Media Introduction

USA Today bestselling author Tamera Alexander is one of today's most popular writers of inspirational historical romance. Her novels continue to garner reader loyalty around the world, with A Million Little Choices, her first dual time novel, swiftly capturing reader's hearts and industry acclaim.

Her novels have received starred reviews from Publishers Weekly and Library Journal and regularly appear on best-seller lists—including ECPA Bestsellers, the #1 CBA Bestseller spot for historical fiction, and #1 Amazon Bestsellers in Historical Christian Fiction. Colors of Truth, a Carnton novel, hit both the US Amazon and the Netherlands bestsellers list right out of the gate.

Tamera has garnered four Christy Awards and was inducted into the Christy Award Hall of Fame in 2020, which is the highest honor awarded Christian fiction. She's a two-time recipient of the coveted Carol Award bestowed by American Christian Fiction Writers, a national organization dedicated to equipping writers with a Christian world view. She's also 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.

A Christy Award Hall of Fame author, Tamera seeks to draw closer to Christ through her writing and is thrilled when readers share that, through reading one of her novels, they’ve taken steps closer to Him as well. Tamera 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.

A reviewer from USA Today wrote about one of the Belmont Mansion novels, "To put it simply: This book is a full-on HIT!" (about A Lasting Impression)

Publishers Weekly raves that "Thanks to Tamera Alexander's vivid writing, one can almost hear the music resonating off of the page." (about A Note Yet Unsung)

Short Bio

Tamera Alexander is a USA Today bestselling novelist and one of today's most beloved authors of inspirational historical romance and women’s contemporary fiction. While being Gram Tam is her current favorite role, she’ll never turn down a stroll through an old cemetery or browsing through antique shops. Tamera and her husband love living in Nashville, Tennessee, and treasure the time spent with their grown children and grandchildren who live nearby.

Long Bio

Tamera Alexander is a USA Today bestselling novelist and one of today's most beloved authors of inspirational historical romance and women’s contemporary fiction. While being Gram Tam is her current favorite role, she’ll never turn down a stroll through an old cemetery or browsing through antique shops.

Her works have been awarded 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.

In 2020 she was inducted into the Christy Award Hall of Fame which recognizes authors for their legacy and contribution to Christian fiction. Her deeply drawn characters and thought-provoking plots have earned her devoted readers worldwide.

Tamera and her husband love living in Nashville, Tennessee, and treasure the time spent with their grown children and grandchildren. They live a short distance from the Southern mansions that serve as the backdrop for many of her critically-acclaimed novels.

Tamera views her writing as a way to grow closer to the Lord Jesus Christ—and her deepest desire is that those who read her novels will take steps closer to Him as well.

When my novel A Million Little Choices finaled for a Carol Award for Best Contemporary Novel from AMERICAN CHRISTIAN FICTION WRITERS last year, I would have loved to have attended ACFW's 2024 conference. But due to deadlines and obligations, I couldn't. So I asked Deborah Raney—my fabulous writing critique for 20+ years who was also honored at that conference with the ACFW 2024 Lifetime Achievement Award—to accept the award for me IF my novel won. Well, it did!

Only, Deb forgot. LOL

So as I'm watching the livestream of the ceremony that night from Nashville, Deb texts me from her table asking who is accepting my award. "YOU!" I text back, full well knowing I hadn't sent her a speech yet. Long story short, I texted her a quick (fake) speech and then waited for her response.

Meanwhile, two weeks prior, I had emailed the real speech to her husband, Ken, who printed it out and promised to give it to her IF my name was called.

When they called my name, I honestly wasn't sure which I was more excited about—winning the Carol Award or knowing that Deb would now have to read the real speech I'd written to honor her. You see, I so wanted to be there to honor her as she received the Lifetime Achievement Award. She's given so much to me over the last two plus decades, and has taught me so much. But this was almost as good!

Also, it was a God thing that Deb “forgot.” Because that woman never forgets anything.

And the lovely, contagious laughter in the near background on the video? My wonderful writing friend Tricia Goyer who recorded it.

You can watch the video of Deb reading the acceptance speech I wrote (secretly in her honor), just in case I won and she needed to accept the award on my behalf since I couldn't attend. With her husband's help, she didn't get a copy of the speech until my name was called and she needed to head up front. Which was a good thing. She would never have read it otherwise. :)

And the lovely, contagious laughter in the near background on the video? My wonderful writing friend Tricia Goyer who recorded it.

Tamera shares lessons God has taught her over the course of writing 16 novels

Thank you to Saturn Road Church of Christ for inviting me to speak during the release week for my sixteenth novel, With This Pledge, a Carnton novel.

Thank you, also, to everyone who joined me for this special event—and who watched via live stream! You asked if we would post this talk online so you could watch it again. So here you go!

Blessings, friends, and I'm so grateful we're on this journey together! (2 Samuel 22:29-30, a current favorite verse)

Schedule an interview

If you would like to schedule a radio, print, or television interview with Tamera, please contact her here.

Press Kit

If you would like a press kit or need a review copy for the Belle Meade Plantation novels, Carnton novels, or The Inheritance, please contact the Harper Collins marketing team via the appropriate contact box below.

If you would like a press kit or need a review copy for the Belmont Mansion novels, Timber Ridge Reflections, or Fountain Creek Chronicles, please contact the Bethany House Publishers marketing team via the appropriate contact box below.

Tamera's Memberships and Associations

Tamera's books with Bethany House Publishers
The Belmont Mansion novels — A Lasting Impression, A Beauty So Rare, A Note Yet Unsung

Fountain Creek Chronicles —Rekindled, Revealed, Remembered
Timber Ridge Reflections — From a Distance, Beyond This Moment, Within My Heart
Amy Lokkesmoe, Public Relations Director, Bethany House Publishers

Tamera's books with Harper Collins Christian Publishing (Zondervan/Thomas Nelson)

The Carnton novels — Christmas at Carnton (a novella), With This Pledge (January 2019)

The Belle Meade Plantation novels — To Whisper Her Name, To Win Her Favor, To Wager Her Heart

To Mend a Dream, a Belle Meade novella

Among the Fair Magnolias, Four Southern Love Stories (that includes To Mend a Dream)

The Inheritance (standalone novel)
Kerri Potts, Marketing, Harper Collins Christian Publishing

Tamera's books with

Fountain Creek Press

Colors of Truth, a Carnton novel book 2 (October 6, 2020)
Carnton book 3, coming Summer 2025

Tamera's book with Focus on the Family & Tyndale Publishers

A Million Little Choices, a standalone novel (November 7, 2023)

Tamera's Dutch Publisher
Uitgeverij Van Wijnen
Albert R.T. de Vos, Director, Editorial Department

Tamera's German Publisher
Francke
Anne-Ruth Meiss, Director, Editorial Department

Tamera's Slovakian Publisher
i527.net
Martin Svikruha, CEO

Poland, Portuguese, and Romania contacts added soon

Inspired by Life…and Fiction
Group blog with nine other writers

(Tamera blogs 1st and 3rd Tuesdays of each month)

American Christian Fiction Writers

Faith, Hope and Love (Inspirational Chapter of Romance Writers of America)

Press / Media

Media Introduction

Short Bio

Long Bio

2024 Carol Award for A Million Little Choices

A fun "trick" played on Deborah Raney that evening. . .

Interviews and Market News

Featured in The Tennessean

#1 Amazon Bestseller & Christy Award Winner

Speaking event in Garland, Texas

Publisher's Weekly February 2019

ECPA Bestsellers February 2019

Southern Writers Magazine

Franklin Lifestyle

Featured in Southern Lady Magazine

Featured in Nashville A&E

Connect with Tamera, her Publishers, and her Agent

Schedule an interview

Press Kit

Contact Harper Collins Marketing Team

Contact Bethany House Marketing Team

Contact Natasha Kern Literary Agency

Videos

Welcome to Belle Meade Plantation

Trailer for To Whisper Her Name

Facebook Live Chats

Interviews

Tamera's author photos

Tamera's Memberships and Associations