<b>Art Taylor</b> is an American short story writer, book critic and an English professor.<br/>Taylor was born and raised in Richlands, North Carolina.<br/>He graduated from Episcopal High School, a private school in Alexandria, Virginia. He went onto Yale University where in 1990 he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts, and he received a Master of Arts in 2003 from North Carolina State University and a Master of Fine Arts in 2006 from George Mason University.<br/>Taylor's short fiction won an Edgar Award in 2019; an Anthony Award in 2015; Agatha Awards in 2014, 2015, and 2017; Macavity Awards in 2014, 2017, 2019, and 2020; and three Derringer Awards: for Best Novelette in 2011 and for Best Long Story in 2012 and 2013. He is the author of <i>On the Road with Del & Louise: A Novel in Stories</i> (2015), which won the Agatha Award for Best First Novel in 2016. He edited <i>Murder Under the Oaks: Bouchercon Anthology 2015</i>, which won the Anthony Award for Best Anthology or Collection in 2016. In addition to writing fiction, he also reviews mysteries and thrillers for <i>The Washington Post</i> and contributes to Mystery Scene magazine.<br/>He is an assistant professor of English at George Mason University.