Taylor Buck

A self-proclaimed creative explorer, Taylor began writing when he was twelve, authoring and illustrating his own Choose Your Own Adventure books (carefully crafted with staples and notebook paper). Over the years, he focused his creativity more on illustrating than writing, studying Graphic Design at Oregon State University and spending summers frequenting Europe to study art and architecture. He eventually focused his creative efforts into advertising, leading creative direction for a Fortune 500 internet retailer and gaining hands-on knowledge of corporate marketing and visual communication. The topics of his writings range from classicism, art and religion to futurism and technological singularity. His first novel, The Island Project, explores robotics and transhumanism in a secret government base on Hawaii’s Big Island. In 2015, he released The Medici Letters—an international thriller combining a modern day treasure hunt with historic accounts of Renaissance Florence. The sequel, The Prince's Order, was released in 2020. His latest release, AQUEOUS, is a fast moving psychological thriller set three miles below the earth's surface. An Oregon native, Taylor currently lives in the mountains of Utah with his wife and two boys.