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Gary Taylor

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Nonfiction, Biographies & Memoirs, Mystery & Thrillers

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Gary Taylor began his journalism career after graduating in 1969 from the University of Missouri’s School of Journalism, where he won the Walter Williams Award as the outstanding writer in the class of ’69. Until December of 1971, Taylor worked for The Flint Journal as the courts and legal affairs reporter for that Michigan daily. He joined the staff of The Houston Post in 1971 and worked there until August of 1980 covering a wide range of police, crime and government stories that earned him recognition as the UPI Texas Enterprise Reporter of the year in 1978 and a nomination for the Pulitzer Prize in investigative reporting. For 17 years, Taylor was self-employed as a freelance journalist based in Houston and covering a wide range of stori ...more

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New Criminologist interview explores motivation, process of writing my book

Take a peek at this Q-A about my award-winning true crime memoir, Luggage By Kroger:

http://www.newcriminologist.com/artic...

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Published on June 15, 2009 13:07 • Tags: crime, memoir, murder, nonfiction, prize, true, winners

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Average rating: 3.56 · 119 ratings · 18 reviews · 4 distinct works

	Luggage By Kroger: A True Crime Memoir 3.62 avg rating — 101 ratings — published 2008 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	I, the People: How Marvin Zindler Busted the Best Little Whorehouse in Texas 3.18 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 2012 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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The Girl Who Played with Fire (Millennium #2)

by Stieg Larsson

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A small group of like minded people who meet once a month at The Richmond Arms in Houston, TX to discuss a selected book.

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