Patricia Eytcheson Taylor met her first husband, John, on the beaches of southern California, where she grew up. Her mother was very ill, and her father made sure she had plenty of animals to give her love and comfort. Pat learned to understand and communicate with the animals, making it easy for her to tell their stories when she became a writer. Pat and John came to Texas, where they built a business and raised a family. She wrote three acclaimed children’s books about the horse Catch a Winner. After being widowed for several years, she married the Reverend James C. Taylor, an Army chaplain, and together they co-authored a Christian living book, On the Wings of the Wind.