Nicoleta Taylor

Born in Transylvania, Romania, she moved to Phoenix, Arizona, in her forties. Her name bridges her Romanian past with her American present.

Growing up in communist Romania, she found solace in reading and writing. At the age of 14, she won ”Someș Literary Presences”  - a Transylvanian poetry contest, setting a record as the youngest poet ever to receive such an honor. Her writing skills garnered futher recognition in the 1989 ”Mihai Eminescu” National Contest of Romanian Language and Literature, and the 2011 ”Text Construct” National Contest of Romanian Poetry and Short Prose.

On Earth Day 2022, she published her first poetry book Terrans: To MotherShip Terra's Stewards, with Love, an Amazon bestseller in inspirational poetry dedicated to our planet, blending science fiction with spirituality.

In 2021 she was invited to contribute to an American collective book Wisdom of the Silver Sisters - Guiding Grace, a #1 Amazon international bestseller, honored with the Firebird Award, and selected by Barnes & Noble for the Biggest Books of the Fall. The success of this book lead to another collective volume in 2022, Golden Wisdom of Love Legends and Legacies, another #1 Amazon bestseller that added to Nicoleta's writing journey. 

A preview of her upcoming novel, Umäni, was published in 2023 in The Imaginist: Fairy Tales, Folklore, and Fables,  an anthology of short stories. 

She is also a licensed Romanian<>English translator and interpreter, teaches Romanian language and culture courses to American students, and provides linguistic services for Duolingo, the world's most popular language learning app.