Patrick Taylor is a retired medical researcher, professor emeritus at the
University of British Columbia
The University of British Columbia (UBC) is a public research university with campuses near Vancouver and in Kelowna, British Columbia. Established in 1908, it is British Columbia's oldest university. The university ranks among the top thre ...
, and best-selling novelist.
Born in 1941 and brought up in
Bangor, Northern Ireland
Bangor ( ; ) is a city and seaside resort in County Down, Northern Ireland, on the southern side of Belfast Lough. It is within the Belfast metropolitan area and is 13 miles (22 km) east of Belfast city centre, to which it is linked ...
, Taylor studied and practiced medicine in Belfast and rural Ulster before immigrating to Canada in 1970 to work in the field of human infertility. From 1987-1989 he worked at the Bourn Hall Fertility Clinic in association with 2010 Nobel Laureate Sir Robert Edwards. Taylor has received three lifetime achievement awards including the Lifetime Award of Excellence in Reproductive Medicine of the Canadian Fertility and Andrology Society.
He has written or contributed to 170 academic papers and six textbooks and also served as editor-in-chief of the ''Canadian Obstetrics and Gynaecology Journal'', as well as writing several medical humour columns and serving as book reviewer for ''Stitches: The Journal of Medical Humour''.
Taylor has published more than fifteen works of creative writing, all set in Northern Ireland. He is best known for his
Irish Country series, several of which have been international bestsellers,
"New York Times best sellers - November 4, 2012"
''New York Times'', November 4, 2012. particularly in Canada
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, where Taylor has resided since 1970.
An earlier work, written with TF Baskett, titled ''The Complete Anthology of En Passant 1989-1999'', is a collection of their shared humour columns.
Taylor now lives on Salt Spring Island
Salt Spring Island or Saltspring Island is one of the Gulf Islands in the Strait of Georgia between mainland British Columbia, Canada, and Vancouver Island.
The island was initially inhabited by various Salishan peoples before being settled by ...
, BC, Canada.
Books
Fiction
The Irish Country series
Stories of the Irish Troubles
# ''Only Wounded: Ulster Stories''
# ''Now and in the Hour of Our Death''
# ''Pray for Us Sinners''
Nonfiction
* ''The Complete Anthology of En Passant 1989-1999'' (with T.F. Baskett)
References
External links
* About th
Irish Country books
series at Tor Books
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1941 births
Northern Ireland emigrants to Canada
Canadian obstetricians
Canadian male novelists
Living people
University of British Columbia faculty
Canadian male short story writers
21st-century Canadian novelists
Writers from British Columbia
21st-century Canadian short story writers
21st-century Canadian male writers