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Step back to 1980s Miami in this award-winning, young adult, supernatural sci-fi thriller mystery series for fans of Stranger Things and Miami Vice.

Award winner laurels in blue

Follow a group of children who discover a mysterious tropical Kingdom in this award-winning, wholesome, magical, hidden portal middle-grade fantasy adventure series that’s great for all ages.

Awards & Accolades

Award laurel badge that reads 2023 Gold Medal Award Winner Independent Publisher Book Awards
Award laurel badge that reads 2022 Silver Medal Award Winner Florida Book Awards
Award laurel badge that reads 2021 Silver Medal Award Winner FAPA President's Book Awards
Award laurel badge that reads 2021 Awards Finalist National Indie Excellence Awards
  • In 2023, the Independent Publisher Book Awards (IPPY Awards) named Taylor Thomas Smythe’s Goldie: A Magic City Wonders Novel the winner of the gold medal in the Southeast - Best Regional Fiction category.

  • In 2022, Goldie: A Magic City Wonders Novel by Taylor Thomas Smythe received a silver medal in the Florida Book Awards.

  • In 2021, the first installment in Taylor Thomas Smythe’s seven-book Kingdom of Florida middle-grade fantasy series—The Golden Alligator—was chosen as the winner of a silver medal in the Florida Authors and Publishers Association President's Book Awards.

  • In 2021, the first installment in Taylor Thomas Smythe’s seven-book Kingdom of Florida middle-grade fantasy series—The Golden Alligator—was chosen as a finalist in the National Indie Excellence Awards.

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