Patrick Taylor (author)

Patrick Taylor (author)

Patrick Taylor is a medical doctor and best-selling novelist.

Born in 1941 and brought up in Bangor, Northern Ireland, Taylor studied and practiced medicine in Belfast and rural Ulster before immigrating to Canada in 1970. He has received three lifetime achievement awards including the Lifetime Award of Excellence in Reproductive Medicine of the Canadian Fertility and Andrology Society [http://www.patricktaylor.ca/ptaylor_bio.html] .

He has written or contributed to 170 academic papers and six textbooks and also served as editor-in-chief of the "Canadian Obstetrics and Gynaecology Journal", as well as writing a monthly medical humour column and serving as book reviewer for "Stitches: The Journal of Medical Humour" [http://www.patricktaylor.ca/ptaylor_bio.html] .

Taylor has also published six books of creative writing, all set in Northern Ireland: a short-story collection entitled "Only Wounded: Ulster Stories", and three novels: "Pray for Us Sinners" and its sequel "Now and in the Hour of Our Death", and "The Apprenticeship of Doctor Laverty" (short listed for the BC Book awards fiction prize 2005). In 2007 Tom Doherty and Associates NY., NY republished 'The Apprenticeship of Doctor Laverty'in hard back as 'An Irish Country Doctor'. It was 'Book of the Month Club's' Novel of the Month in March 2007. It went NY Times best seller, and repeated this, and achieved Canadian best seller status after trade paper release in 2008. It has currently been translated into nine other languages. Two sequels 'An Irish Country Village' March 2008, and 'An Irish Country Christmas' Oct 2008, have appeared or will appear in 2008.He is presently completing book 4 in the series.

An earlier work, written with TF Baskett, titled "The Complete Anthology of En Passant 1989-1999", is a collection of their shared humour columns.

Taylor now lives in Cootehall, County Roscommon, Ireland.

External links

* [http://www.patricktaylor.ca Official site]
* About the [http://us.macmillan.com/series/IrishCountryBooks Irish Country books] series at the [http://us.macmillan.com/TorForge.aspx publisher's official website]


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Поможем написать реферат

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Patrick Taylor — Patrick or Pat Taylor can refer to:* Patrick Taylor (author), an Irish Canadian author and doctor * Patrick F. Taylor, founder of Taylor Energy * Patrick Gordon Taylor, author and aviator * Hoyt Patrick Taylor, former lieutenant governor of North …   Wikipedia

  • Patrick F. Taylor Science and Technology Academy — Patrick F. Taylor Science Technology Academy is a unique public school offering a comprehensive college preparatory program emphasizing the sciences, mathematics, and technology. Its existence is a result of a partnership of businesses and… …   Wikipedia

  • Patrick Magee (Irish republican) — Patrick Joseph Magee ( ga. Pádraig Seosamh Mac Aoidh; [http://www.hoganstand.com/general/identity/names.htm] born 1951cite web | title = Brighton bomb: Filming forgiveness | author = | url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/tv and… …   Wikipedia

  • Patrick Moore — Infobox Celebrity name = Patrick Moore image size = 200px captions = Sir Patrick Moore birth date = birth date and age|1923|03|04|df=Yes birth place = Pinner, Middlesex, England occupation = Writer, broadcaster and amateur astronomerSir Alfred… …   Wikipedia

  • Patrick Gordon Taylor — Sir Patrick Gordon Taylor GC MC OBE (21 October 1896 – 15 December 1966) was an Australian aviator and author. He was born at Mosman, Sydney, and died in Honolulu. Taylor attended The Armidale School in northern New South Wales. At the beginning… …   Wikipedia

  • Patrick Nash — Infobox Politician name = Patrick A. Nash width = height = birth date = 1863 birth place = Chicago, Illinois death date = October 6, 1943 death place = Chicago, Illinois residence = Chicago, Illinois office = order = party = Democratic religion …   Wikipedia

  • Taylor — /ˈteɪlə/ (say tayluh) noun 1. A(lan) J(ohn) P(ercivale), 1906–90, English historian; noted for his works on modern European history. 2. Sir Alan Russell, 1901–69, Australian judge. 3. Dame Elizabeth Rosemond, 1932–2011, US film actor, born in… …  

  • List of people with surname Taylor — Taylor is a Middle English occupational surname of Old French origin. Listed here are notable people who share this surname. For fictional characters with the name, see the Fictional characters section of the Taylor article.In sports: * Alan… …   Wikipedia

  • List of botanists by author abbreviation — This is an incomplete list of botanists by their author abbreviation, which is designed for citation with the botanical names or works that they have published. This list follows that established by Brummitt Powell (1992).[1] Use of that list is… …   Wikipedia

  • Raven-Taylor-Hales Brethren — The Raven Taylor Hales Brethren are an austere protestant sect, and a branch of the Exclusive Brethren. These Brethren hold an uncompromising separatist doctrine and their practice has steadily evolved differently from other Brethren groups and… …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
… Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”