Kate Taylor
Mohawk College
The article “Why Fiction is Good for You” by Kate Taylor is based on the next novel project of author Keith Oatley which shows the influence of Fiction on one’s life. Keith Oatley is a professor of cognitive psychology at University of Toronto (The Globe and Mail, n.d.). His works include an award-winning novel named The Case of Emily V which won a Commonwealth Prize in 1994 (The Globe and Mail, n.d.). The author Katherine (Kate) Taylor is a Canadian critic and novelist, a cultural journalist at The Globe and Mail newspaper (Wikipedia/Kate-Taylor). The article “Why Fiction is Good for You” was published on September 10, 2011 in the newspaper The Globe and Mail at Toronto (The Globe and Mail, n.d.). In the article Kate Taylor has mentioned the new style of Keith Oatley, in which he includes three key elements that will help the readers to …show more content…
She studied History and Art History at University of Toronto, and also holds an M.A. in Journalism from the University of Western Ontario. She has worked at London Free Press and Hamilton Spectator. She had been awarded the Atkinson Fellowship in Public Policy Journalism along with two Nathan Cohen awards for her review. (Wikipedia/Kate-Taylor). The title of this article Why Fiction is Good for You is completely justified because it has covered all the major and important information and studies related to fiction and gives an exact idea to the reader about the author views on this. The language of article is formal and it also includes technical terms. The author, Kate Taylor has used exaggerated words. The tone is friendly. The author is biased in this article as it keeps on explaining the researches and experiments that shows the benefit of fiction. The article was published for information and educational purpose. The source of this article is credible as it was published in The Globe and Mail