Taylor died Thursday at his Laguna Beach home from complications of a heart attack, said his daughter Wendy Carroll. He was 85. Generations of Americans were first introduced to “The Cay” and ...

The writing usually began with a haunting, an incident so arresting author Theodore Taylor could not shake it from his mind. At the typewriter he used that unforgettable event as a cornerstone ...

Based on the novel by Theodore Taylor, "The Cay" explores one boy's ability to ... this 1992 film tells the story of a large African American family forced to leave their Gullah Island home in ...

Internationally known storyteller Theodore “Ted” Taylor died Oct. 26 at his Woods Cove home. He was 85. Taylor’s three children, his wife and her daughter were at his bedside. “He was at ...

Taylor, Theodore June 23, 1921 – October 26, 2006 Noted author Theodore "Ted" Taylor passed away October 26, 2006 surrounded by his family in his "home in ...

Theodore Taylor is best known for his searing children's novel The Cay, which won 11 literary awards, was translated into 14 languages and sold over four million copies.

Theodore Taylor, 85, Children’s Novelist. ... “The Cay” (1969) tells the story of an 11-year-old white boy and an elderly black sailor who are marooned together on a Caribbean desert island during ...