James Taylor (American author)

In the late 1980s and early 1990s, Taylor was literary chairman to the Baltimore mayor's advisory committee on art and culture and was a member of the Maryland governor's panel choosing the state's poet laureate.

Taylor dissolved his partnership with Horne in 2003 and began work on re-establishing his own museum attractions in Washington, D.C., inside of the Palace of Wonders, which opened in 2006.

Taylor has served as historical consultant to television productions in his capacity as variety arts historian.

He has three books of poetry and fiction to date: Tigerwolves, Tricks of Vision, and Artifacture (featuring illustrations by half a dozen artists).

[citation needed] For 25 years, beginning in 1984, he was an associate professor of English at the Dundalk, Maryland, campus of the Community College of Baltimore County.