Tamera Alexander is a USA Today bestselling author and one of today's most popular writers of inspirational historical romance. She lives in Nashville, Tennessee with her husband, not far from the Southern mansions that serve as the backdrop for many of her critically-acclaimed novels.

Her novels have received starred reviews from Publishers Weekly and Library Journal and regularly appear on the best-seller lists, including ECPA Bestsellers and the #1 CBA Bestseller spot for historical fiction. 

A reviewer from USA Today wrote of a recent Tamera release, "To put it simply: This book is a full-on HIT!" Publishers Weekly raves that "Thanks to Tamera Alexander's vivid writing, one can almost hear the music resonating off of the page." 

Tamera has garnered three Christy Awards (and is a ten-time finalist), which is the highest honor awarded Christian fiction.

Her novels have also made her a two-time winner (and six-time finalist) of the RITA Award—the top award in the romance genre awarded by Romance Writers of America—and a two-time Carol Award winner bestowed by American Christian Fiction Writers.

Tamera Alexander is a USA Today bestselling novelist and one of today's most beloved authors of Christian historical romance. Her works have been awarded and nominated for numerous industry-leading honors—among them the Christy Award, the RITA Award, the Carol Award, Library Journal's top honors—and have earned the distinction of Publisher's Weekly Starred Reviews. Her deeply drawn characters and thought-provoking plots have earned her devoted readers worldwide, including Germany, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, and Romania.

Tamera and her husband reside in Nashville, Tennessee, where they live a short distance from Nashville's Belmont Mansion and Belle Meade Plantation, the setting of Tamera’s #1 CBA bestselling Southern series. 

Her upcoming series, the Carnton Novels, launched in fall 2017 with Christmas at Carnton  (an instant ECPA Bestseller), a Christmas novella, which is set in Franklin, Tennessee at the historic Carnton Plantation. With This Pledge, the first full length Carnton novel, follows in January 2019. 


Long Bio:
Tamera Alexander is the USA Today bestselling author of Rekindled, Revealed and Remembered, the critically acclaimed Fountain Creek Chronicles historical series. Her second historical series, Timber Ridge Reflections (From a Distance, Beyond This Moment, and Within My Heart) continue her signature style of deeply drawn characters, thought-provoking plots, and poignant prose which has earned her devoted readers worldwide—and multiple industry awards. 

Her critically-acclaimed Southern Mansion novels—the Belmont Mansion series, the Belle Meade Plantation series, and The Carnton Novels—are continuing that beloved tradition.

Her books have thrice garnered  the Christy Award for Excellence in Christian Fiction (she's a ten-time finalist) and have won the RITA Award for Best Inspirational Romance twice (Tamera is a six-time finalist).

Her novels have won two Carol Awards, the Gayle Wilson Award of Excellence, the Golden Quill Award, the HOLT Medallion, the Bookseller’s Best Award, the National Reader's Choice Award, and Library Journal’s Top Christian Fiction, among others. Tamera's books have been translated into Dutch, German, Polish, Romanian, Slovakian, and Portuguese. 

Tamera lives with her husband in Nashville, Tennessee, not far from the Southern mansions that serve as the backdrop for many of her critically-acclaimed novels.