Taylor Tyng
@taylortyng.bsky.social
Author of fantastical fiction. The CLARA POOLE series (Pixel+Ink, 2023-24), SPROUT (Random House Children’s Books, 2026).
Looking for a new fantasy adventure series for your young reader? Take a look at the THE CLARA POOLE SERIES. It's got a big, funny cast, immense world-building, and a journey you won't soon forget. #middlegradebooks
February 5, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Looking for a new fantasy adventure series for your young reader? Take a look at the THE CLARA POOLE SERIES. It's got a big, funny cast, immense world-building, and a journey you won't soon forget. #middlegradebooks
New book outline complete! Why do I love this part of writing so much?
February 3, 2025 at 9:50 PM
New book outline complete! Why do I love this part of writing so much?
After what feels like a never-ending home renovation, we finally got to unpack our children's books. This column is board books, picture books, and early readers. (The middle grade section, equally as plentiful, lives to the left). These books might be my most prized possession. 😊
January 17, 2025 at 7:07 PM
After what feels like a never-ending home renovation, we finally got to unpack our children's books. This column is board books, picture books, and early readers. (The middle grade section, equally as plentiful, lives to the left). These books might be my most prized possession. 😊
Time to fur some puppets!
January 16, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Time to fur some puppets!
Went to the pottery store to buy clay and they had $5 dog sweaters. Tuck hates it, but I think it’s bad ass.
December 27, 2024 at 11:31 PM
Went to the pottery store to buy clay and they had $5 dog sweaters. Tuck hates it, but I think it’s bad ass.
Light box I made for our annual homemade yankee swap.
December 27, 2024 at 2:27 PM
Light box I made for our annual homemade yankee swap.
I can’t wait for you all to meet Sprout and her friend EB, a boy with his own unseen challenges. Theirs is a tale of hope, friendship, and being okay with who you are. Set in a small town fighting gentrification and cultures of sameness, Sprout and EB dare to show us the beauty of being different.
December 26, 2024 at 6:57 PM
I can’t wait for you all to meet Sprout and her friend EB, a boy with his own unseen challenges. Theirs is a tale of hope, friendship, and being okay with who you are. Set in a small town fighting gentrification and cultures of sameness, Sprout and EB dare to show us the beauty of being different.
Made this light box for my father, Jim. It’s a recreation of a painting that a neighbor made when he was a child—young Jim building a driftwood shack on the beach. It’s been such an iconic image growing up, and it’s so wonderful to honor it in another form. There were a few tears. It was awesome. ☺️
December 26, 2024 at 4:03 PM
Made this light box for my father, Jim. It’s a recreation of a painting that a neighbor made when he was a child—young Jim building a driftwood shack on the beach. It’s been such an iconic image growing up, and it’s so wonderful to honor it in another form. There were a few tears. It was awesome. ☺️
What? 1989? My name is Taylor? That's a sign, right? Sounds like you need this book!
October 30, 2023 at 11:50 PM
What? 1989? My name is Taylor? That's a sign, right? Sounds like you need this book!
After sketching this blind portrait of my daughter, I am now convinced that Picasso's whole career was "Okay, just sit there, and I'm going to draw you without looking."
October 30, 2023 at 11:45 AM
After sketching this blind portrait of my daughter, I am now convinced that Picasso's whole career was "Okay, just sit there, and I'm going to draw you without looking."
5 days left to win one of five copies of CLARA POOLE AND THE WAY ROUND!
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October 26, 2023 at 7:24 PM
5 days left to win one of five copies of CLARA POOLE AND THE WAY ROUND!
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Home is where your dog is. ☺️
October 26, 2023 at 6:07 PM
Home is where your dog is. ☺️
When the main character of your next book is named Hattie Wheeler, your background writing music must be The SUNDAYS. Or maybe your character is named that because it's fall and this is your go-to album. Either one works really.
October 24, 2023 at 2:50 PM
When the main character of your next book is named Hattie Wheeler, your background writing music must be The SUNDAYS. Or maybe your character is named that because it's fall and this is your go-to album. Either one works really.
Started my writing retreat off with a hike through the foliage. Glad I stuck my laptop in my pack because I found a nice swing in the woods to sit and write ✍️ 🍁🍂⛰️
October 23, 2023 at 1:52 PM
Started my writing retreat off with a hike through the foliage. Glad I stuck my laptop in my pack because I found a nice swing in the woods to sit and write ✍️ 🍁🍂⛰️
For a while, I've been wanting to write a Big Fish-like story about a family in crisis, a possibly magic recluse neighbor, and a museum of broken things. Monday, I went to hear Alix E. Harrow talk about Starling House and came away knowing exactly how I'd tell this tale. I've almost written half. 😊
October 21, 2023 at 3:55 PM
For a while, I've been wanting to write a Big Fish-like story about a family in crisis, a possibly magic recluse neighbor, and a museum of broken things. Monday, I went to hear Alix E. Harrow talk about Starling House and came away knowing exactly how I'd tell this tale. I've almost written half. 😊
Well, hey, I’ve got a cover for book 2 of my middle grade adventure series and I couldn’t be happier about it.
October 21, 2023 at 1:54 AM
Well, hey, I’ve got a cover for book 2 of my middle grade adventure series and I couldn’t be happier about it.
Well, either people like free stuff or this book might have some appeal. Maybe both! Either way, 999 entries in a day is super fun! Keep it going! Enter here: tinyurl.com/43byy8hp
October 7, 2023 at 9:15 PM
Well, either people like free stuff or this book might have some appeal. Maybe both! Either way, 999 entries in a day is super fun! Keep it going! Enter here: tinyurl.com/43byy8hp
Just want to go on record that my family left me alone with the last chocolate chip cookie from the patisserie they went to yesterday, and I can’t be blamed. It’s just too good and no one should be expected to maintain that much will power.
September 27, 2023 at 12:56 AM
Just want to go on record that my family left me alone with the last chocolate chip cookie from the patisserie they went to yesterday, and I can’t be blamed. It’s just too good and no one should be expected to maintain that much will power.
time to start cutting the meadow for the Halloween labyrinth!
August 29, 2023 at 2:21 PM
time to start cutting the meadow for the Halloween labyrinth!
So when I first started writing, I’d gawk at the writers listed in The Horn Book, fantasizing that my book might grace its pages some day. So it’s pretty dang exciting to appear twice in two months. Think I’m going to appreciate this one for a long while. ☺️🙏🙏🙏
August 22, 2023 at 2:59 AM
So when I first started writing, I’d gawk at the writers listed in The Horn Book, fantasizing that my book might grace its pages some day. So it’s pretty dang exciting to appear twice in two months. Think I’m going to appreciate this one for a long while. ☺️🙏🙏🙏
Win a signed copy of CLARA POOLE AND THE LONG WAY ROUND, plus bookmarks, stickers, and even a hat! The auction begins at 6 AM HST/Noon EST Monday, 8/21, and ends at midnight HST on Friday, 8/25. There are tons of amazing items!
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August 21, 2023 at 3:09 PM
Win a signed copy of CLARA POOLE AND THE LONG WAY ROUND, plus bookmarks, stickers, and even a hat! The auction begins at 6 AM HST/Noon EST Monday, 8/21, and ends at midnight HST on Friday, 8/25. There are tons of amazing items!
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@booksformaui #BooksforMaui
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@booksformaui #BooksforMaui
Meet Clara, Hatsu, and Binder—three heartwarming and funny characters from the new middle grade adventure series CLARA POOLE AND THE LONG WAY ROUND from @PixelandInkBks.
August 19, 2023 at 3:05 PM
Meet Clara, Hatsu, and Binder—three heartwarming and funny characters from the new middle grade adventure series CLARA POOLE AND THE LONG WAY ROUND from @PixelandInkBks.
"A cast of characters you won't forget (high five, Hatsu! Love the hat!), and an adventure of the skies as well as the heart, fans of Middle Grade Fiction will not want to sit this race out!"
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August 17, 2023 at 5:25 PM
"A cast of characters you won't forget (high five, Hatsu! Love the hat!), and an adventure of the skies as well as the heart, fans of Middle Grade Fiction will not want to sit this race out!"
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I just went to Gorey’s house! He’s so fascinating.
August 17, 2023 at 1:10 AM
I just went to Gorey’s house! He’s so fascinating.
