24 Facts About Taylor Caldwell

Taylor Caldwell was known by a variation of her married name, J Miriam Reback.

Janet Miriam Caldwell was born in Manchester, England, into a family of Scottish background.

Taylor Caldwell's family descended from the Scottish clan of MacGregor of which the Taylors are a subsidiary clan.

Taylor Caldwell's father died shortly after the move, and the family struggled.

Taylor Caldwell continued to write prolifically despite ill health.

From 1923 to 1924, Taylor Caldwell worked as a court reporter in the New York State Department of Labor in Buffalo, New York.

Taylor Caldwell then married her second husband, Marcus Reback, who worked for the US Immigration and Naturalization Service.

Taylor Caldwell had a second child with Reback, a daughter Judith Ann, in 1932.

Taylor Caldwell's published works sold an estimated 30 million copies.

Taylor Caldwell became wealthy, traveling to Europe and elsewhere, although she still lived near Buffalo.

Taylor Caldwell's books were big sellers right up to the end of her career.

Taylor Caldwell was an outspoken conservative and for a time wrote for the John Birch Society's monthly journal American Opinion and even associated with the antisemitic Liberty Lobby.

Taylor Caldwell was even involved in the founding of the New York Conservative Party.

Taylor Caldwell had become friends with well-known occultist author Jess Stearn, who suggested that the vivid detail in her many historical novels was actually subconscious recollection of previous lives.

Taylor Caldwell agreed to be hypnotized and undergo "past life regression" to disprove reincarnation.

Taylor Caldwell had a long dispute with her daughter Judith Goodman over the estate of Judith's father.

Also in 1979, Taylor Caldwell suffered a stroke, which left her unable to speak, though she could still write.

Taylor Caldwell's daughter Mary Margaret Fried accused Prestie of abusing and exploiting Caldwell, and there was a legal battle over her substantial assets.

Taylor Caldwell died of pulmonary failure, secondary to lung cancer, in Greenwich, Connecticut on August 30,1985, aged 84.

Taylor Caldwell had suffered a stroke in May 1980 that had left her paralyzed and speechless.

Taylor Caldwell's heroes are self-made men of pronounced ethnic background, such as the German immigrants in The Strong City and The Balance Wheel.

Taylor Caldwell wrote many historical novels, including several about famous religious figures.

Taylor Caldwell ends the article with a very foreboding rebuke of society.

Many of Taylor Caldwell's books centered on the idea that a small cabal of rich, powerful men secretly control the world.