Christine Taylor-Butler
Christine Taylor-Butler is an American children's author with over 80 books published.Biography
Christine Taylor-Butler grew up in Cleveland, Ohio in the 1960s. She attended a New England boarding school before going to MIT where she graduated with a degree in civil engineering, with architecture. She then completed a second MIT degree in Art & Design. She is listed as part of the class of 1981.
After college, Taylor-Butler took on a number of jobs, including at a start-up software company and at Harvard University, before working as a graphic arts manager at Hallmark Cards for more than a decade.
She began to realize there was a gap in the market in children's books. Working with the Scholastic True Books educational nonfiction series, Taylor-Butler wrote more than 30 books about topics across science and social science, from the human body and planets to the Supreme court and civil rights.
Married with daughters, Taylor-Butler noticed the lack of diverse characters in young adult and children's books, and took that on as her next challenge. She has published over 80 books. She was formerly an interviewer for MIT admissions. She was awarded the George B. Morgan Award from MIT in recognition of her sustained excellence in all aspects of Educational Council activity. Taylor-Butler is a member of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, and has been a judge for PEN and toastmaster at the World Fantasy Convention.
She lives in Kansas City.
