From Idea to Ink: Author Debbie Taylor

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Date(s): Monday, February 2, 2026
Time: 6:00pm-7:30pm
Venue: Ypsilanti District Library - Michigan Ave Branch
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Join local author Debbie Taylor to learn more about how authors take ideas and turn them into books. We will do a deep dive into Taylor’s latest book, Step It Up! The French Dukes, learn more about Taylor’s writing process, and more about the French Dukes, a legendary precision drill team founded in 1961 in Ann Arbor.

About the author:

Debbie Ann Taylor is a picture book author and magazine writer. Her work has been published in children’s magazines including Spider, Cricket, and Pockets Magazine. Taylor is the author of the acclaimed picture book, Sweet Music in Harlem and books for the Toggle Talk educational series. Her hobbies include visiting museums and botanical gardens with her family. Taylor and her husband live in Ann Arbor, Michigan. She is the author of Over in Motown and Step It Up! The French Dukes.

This program is a part of YDL’s month-long celebration of Black History Month. With a focus on local Black history, Black futures, and Black excellence, this programming series centers around the theme for Black History Month 2026, “A Century of Black History Commemorations.”

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