Tammera Mart grew up a street rat in the small state-divided town of Union City, Ohio. By seven, she and her brother had memorized back alleys and the best places to find glass pop bottles. They spent summer days exploring on their bicycles, swimming at the pool (or corner puddles after a heavy rain), and hiding out in their fort next to the railroad tracks. As with most kids growing up in the 80s, they narrowly survived childhood <wink>. At age ten, their mom remarried and moved their small family onto a farm, where life took a dark turn into a world of mental abuse and hard work. Enter writing and an escape into worlds where hurting teens overcame obstacles using faith, grit, and resilience.

Today, while working as a licensed social worker, Tammera writes for joy instead of escape. You can read some of her true-to-life short stories here. Daily encounters with incredible people help shape her stories and characters. Her first writing award and publication came in a local county magazine at age sixteen. Since then, she’s won several writing awards and published many true-to-life stories in various venues. At present, Tammera writes from her small Midwestern home not far from where she ran barefoot in the streets as a child.