links "Theodore Taylor, 85; wrote 'The Cay' and other novels for the young", Jocelyn Stewart, The Los Angeles Times, October 28, 2006 1921 births 2006 deaths American children's writers American male novelists People from Statesville, North Carolina Novelists from North Carolina 20th-century American novelists 21st-century American novelists Edgar Award winners 20th-century American male writers 21st-century American male writers United States Merchant Mariners of World War II United States Navy personnel of the Korean War