About Me
After earning the ever-useful English Lit degree with a Spanish minor, I traveled a career path that took me from newspaper reporter to English teacher in South America to marketing writer for a medical center.
A third-generation Oregonian, I've been writing from the time I could link two words together to form a sentence. Even though I had been doing that to keep a roof over my head for most of my adult life, it wasn't until a few years ago that I actually took a stab at writing fiction. After a couple tries at getting published with Harlequin/Silhouette's Bombshell line of action-adventure novels, I sold my first book to them in May 2005. Just over a year later -- after I'd already finished the revisions, reviewed cover art, and spent my advance on a month-long trip around Australia -- I got a call from my editor informing me they were canceling the line a month prior to my scheduled debut. My book would not be hitting the shelves after all. Incidentally, this was also my birthday. And the day my cat died. Oh, and the same morning, my employer at the time informed me that they would terminate me the following week if I continued to disobey the company's hosiery requirement (I did. They didn't.) Quite a day.
But I did learn something from all that. I learned that I'm pretty good at finding the humor in peculiar places and people. And I've learned to channel that into my own brand of quirky contemporary romance.
That lesson paid off in February 2010 when my agent, Michelle Wolfson, scored me a three-book deal for my romantic comedies. Sourcebooks, Inc. will publish the first of the three books starting in August 2011, with the other two scheduled for release within the following 12 months. To read more about them, go here.
And be sure to visit my blog for all the latest and greatest news. Thanks for reading!
Tawna
After earning the ever-useful English Lit degree with a Spanish minor, I traveled a career path that took me from newspaper reporter to English teacher in South America to marketing writer for a medical center.
A third-generation Oregonian, I've been writing from the time I could link two words together to form a sentence. Even though I had been doing that to keep a roof over my head for most of my adult life, it wasn't until a few years ago that I actually took a stab at writing fiction. After a couple tries at getting published with Harlequin/Silhouette's Bombshell line of action-adventure novels, I sold my first book to them in May 2005. Just over a year later -- after I'd already finished the revisions, reviewed cover art, and spent my advance on a month-long trip around Australia -- I got a call from my editor informing me they were canceling the line a month prior to my scheduled debut. My book would not be hitting the shelves after all. Incidentally, this was also my birthday. And the day my cat died. Oh, and the same morning, my employer at the time informed me that they would terminate me the following week if I continued to disobey the company's hosiery requirement (I did. They didn't.) Quite a day.
But I did learn something from all that. I learned that I'm pretty good at finding the humor in peculiar places and people. And I've learned to channel that into my own brand of quirky contemporary romance.
That lesson paid off in February 2010 when my agent, Michelle Wolfson, scored me a three-book deal for my romantic comedies. Sourcebooks, Inc. will publish the first of the three books starting in August 2011, with the other two scheduled for release within the following 12 months. To read more about them, go here.
And be sure to visit my blog for all the latest and greatest news. Thanks for reading!
Tawna
The Basics
What do you do when you're not writing?
My husband and I are avid globe-trotters who love shouldering our packs and visiting any foreign locale that offers a glimpse at another culture.
I love biking, hiking, kayaking, sailing, snorkeling, reading, and spending time with my best pal (who, fortunately, happens to be the guy I've been married to for 12+ years).
What do you do when you're not writing?
My husband and I are avid globe-trotters who love shouldering our packs and visiting any foreign locale that offers a glimpse at another culture.
I love biking, hiking, kayaking, sailing, snorkeling, reading, and spending time with my best pal (who, fortunately, happens to be the guy I've been married to for 12+ years).
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