Waights Taylor Jr

Waights Taylor Jr. was born in Birmingham, Alabama and spent his young, formative years growing up in the segregated South. After graduation from the University of Alabama in 1959 with a B.S. degree in Aeronautical Engineering, his professional career included twenty-four years in the aviation industry and then twenty-two years in management consulting. When his professional was coming to an end, he turned to writing. He is an author, a poet, and a playwright. His first book, Alfons Mucha's Slav Epic: An Artist's History of the Slavic People, was published in 2008. His first chapbook of poetry and short stories, Literary Ramblings, was published in 2010. His second book, Our Southern Home: Scottsboro to Montgomery to Birmingham--The Transformation of the South in the Twentieth Century, was published in October 2011. He now live in Santa Rosa, california.