Hampton Roads Writers

Marjory J. Taylor

She writes under the name
emjay

Marjory J. Taylor (emjay) was born in Grosse Isle, Michigan and, at two years of age, returned with her family to ancestral territory in eastern Massachusetts --Yankee-land--where she lived for sixty-five years before moving to Virginia. She is a widow with two sons, their beautiful wives, and three adult grandchildren. Mrs. Taylor did not have a social security number until she was sixty-five and was required to get one or forfeit senior citizen benefits. She has been an active volunteer since the age of sixteen and currently spends two mornings a week in a neighborhood school working with first graders. She writes memoirs, family history, and short stories for pleasure and to share with family and friends. Always expect to find a jumble of papers on her desk and half-finished stories in her computer.