Author: Kasey Taylor
Bio: Born in rural Halifax County, North Carolina, and reared there until the age of eleven, Kasey was born the fourth of five children in her family and was academically gifted throughout her elementary school years in North Carolina.

     At age eleven, her family packed up and moved to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania where she continued to shine academically in the Philadelphia school system. Being assigned an essay to complete in the eighth grade on a well known movie star she chose Lee Majors the then star of the hit 1970's televison series, "The Bionic Man." So impressed with the essay, her English teacher sat her down and tried to encourage her to pursue a career in journalism. Being young and not fully understanding what journalism entailed she had no interest in this course of study at that time, even though she constantly touched the hearts of people who surrounded her with her poetry and songwriting. She herself, never really took her writings seriously.

     Kasey attended high school at Murrell Dobbins Area Vocational Technical High School, an opportunity not afforded to many because a student had to pass very complicated testing in order to be accepted.

     She enrolled in the Community College of Philadelphia and graduated with an AAS Degree in Data Processing in the mid 1980's and from there she attended Philadelphia College of Textiles and Sciences.

     In 1990, Kasey moved her family back to North Carolina because she felt the city was no place to raise her children. She accepted a job with the County Department of Social Services as a Case Manager.


     Her job brought her in contact with many different types of people and she found herself very sympathetic to her clientele, which consisted of elderly and disabled individuals, as well as persons who are mentally ill. She seemed to relate to them better than some, because of her experiences living the "city life."

     She often talked to a fellow worker about her experiences in Philadelphia and her co-worker encouraged her to write about her these situations.

Kasey is currently employed with the Department of Human Services and is accepted and respected by her co-workers and clients. She has completed her novel titled, "The Glass Door" which has been accepted by PublishAmerica and is scheduled to be released very soon. She is currently working on two more un-named manuscripts.