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Jeremy Taylor (writer) Jeremy Taylor (writer) Jeremy Taylor is a writer, editor and publisher who was born in England and has lived and worked in Trinidad and Tobago in the Caribbean since 1971. Taylor attended The King's School, Ely. He received his Bachelor of Arts degree in English from the University of Cambridge (1962–65), and then a Master of Arts and Diploma in Education from Makerere University in Uganda (1966–67). In Trinidad, he taught at Fatima College before starting as a freelance journalist with several local international publications. He established his own publishing company Media and Editorial Projects Limited in 1991. For several