Greg Taylor (author)

For other people named Greg Taylor, see Greg Taylor (disambiguation).

Greg Taylor (born 1951) is an American author of books for children and young adults. He is also a screenwriter of films including Jumanji and Prancer.[1]

Life

He was born and grew up in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and attended Penn State University.[2]

Books

Killer Pizza

Published in 2009 by Feiwel & Friends, Killer Pizza was Greg Taylor's debut novel and is styled after B horror movies.[3] Aspiring to be a famous chef, Toby McGill gets a job at a monster-themed pizza restaurant called Killer Pizza,[3] only to discover that his new place of employment is actually a Monster Hunting Organization, where he and some other teens, Strobe and Annabel fight monsters called the guttata (Werewolf-like creatures) while disguised in their pizza delivery uniforms.[4][5][6] Film studio MGM was reported in 2011 to have been working on a movie adaptation with a script by Adam Green.[7]

Killer Pizza: The Slice

Killer Pizza: The Slice, a sequel to Killer Pizza, was published in 2011 by Feiwel & Friends.[8] Toby and his fellow monster-hunters visit the Killer Pizza headquarters in New York and are sent on a mission involving a teenage shapeshifter.[9][10][11]

The Girl Who Became a Beatle

Published in 2011 by Feiwel & Friends, this young adult-novel is about a teenage musician who wishes her band, The Caverns, could be as famous as The Beatles. The next day, she finds that The Caverns have replaced The Beatles in history.[12][13][14][15] Christian Science Monitor found it "slight but engaging".[16]

References

  1. ↑ Greg Taylor on IMDB, accessed June 12, 2012.
  2. ↑ Taylor, Greg. "Bio". Greg Taylor Writer. Retrieved 19 February 2014.
  3. 1 2 "Killer Pizza", Publishers Weekly, 06/15/2009.
  4. ↑ "Killer Pizza", Kirkus Reviews, May 1st, 2009.
  5. ↑ Giarratano, Kimberly Garnick (September 2009). "Killer Pizza". School Library Journal. Retrieved February 17, 2014.
  6. ↑ Chipman, Ian (May 2009). "Killer Pizza". Booklist. Retrieved February 17, 2014.
  7. ↑ Fisher, Lorna. MGM to serve up Adam Green’s Killer Pizza adaptation, Total Film, November 9, 2011
  8. ↑ Black, Susan (November 2011). "Killer Pizza: The Slice". Library Media Connection. Retrieved February 17, 2014.
  9. ↑ "Killer Pizza: The Slice", Kirkus Reviews, April 18th, 2011.
  10. ↑ Zipperer, Freya Johnson (September 2011). "Killer Pizza: the Slice". SIGNAL Journal. Retrieved February 17, 2014.
  11. ↑ Sherman, Shawna (August 2011). "Killer Pizza: The Slice". School Library Journal. Retrieved February 17, 2014.
  12. ↑ "The Girl Who Became a Beatle", Kirkus Reviews, January 8th, 2011.
  13. ↑ "The Girl Who Became a Beatle". Publishers Weekly. December 2010. Retrieved February 17, 2014.
  14. ↑ Pattee, Amy S. (April 2011). "The Girl Who Became a Beatle". School Library Journal. Retrieved February 17, 2014.
  15. ↑ Engberg, Gillian (January 2011). "The Girl Who Became a Beatle". Booklist. Retrieved February 17, 2014.
  16. ↑ Kehe, Marjorie, 4 great summer books for middle-grade readers : 3. "The Girl Who Became a Beatle," by Greg Taylor, Christian Science Monitor, 2011

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