Howard Tayler, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Howard Tayler

writer

Date of Birth: 29-Feb-1968

Place of Birth: Florida, United States

Profession: writer, cartoonist, novelist, science fiction writer

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

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.