Taylor Brown
Taylor Brown is an American novelist whose crime and historical novels are set in the American South and draw on the Western and noir traditions. Fallen Land was praised for its combination of Cormac McCarthy-inflected violence and literary ambition. His fiction explores Southern history with moral seriousness and strong narrative drive.
Works
- Fallen LandFamily legacy and survival tested during Civil War's aftermath in rural Georgia
- The River of KingsRiverboat crime adventure set in post-Civil War Georgia with outlaws and treasure
- Gods of Howl MountainBootleggers navigate mountain crime and survival during Prohibition-era Tennessee
- Pride of EdenTiger sanctuary owner confronts murder and greed in rural Southern wildlife preserve
- WingwalkersTraveling trapeze performers navigate crime and adventure during Depression-era America