Peter Taylor

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born

January 08, 1917

died

November 02, 1994

gender

male

place of birth

Trenton, The United States

genre

Literature & Fiction

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Peter Matthew Hillsman Taylor was a U.S. author and writer. Considered to be one of the finest American short story writers, Taylor's fictional milieu is the urban South. His characters, usually middle or upper class people, often are living in a time of change and struggle to discover and define their roles in society.
Peter Taylor also wrote three novels, including A Summons to Memphis in 1986, for which he won the 1987 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and In the Tennessee Country in 1994. His collection The Old Forest and Other Stories (1985) won the PEN/Faulkner Award. Taylor taught literature and writing at Kenyon and the University of Virginia.

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avg rating: 3.57 | 584 ratings | 83 reviews | 75 distinct works | 1 fan

	A Summons to Memphis by Peter Taylor avg rating 3.34 — 308 ratings — published 1986 8 editions	my rating:
	The Old Forest and Other Stories by Peter Taylor avg rating 3.83 — 65 ratings — published 1986 5 editions	my rating:
	The Collected Stories of Peter Taylor by Peter Taylor avg rating 4.08 — 39 ratings — published 1969 4 editions	my rating:
	A Woman of Means: A Novel by Peter Taylor avg rating 3.50 — 38 ratings — published 1950 3 editions	my rating:
	In the Tennessee Country: A Novel by Peter Taylor avg rating 3.81 — 27 ratings — published 1994 2 editions	my rating:
	In the Miro District and Other Stories by Peter Taylor avg rating 4.67 — 9 ratings — published 1977 3 editions	my rating:
	Behind The Mask: The IRA and Sinn Fein by Peter Taylor avg rating 3.50 — 10 ratings — published 1998 2 editions	my rating:
	Loyalists by Peter Taylor avg rating 3.50 — 8 ratings — published 1999 3 editions	my rating:
	Oracle at Stoneleigh Court by Peter Taylor avg rating 4.17 — 6 ratings — published 1993 2 editions	my rating:
	The Provos by Peter Taylor avg rating 3.83 — 6 ratings — published 1998	my rating: