Kimball Taylor

Kimball Taylor
Taylor at the 2017 Los Angeles Times Festival of Books
BornKimball Taylor
1973
San Diego, CA
OccupationAuthor, Journalist, Speaker
NationalityAmerican
Genrecreative writing, documentary nonfiction
Notable works• The Coyote's Bicycle
• Return by Water
• Drive Fast and Take Chances
Notable awards86th Annual California Book Awards Finalist
2017
Website
KimballTaylor.com

Kimball Taylor is an American writer.

Career

Taylor is involved in writing and speaking about ocean issues, the environment and bringing attention to the complex realities of the US-Mexican Border.[1][2] His book "The Coyote's Bicycle" is currently in development for a forthcoming television series.

Literary works

In his first book, Return by Water: Surf Stories and Adventures. Taylor takes readers traveling with him and illuminates surfers' lives around the world with amazing sense of place and deft character portraits of the famous, ordinary and irascible surfer alike. Published August 1, 2005 by Dimdim Publishing.

In 2013, Taylor and Dimdim published a follow-up book, Drive Fast and Take Chances, about surf obsession. It contains profiles of 15 people notably fixated with riding, hunting down, and discovering waves.

In 2008, while on assignment investigating thousands of tires that regularly wash down the Tijuana River during rains, Taylor stumbled upon a massive and mysterious pile of discarded bicycles. His unraveling the mystery of those thousands of bicycles became the genesis of his third book: The Coyote's Bicycle: The Untold Story of 7,000 Bicycles and the Rise of a Borderland Empire.[3]

Articles

Kimball Taylor has written over 27 articles for Surfer Magazine. His story about secret spots and surf imperialism in Mainland Mexico, The Search, was published in Volume 15 number 6 of The Surfers Journal. He has also had work published in The Atlantic magazine.

Speaking Engagements
Kimball Taylor at the Border

Kimball Taylor is sometimes asked to speak about writing and journalism. He also speaks on ocean issues from his years of writing for surfing journals, and following the publication of The Coyote's bicycle, Taylor is occasionally asked to speak on the issues of the Mexican border and the economics of illegal immigration, two issues that have gained prominence since Donald Trump made them a policy of his presidency.

In 2016, he was asked to be part of a panel discussion of the US-Mexico border at the fourth annual San Antonio Book Festival.

In 2017, he was asked to be on a panel discussion of California at the 22nd annual Los Angeles Times Festival of Books.

Awards and honors

In 2017 Taylor was selected as a finalist in the 86th Annual California Book Awards by the Commonwealth Club of California.[4]

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References
  1. "Op-Ed: History shows Trump's 'beautiful' border wall would be worthless". Los Angeles Times. March 20, 2016.
  2. "[The Coyote's Bicycle] | C-SPAN.org". www.c-span.org.
  3. "The Coyote's Bicycle: The Untold Story of 7000 Bicycles and a Borderland Empire – Rising Up with Sonali".
  4. "Finalists for the 86th Annual California Book Awards Competition Announced | Commonwealth Club".
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