Howard Tayler
| Howard V. Tayler | |
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| Born |
February 29, 1968 Florida, United States |
| Nationality | American |
| Area(s) | Cartoonist, author |
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Notable works
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Schlock Mercenary |
| Awards |
Hugo Award (2013) WCCA Best Cameo Award (2001) WCCA Outstanding Science Fiction Comic (2004) |
| Spouse(s) | Sandra Tayler |
| Relatives | Nancy Fulda (sister-in-law) |
| http://www.schlockmercenary.com/ | |
Howard V. Tayler (born February 29, 1968 in Florida) is the award-winning creator of the webcomic Schlock Mercenary. He worked as a volunteer missionary for the LDS Church, then graduated from Brigham Young University. Using his degree in music composition, he started an independent record label.
While working at Novell, Tayler began online publication of Schlock Mercenary. He quit his job at Novell several years later in order to work on the webcomic full-time.Schlock Mercenary has been nominated multiple times and won the Web Cartoonists' Choice Awards in two different categories, and the webcomic has been nominated four times for a Hugo Award.
Tayler spends time regularly during the week drawing at a local comic book and gaming store, as well as producing a weekly writing tips podcast called Writing Excuses with fellow authors Brandon Sanderson, Dan Wells, Mary Robinette Kowal, and producer Jordan Sanderson. The podcast has been nominated for a Hugo Award in 2011, 2012 and has won in 2013.
Tayler was born in Florida. In 1985 he moved to Utah (where he still resides) to attend Brigham Young University. After studying there for two years, he volunteered to be a missionary for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) before returning to BYU to finish a bachelor's degree in Music Composition.
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