Brief Author Bio:

A native of New Kensington, Pennsylvania, Tamara studied English and humanities at Jacksonville University in Florida and creative writing at St. Andrews University in Scotland. She teaches composition and literature courses at Westmoreland County Community College and writes freelance mostly for the Valley News Dispatch and the Pittsburgh Tribune Review. Her short stories have been published in American and Scottish collections, and she's finishing her first novel. Although she's attempted NanoWrimo several times, she thinks this is going to be her year.