Taylor Brown

Published Books:

Rednecks: A Novel

(St. Martin’s Press, 2024)

Wingwalkers: A Novel

(St. Martin’s Press, 2022)

Pride of Eden: A Novel

(St. Martin’s Press, 2020)

Gods of Howl Mountain: A Novel

(St. Martin’s Press, 2018)

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The River of Kings: A Novel

(St. Martin’s Press, 2017)

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Fallen Land: A Novel

(St. Martin’s Press, 2016)

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In the Season of Blood and Gold

(Press 53, 2014)

Published Short Fiction:

• “Black Swan” The Dead Mule, Summer 2008
• “Home Guard” The Liars’ League, Fall 2008
• “Rider” CutBank, Spring 2009
• “Whorehouse Piano” Pindeldyboz, Summer 2009
• “Kingdom Come” Press 53 Open Award Anthology, Fall 2009
• “Cajun Reeboks” Thuglit, Fall 2009
• “Kingdom Come,” “Rider,” “Whorehouse Piano” Press 53 Spotlight Anthology, Winter 2010
• “River of Fire” storySouth, Fall 2010
• “Covered Bridge” Porchlight, Winter 2011
• “Killafella Creek” Plots with Guns, Jan 2012
• “Bone Valley” The Bacon Review, June 2012
• “Plata o Plomo” CrimeSpree Magazine, Issue 49
• “The Vizsla” The New Guard Review, Volume III
• “The Tattooist’s Daughter” The Coachella Review, Fall 2012
• “Able Dog” The Crime Factory, Issue 12
• “El Monstruo” Spinetingler Magazine, September 2013
• “Black River” The Baltimore Review, Fall 2013
• “An Unkindness” Needle:  A Magazine of Noir, Spring 2014
• “In the Season of Blood and Gold”  BULL:  Men’s Fiction, Youth Issue
• “Riverkeepers” Chautauqua, 2015 Issue
• “Gods of Howl Mountain” (Novel Excerpt) Revolution John, July 2014
• “The World without End” North Carolina Literary Review, 2015
• “The Slant Artist” The Southwest Review, Volume 100 Number 2
• “Covered Bridge” Appalachia Now: Contemporary Fiction, 2015
• “Eagle and Anchor” The Tusculum Review, 2015
• “The Lioness” Sycamore Review, 2016
• “Rhino Girl” The Rumpus, June 2016
• “Gods of Howl Mountain” (Novel Excerpt) The Wrath-Bearing Tree, February 2018
• “Rednecks” The Bitter Southerner, February 2018

Published Essays:

• “How I Accidentally Wrote a Civil War Novel” Lit Hub, 2016
• “Creature Comfort” Garden & Gun, 2016
• “Along the Little Amazon” Salt Magazine, 2017
• “River Wild” Garden & Gun, 2018
• “What I Saw When I Rode Out Florence” The New York Times, 2018
• “Diary of a Storm” Garden & Gun, 2018
• “Two for the Road: A Son’s Eulogy for his Father” Garden & Gun, 2019
• Under the Old Gothic Oaks” Wildsam Savannah, 2020
• “A Salute to the Spirits of Old Florida” Garden & Gun, 2021
• “Five Best: Books on Daredevils” Wall Street Journal, 2022
• “Ode to Blackwater” Bitter Southerner, 2022
• “Cruising the Coastal Highway” Garden & Gun, 2023
• “Skidaway Special: Building and Racing a ‘54 Schwinn” The Radavist, 2023
• “Jason Isbell is Walking Tall” The Bitter Southerner, 2023

Literary Awards

• Georgia Author of the Year, 2021
• Finalist, Townsend Prize in Fiction, 2023
• Montana Prize in Fiction, 2009 – awarded by CutBank for short story “Rider”
• Press 53 Open Awards, 2nd Place Short Fiction – awarded for short story “Kingdom Come”
• Other Distinguished Mystery Stories, “Cajun Reeboks,” Best American Mystery Stories 2010
• Finalist, 2012 Machigonne Fiction Contest, judged by Rick Bass and awarded by The New Guard
• Finalist, 2014 Doris Betts Fiction Prize, sponsored by NC Writers’ Network and awarded by NC Literary Review
• Finalist, 2014 Wabash Prize in Fiction, awarded by Sycamore Review
• Other Distinguished Mystery Stories, “An Unkindness” Best American Mystery Stories 2014
• 2015 Pushcart Nomination:  “Riverkeepers”
• 2015 Pushcart Nomination:  “World without End”
• Finalist, 2015 Rick DeMarinis Short Fiction Contest, awarded by Cutthroat and judged by Stuart Dybek
• 2nd Place, 2016 Doris Betts Fiction Prize, sponsored by NC Writers’ Network and awarded by NC Literary Review
• Finalist, Tenth Annual Danahy Fiction Prize, awarded by Tampa Review

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