author
William Alexander Taylor
1837–1912
Best remembered for the 1901 utopian novel Intermere, this Ohio journalist and political writer mixed imagination with a deep interest in public life. His work ranges from speculative fiction to large-scale histories of Ohio and Columbus.
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Intermere
by William Alexander Taylor
About the author
Born in Ohio in 1837, William Alexander Taylor built a career that moved through journalism, law, politics, and authorship. He spent many years in newspaper work, including a long stretch on the staff of the Cincinnati Enquirer, and he was also active in Ohio public affairs.
As a writer, he worked in more than one mode. Today he is most often noticed for Intermere (1901), a utopian novel about a hidden ancient society, but he also compiled and wrote substantial historical and biographical volumes about Ohio, its government, and Columbus.
That mix of civic history and imaginative fiction makes him an unusual figure: a practical man of public life who also turned to speculative storytelling. He died in the early 1910s, and his books remain of interest both to readers of early utopian fiction and to those curious about Ohio's historical record.