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Stories by Taylor Thomas Smythe
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Goldie
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The Dream Team
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Nightmare Array
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The Golden Alligator
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The Lamplight Society
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The Place Beyond the Sea
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The Fountain of Youth
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The Curse of Coronado
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Coral and the Treasure Hunters
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Guardians of the Willow
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Treasure Hunters
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Journey to the Wayward Isles
Taylor has written a dozen books and won multiple awards and accolades for his work.
About the AuthorTaylor Thomas Smythe is the award-winning author of the Kingdom of Florida and Magic City Wonders series. Smythe is a fiction author native to South Florida. He has been writing creatively for most of his life and released his award-winning debut novel, The Golden Alligator, in 2019. His passion is to inspire others through imaginative and innovative stories.
Other creative works include singing, songwriting (for his band The Transient Friends), producing a full one-act musical, editing and writing sketch-comedy for seven seasons of a student comedy show at Palm Beach Atlantic University, and acting as founder and creative director for The Prime Floridian (a small West Palm Beach-based design brand). He has also co-written a full-length stage play.
Smythe is a graphic designer and a long-time resident of West Palm Beach, Florida.
Awards & Accolades
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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.
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In 2022, Goldie: A Magic City Wonders Novel by Taylor Thomas Smythe received a silver medal in the Florida Book Awards.
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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.
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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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Press Kit
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