Creatively speaking, Tamara DeStefano is a jack of many trades. She began writing early in life, winning numerous illustrated poetry and short story contests. Then in her twenties she penned her first romances.

Set in contemporary, historical and futuristic settings each tale contained a dash of humor, a pinch of sex and, well…a bad word or ten. As she matured (we’ll use the description lightly) she expanded on her creative talents to include stories for middle grade and early readers, which, of course, she dialed back to a G-rating.

An accomplished artist, along with illustrating her own picture books, Tamara also uses her vivid imagination, and an addiction to acrylics, to create colorful still life paintings, whimsical animals, tongue-in-cheek pop art and even romance novel cover art via Photoshop – which do NOT have G-ratings.

Tamara lives in Georgia with her two dogs. She’d love a little gentle stalking! You can follow her on Instagram @tamaradestefanoart and on Facebook as Tamara LeBlanc.