Authors
C. Taylor-Butler
C. Taylor-Butler (Christine Taylor-Butler), an MIT trained Civil Engineer, is the author of more than 70 books for children, including Sacred Mountain: Everest. She has won the Best Children’s Book of the Year Award and a host of other awards. Her short stories and essays have appeared in magazines and journals including the Horn Book Review, and Scholastic’s Read and Rise Literacy Guide for Parents, to name a few. In addition to her writing activities, she chairs MIT’s Regional Educational Council and serves on the Missouri Judicial Performance Committee. When not conducting various science experiments for many of her books: how to make solid objects float when they shouldn’t, creating invisible force fields with magnets, and making electricity from fruits and vegetables (bringing the love of science to classrooms everywhere), the author has traveled to remote places, such as the Tongas National Forest in Alaska, to scout unusual locations for her debut science fiction/adventure novel, The Lost Tribes. She lives in Missouri where she is responsible for the care and feeding of a spouse, college kids, cats, fish and a very needy 104-year-old historic house.
Book Activities
Have fun with our downloadable coloring pages for The Lost Tribes 3: Trials book cover.
Interviews & Articles
World Fantasy Convention
The New York Times
Woman'sDay
CBS Boston - WBZ 4
Fast Forward
Watch Mike Zipter’s interview with Christine.
On the Move...
World Science Fiction Convention (DISCON III) – The Morphology of Fantasy Creatures
8:30pm EST Author Christine Taylor-Butler participate in a discussion panel titled, The Morphology of Fantasy Creatures. Do elves and pixies have better hearing because their ears are pointed, and if so, why do they need it? Big Bird is eight feet tall, has thumbs, and forward-facing eyes. Does that make him an apex pursuit predator? (No, he’s a charismatic herbivorous megafauna.) And don’t get us started on Cookie Monster… For more information: https://discon3.org/schedule/
World Science Fiction Convention (DISCON III) – Worldbuilding Spacefaring Civilizations
4:00pm EST Author Christine Taylor-Butler participate in a virtual panel titled, Worldbuilding Spacefaring Civilizations. How can you, as a writer, effectively build a space-faring civilization into your work? What parts of space empires can be directly extrapolated from world history, and what elements will you need that are unique to interstellar commerce, diplomacy, warfare, and lifestyles? For more information: https://discon3.org/schedule/
World Science Fiction Convention (DISCON III) – Working with an Agent
1:00pm EST Author Christine Taylor-Butler participate in a virtual panel titled, Working with an Agent. It’s 2021, do you still need an agent? Typically, yes! Agents are very useful, not only in securing a traditional book deal, but also in handling contract disputes, foreign rights, and helping you land that elusive movie or TV option. Panelists will discuss when and why agents are useful, and how to determine if your agent is doing the best job for you. For more information: https://discon3.org/schedule/
World Science Fiction Convention (DISCON III) – Small Readers, Big Issues: MG and YA Fiction
11:30am EST Author Christine Taylor-Butler participate in a discussion panel titled, Small Readers, Big Issues: MG and YA Fiction. Middle Grade sf, fantasy and horror works with the hopes and fears of the young; it explores moral and ethical dilemmas. Some of these are interpersonal issues, but many are about the way the we treat the world around us, and how it treats us. Our panelists will discuss the most challenging YA fiction in our field and how it responds to the concerns of younger readers. For more information: https://discon3.org/schedule/
Video Interviews
Mike Zipser of Fast Forward talks with Christine Taylor-Butler about“The Lost Tribes” and the wide variety of books she’s written.
Our editorial assistant Julia interviews Christine Taylor-Butler about the role science plays in her series “The Lost Tribes.”
Christine’s Books
