Baker Artist Portfolios

M. Jane Taylor’s family-based historical fiction chronicles a clan of Blue Ridge mountaineers across time, from the rural highlands to the urban lowlands. Taylor earned a Master of Arts in Writing from Johns Hopkins University and was honored with the Outstanding Graduate Award, and she is a recipient of the Maryland State Arts Council's Regional Independent Artist Award and MSAC Grants for Artists. She lives in Baltimore with her wife, actor Autumn Breaud, and their two children.