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Taylor Tyng

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Taylor Tyng is an American author of fantastical fiction for young readers. His first novel, CLARA POOLE AND THE LONG WAY ROUND (Pixel+Ink), was called "an engrossing and inventive flight through the skies" by Kirkus Reviews and a "soaring debut with echoes of Jules Verne and Roald Dahl" by Booklist. Its follow-up, CLARA POOLE AND THE WRONG WAY UP was published in July 2024. Taylor is currently working on SPROUT (Random House Children's Books, 2026), a middle grade contemporary fantasy about a girl searching for the truth behind her strange abnormality.

Taylor Tyng got to writing late. After spending his early years performing in LA rock clubs, Taylor created a design agency and a software company for the advertising and entertainment indust ...more

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Average rating: 4.24 · 138 ratings · 58 reviews · 3 distinct works • Similar authors

	Clara Poole and the Long Way Round 4.21 avg rating — 103 ratings — published 2023 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Clara Poole and the Wrong Way Up 4.31 avg rating — 29 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sprout 4.33 avg rating — 6 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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