A Sydney writer, editor, lecturer and critic, John Taylor claims he was educated in various libraries and at East Sydney Technical College Cooking School. He has also written a play about Rasputin and articles for
The Teaching of English and the
Adventist News (about Lindy Chamberlain's innocence) as well as editing or reviewing hundreds of books. He has appeared on the ABC radio programme 'Science Bookshop'. Taylor was promotions manager for
Joan Lindsay's publisher, Cheshire, Melbourne
