About the Author: Theodore Taylor - The Cay by Theodore Taylor (sitios de interés)
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Theodore Taylor was an American author of more than 50 fiction and non-fiction books for young adults, including The Cay, The Weirdo (winner of the 1992 Edgar Award for Best Young Adult Mystery), Ice Drift, Timothy of the Cay, The Bomb, Sniper, and Rogue Wave.[1]
The Cay, Taylor's fictionalized account of the boy on the raft, took only three weeks to complete, and has become perhaps the most beloved of his young adult fiction novels.
Taylor based the character of the boy in his book on a childhood playmate. "The one thing I remembered about [him] was that his mother had taught him to hate black people and to hate them with a passion," Taylor once told a reporter from the Los Angeles Times. In the book, the boy sheds his racist views as he learns to admire and respect the black man who rescues him from the ocean.
Taylor died on October 30, 2006 in Laguna Beach, CA, from complications of a heart attack.