Taylor Caldwell
Taylor Caldwell Born (1900-09-07)September 7, 1900 Manchester, England Died August 30, 1985(1985-08-30) (aged 84) Greenwich, Connecticut Occupation Novelist Education University at Buffalo Spouse William Combs (1919-1931; divorced) Marcus Reback (1931-1971; widowed) William Stancell (1972-1973; divorced) William Prestie (1978; her death) Janet Miriam Holland Taylor Caldwell (September 7, 1900 – August 30, 1985) was an Anglo-American novelist and prolific author of popular fiction, also known by the pen names Marcus Holland and Max Reiner, and by her married name of J. Miriam Reback. In her fiction, she often used real historical events or persons. Taylor Caldwell's best-known works include Dynasty of Death, Dear and Glorious Physician (about Saint Luke), and The Captains and the Kings. Her last major novel, Answer as a Man, appeared in 1980.