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Taylor, Walker

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Walker Taylor (1903-1964)  was a pseudonym for Philip Neville Walker Taylor, an American writer who led a varied and interesting life. He ran away from home at the age of sixteen to become a cowboy in Montana. In later years Neville earned his living as a Hollywood "extra." He also worked as an advertising agent and for a period wrote radio scripts. Neville lived for a time in Vienna, while successfully writing thriller novels which were published under variations of his name; P. Walker Taylor, P. N. Walker Taylor, and so on. Among his novels were Murder in the Suez Canal (1937) and Murder in the Game Reserve (1938). He also wrote some novels under the pseudonym Paul Costello. Neville's many tales for the Evening News were published from 1935 to 1969. A number of them featured the character Penelope-Ann (P.A. for short), an irrepressible young girl whose adventures first began to appear in the early 1940s. So popular were these tales that a spin-off novel, Me and Penelope Ann, was published in 1947. The mischievous character of Penelope-Ann was based on Nevilles' own niece, who was said to have gotten him into all kinds of trouble!

 

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Murder in the Suez Canal (1937)

Murder in the Game Reserve (1938)

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