-ed articles have appeared in The Globe and Mail, the Calgary Herald, and Active Adult. She lived and worked in BC from 1977 to 1987, moved back to BC in 2014.
In 2007 Taylor attended the University of Guelph and received her Masters of Science degree in Rural Studies. Currently, she lives in Port Moody where she teaches EAL and is writing a sequel to Rose Addams, called Rose in Lockdown.
BOOKS:
Rose Addams (NeWest Press, 2023) $24.95 9781774390696
I'll Read That For You: A bluffer's guide to 101 book reviews you should read before you die (Coquitlam: Self-published, 2019) 9781082063763
Harrow Road (Coquitlam: Self-published, 2017) 9781896616155
60 Is The New 20: A boomer's guide to aging with grace, dignity, and what's left of your self-respect (Guelph: Mediscript Communications Inc., 2011)
Displaced Persons (Edmonton: NeWest Press, 2004)
Murder in the Atrium: A tale of corporate downsizing, in three acts (Montreal: Robert Davies Multimedia Publishing, 1998)
Some of Skippy's Blues (Montreal: Robert Davies Multimedia Publishing, 1997)
The Vancouver Baby Book (North Vancouver: Whitecap Books, 1984)
Awards:
2019 Northwestern Ontario Writers Workshop (2nd place) “You Can Lie Down When You’re Dead”
2018 “Life of Writers” online writing competition. “Sweet Thursday”
2004 Alberta Writers Guild Trade Fiction Book Award: Displaced Persons
2005 Ontario Evergreen Award (nominated): Displaced Persons
1998 Alberta Writers Guild Georges Bugnet Award: Some of Skippy’s Blues
[BCBW 2023]
