- Full name: Theodore Taylor III
- Birth date: May 27, 1921
- Birth place: Winston-Salem, North Carolina, U.S.
- Death date: October 26, 2006
- Death place: Chapel Hill, North Carolina, U.S.
- Occupation: Author, educator
- Genre: Children's literature, historical fiction, adventure
- Notable works: "The Cay," "The Maldonado Miracle," "The Trouble with Tuck," "Teetoncey," "The Bomb," "Flight"
- Awards: Newbery Honor Medal (1960), Edgar Allan Poe Award (1985), Golden Kite Award (1988), North Carolina Award for Literature (1998)