Before he began writing in the 1980s, Taylor worked as a primary school principal and served as mayor of Ohakune from 1981 to 1988,[1] before moving to Raurimu.
He won the Choysa Bursary in 1986, and turned his attention to writing full-time that year.
Taylor's last book was published in 2010, the memoir Telling Tales: A Life in Writing.
In the 2004 Queen's Birthday Honours, Taylor was appointed an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to children's literature and the community.
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