{"id":26,"date":"2008-04-25T16:21:31","date_gmt":"2008-04-25T21:21:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gwellstaylor.com\/blog\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2025-06-18T20:43:36","modified_gmt":"2025-06-19T00:43:36","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.gwellstaylor.com\/blog\/?page_id=26","title":{"rendered":"Author"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" style=\"float: left; margin-left: 12px; margin-right: 12px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gwellstaylor.com\/blog\/uploads\/gwellstaylor_larger.jpg\" alt=\"G. Wells Taylor\" width=\"279\" height=\"360\" \/><strong>G. WELLS TAYLOR<\/strong> was born in Oakville, Ontario, Canada in 1962, but spent most of his early life north of there in Owen Sound where he went on to study Design Arts at a local college. He later traveled to North Bay, Ontario to complete Canadore College\u2019s Journalism program before receiving a degree in English from Nipissing University. Taylor worked as a freelance writer for small market newspapers and later wrote, designed and edited for several Canadian niche magazines.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">He joined the digital publishing revolution early with an eBook version of his first novel <strong><em>When Graveyards Yawn<\/em><\/strong> that has been available online since 2000. Taylor published and edited the <strong><em>Wildclown Chronicle<\/em><\/strong> e-zine from <strong>2001-2003<\/strong> that showcased his novels, book trailer animations and illustrations, short story writing and book reviews alongside titles from other up-and-coming horror, fantasy and science fiction writers.<\/p>\n<p>Still based in Canada, Taylor continues with his publishing plans that include additions to the Wildclown Mysteries and sequels to the popular Variant Effect series.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">G. Wells Taylor is author of <em><strong>The Apocalypse Trilogy<\/strong>,<\/em> <em><strong>Bent Steeple<\/strong>,<\/em> <em><strong>Dracula of the Apes Trilogy<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>The Variant Effect Series<\/strong><\/em>, <em><strong>Mother&#8217;s Boy<\/strong><\/em> and creator of the\u00a0<strong>Wildclown Mysteries<\/strong> in<em>\u00a0<\/em>the <strong>World of Change<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Taylor&#8217;s novels, novellas and short stories feature genres ranging from <strong>horror<\/strong> to <strong>speculative<\/strong> and <strong>dark fiction<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">He lists <a title=\"Raymond Chandler\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Raymond_Chandler\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">Raymond Chandler<\/a>, <a title=\"Stephen King\" href=\"http:\/\/stephenking.com\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">Stephen King<\/a>, <a title=\"Slaughterhouse Five\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kurt_Vonnegut\">Kurt Vonnegut<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jane_Goodall\">Jane Goodall<\/a><a title=\"Vladimir Nabokov\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Vladimir_Nabokov\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">,<\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/J._R._R._Tolkien\">J. R. R. Tolkien<\/a> and <a title=\"Jack L. Chalker\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jack_L._Chalker\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">Jack L. Chalker <\/a>among his\u00a0 inspirations.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">He would like to thank his readers in advance.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Email: <span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"mailto:gwellstaylor@gwellstaylor.com\"><strong>gwellstaylor@gwellstaylor.com<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">to contact G. Wells Taylor, request review copies of G. Wells Taylor eBook titles or to receive publishing updates.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>G. 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