{"id":400,"date":"2025-01-29T16:43:09","date_gmt":"2025-01-29T16:43:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/geofftaylorauthor.com\/?page_id=400"},"modified":"2025-09-02T01:01:43","modified_gmt":"2025-09-02T01:01:43","slug":"about-the-author","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/geofftaylorauthor.com\/?page_id=400","title":{"rendered":"About the Author"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"400\" class=\"elementor elementor-400\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1784bc32 elementor-section-content-middle elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default e-parent\" data-id=\"1784bc32\" data-element_type=\"section\" id=\"home\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5c4e2547 lakit-col-width-auto-no\" data-id=\"5c4e2547\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-4b26dc59 elementor-section-content-middle elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4b26dc59\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-427322a3 lakit-col-width-auto-no\" data-id=\"427322a3\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-a6b9fe4 elementor-section-content-middle elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default e-parent\" data-id=\"a6b9fe4\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-450d0f8 lakit-col-width-auto-no\" data-id=\"450d0f8\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-55fd5b6 elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"55fd5b6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInDown&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">About the Author<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2009d46 asd elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2009d46\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInDown&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">GEOFF TAYLOR<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e96ae33 elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e96ae33\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;,&quot;_animation_delay&quot;:720}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Geoff Taylor, the former deputy editor of the Waikato Times and author of the investigative bestseller Goodnight Malaysian 370, is stepping into fiction with the release of his latest work, Witch Hunt.<\/p><p>Taylor spent over two decades in journalism, covering politics and major national stories, before leaving the newsroom in 2014. 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