Cory Taylor grew up in Queensland, Australia and Fiji. Before becoming an author, she was an award-winning screenwriter. Her debut novel, Me and Mr. Booker, was published in 2011 and won the Commonwealth Writers Prize for the Pacific Region. Her second novel, My Beautiful Enemy, was shortlisted for the 2014 Miles Franklin Literary Award. She also wrote children's books including the Bandaged Bear and the Rat Tales series. Her last book, Dying: A Memoir, was published in 2016. She died from melanoma-related cancer on July 5, 2016 at the age of 61.
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