Greg Taylor (born 1951) is an American writer of books for

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and young adults. He is also a screenwriter of films including ''

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'' and '' Prancer''.

Life

Taylor was born and raised in

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, Pennsylvania, and attended

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University.

Books

Killer Pizza

Published in 2009 by

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, Greg Taylor's debut novel ''Killer Pizza'' is styled after B horror movies."Killer Pizza"
''

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'', June 15, 2009. Aspiring to be a famous chef, Toby McGill gets a job at a monster-themed pizza restaurant named Killer Pizza, only to discover that his new place of employment is actually a Monster Hunting Organization; he and other teens, Strobe and Annabel, fight monsters called the ''guttata'' (

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-like creatures) while disguised in their

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uniforms. Film studio

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was reported in 2011 to have been working on a movie adaptation with a script by Adam Green.

Killer Pizza: The Slice

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

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. ''Christian Science Monitor'' found it "slight but engaging".Kehe, Marjorie (May 13, 2011)
'4 great summer books for middle-grade readers: 3. "The Girl Who Became a Beatle", by Greg Taylor'
''

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''.

References

External links

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IMDb: Greg Taylor
1951 births Living people American children's writers American male screenwriters Screenwriters from Pennsylvania 20th-century American screenwriters 21st-century American male writers American young adult novelists {{US-screen-writer-1950s-stub