Taylor Prewitt began reading the novels of Anthony Trollope to help understand the BBC television series The Pallisers that appeared while he and his family were spending the year 1974 in England. His day job was at the Brompton Hospital as a fellow in cardiology. He continued both with cardiology and Trollope, and soon after he retired from his cardiology practice in Fort Smith, Arkansas, in 2003, he finished reading all of Trollope's novels. He plays tennis, basketball, and golf with his seven grandchildren; his wife plays cards with them, and he reads stories to them whenever they will sit