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Taylor M. Polites

Taylor M. Polites
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Taylor M. Polites

Taylor M. Polites received an MFA in Creative Writing from Wilkes University, where he was awarded the 2009 Norris Church Mailer Fellowship. He lives in Providence, Rhode Island.

Author Revealed:
Q. What is your motto or maxim?
A. If I had a heraldic motto, it would be "Scribo ergo sum".  I write, therefore I am.  :)
Learn more about Taylor M. Polites
My life in 8 words: "Living fully in the present and the past."
The Rebel Wife will be released on September 04, 2012 in Trade Paperback
May 16, 2012
Excerpt:
Excerpt 1 from The Rebel Wife
Mar 20, 2012
The Rebel Wife will be released on February 07, 2012 in Hardcover, eBook
Feb 07, 2012
The Rebel Wife is now available in Hardcover, eBook
Feb 07, 2012
Excerpt:
Chapter 1 from The Rebel Wife
Jan 07, 2012
Author Revealed Answer:
Which living person do you most admire?
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Who is your favorite fictional hero?
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What’s your fantasy profession?
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What is your motto or maxim?
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Taylor M. Polites Revealed

Q. What is your motto or maxim? A. If I had a heraldic motto, it would be "Scribo ergo sum".  I write, therefore I am.  :) Q. If you could be anywhere in the world right now, where would you choose to be? A. Where I am. Q. What is your favorite occupation, when you’re not writing? A. Reading history Q. What are your most overused words or phrases? A. Is that right? Q. What’s your fantasy profession? A. I am doing it! :) Learn more about Taylor M. Polites

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Home News Tribune, March 17, 2012
...as giraffes, zebras, elephants, monkeys, penguins, Mr. and Mrs. Noah and a dove. Sail on!THE REBEL WIFE by Taylor M. Polites (Simon & Schuster, $25)The Gothic Southern novel is stood somewhat on its head here. The heroine, Augusta Branson so, so...
Northeast Pennsylvania Weekender, February 29, 2012
...Weekender Staff Writer If creating a convincing, tangible setting is half the battle of a gripping story, then Taylor M. Polites needn’t have worried about much else when he wrote his debut novel, “The Rebel Wife.” Lucky for readers, though, he...
Northeast Pennsylvania Weekender, February 29, 2012
...If creating a convincing, tangible setting is half the battle of a gripping story, then Taylor M. Polites needn’t have worried about much else when he wrote his debut novel, “The Rebel Wife.” Lucky for readers, though, he did, and the result is a...
Tucson Citizen, February 23, 2012
...is as exciting and stunning as Gottlieb’s previous bestseller, “Now You See Him.” The Rebel Wife by Taylor M. Polites (Simon & Schuster, $25) In this debut novel, Augusta Sedlaw Branson, daughter of the genteel antebellum South and a member of a...
GoLocalProv, February 13, 2012
...Providence resident Taylor Polites’ just-released novel The Rebel Wife is already garnering lots of attention. The Atlanta-Journal Constitution named it one of 2012’s best Southern books. The February issue of O Magazine includes The Rebel Wife on...
PublishersWeekly.com, February 3, 2012
...Immortal Bird: A Family Memoir by Doron Weber (Simon & Schuster, $25; ISBN 978-1-4516-1806-8). The Rebel Wife by Taylor M. Polites (Simon & Schuster, $25; ISBN 978-1-4516-2951-4). The Science of Yoga: The Myths and the Rewards by William J. Broad (Simon...
Examiner.com, February 1, 2012
...The End of the Gods (Myths) by A. S. Byatt Raylan by Elmore Leonard The Rebel Wife by Taylor M. Polites Red Ruby Heart in a Cold Blue Sea by Morgan Callan Rogers Reefs and Shoals (Alan Lewrie Naval Adventures) by Dewey Lambdin Restless in the Grave (Kate...
Northeast Pennsylvania Weekender, February 29, 2012
...Weekender Staff Writer If creating a convincing, tangible setting is half the battle of a gripping story, then Taylor M. Polites needn’t have worried about much else when he wrote his debut novel, “The Rebel Wife.” Lucky for readers, though, he...
Northeast Pennsylvania Weekender, February 29, 2012
...If creating a convincing, tangible setting is half the battle of a gripping story, then Taylor M. Polites needn’t have worried about much else when he wrote his debut novel, “The Rebel Wife.” Lucky for readers, though, he did, and the result is a...
Atlanta Journal And Constitution, February 28, 2012
...when she sashayed off to see Rhett was a little fading from where the sun once hit them. Taylor M. Polites pulls off just such sleight of hand in his gloriously gothic, moody post-Civil War novel, “The Rebel Wife, ” set in Alabama during the long hot...
Tucson Citizen, February 23, 2012
...is as exciting and stunning as Gottlieb’s previous bestseller, “Now You See Him.” The Rebel Wife by Taylor M. Polites (Simon & Schuster, $25) In this debut novel, Augusta Sedlaw Branson, daughter of the genteel antebellum South and a member of a...
GoLocalProv, February 13, 2012
...Providence resident Taylor Polites’ just-released novel The Rebel Wife is already garnering lots of attention. The Atlanta-Journal Constitution named it one of 2012’s best Southern books. The February issue of O Magazine includes The Rebel Wife on...
GoLocalProv, February 13, 2012
...Providence resident Taylor Polites’ just-released novel The Rebel Wife is already garnering lots of attention. The Atlanta-Journal Constitution named it one of 2012’s best Southern books. The February issue of O Magazine includes The Rebel Wife on...
Neighbor Newspapers.com, February 13, 2012
...otherwise noted; reservations are required; call 404.814.4150 or reserve online at Tickets.AtlantaHistoryCenter.com. Feb. 13 Taylor M. Polites THE REBEL WIFE A Novel Debut novel about a young widow’s survival in the violent world of Reconstruction in...