Timothy Taylor

Timothy Taylor (born 1963) is a Canadian novelist, short story writer, journalist, and professor of creative writing. Background Born in Venezuela, Taylor was raised in West Vancouver, British Columbia and later in Edmonton, Alberta. He studied economics at the University of Alberta and obtained a Master of Business Administration at the Smith School of Business at Queen's University. During his years in university, Taylor served as an officer in the Canadian Forces Naval Reserves. After graduation, he worked in banking in Toronto, Ontario. In 1987, he returned to Vancouver, British Columbia where he currently resides. Writing career Taylor's short story "Doves of Townsend" won the Journey Prize in 2000. He had two other stories on the competition's preliminary list of finalists that year, and is to date the only writer ever to have three short stories compete for the prize in the same year. He subsequently served as a judge for the 2003 award. His debut novel, Stanley Park, was published by Knopf Canada in 2001. It was nominated for the Giller Prize and the Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize, as well as both the Vancouver and BC Book Awards. It was later chosen to be the 2004 title for One Book, One Vancouver. In 2007, Stanley Park was selected for the annual Canada Reads competition, where it was championed by musician Jim Cuddy.