Taylor Alison Swift (born December 13, 1989) is an American country-pop singer-songwriter, and actress.. Swift was born in the borough of Wyomissing, Pennsylvania. She is the daughter of Scott Swift, a stock broker, and his wife Andrea, a homemaker. She has a younger brother, Austin. When she was in fourth grade, Swift won a national poetry contest with a three-page poem titled "Monster In My Closet".. At ten, Swift began writing songs and singing at karaoke contests, festivals, and fairs around her hometown. One summer, she devoted herself to writing a 350-page novel, which remains unpublished. Her first major show was a well-received performance at the Bloomsburg Fair....
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