Tami hoag author biography

PERSONAL:

Born January 20, 1959, in Cresco, IA; daughter of Melanor (in insurance sales) and Joyce (a homemaker) Mikkelson; married Daniel Hoag (a computer programmer and business manager), September 24, 1977 (marriage ended). Hobbies and other interests: Collecting and restoring antique furniture, studying regional American dialects, horseback riding.

ADDRESSES:

Home—Southern CA. Agent—Andrea Cirillo, Jane Rotrosen Agency, 318 E. 51st St., New York, NY 10022.

CAREER:

Writer, 1987—. Formerly worked as a horse trainer and as a salesperson.

AWARDS, HONORS:

Career Achievement Award, Romantic Times.

WRITINGS:

ROMANCE NOVELS

McKnight in Shining Armor, Bantam (New York, NY), 1988.

The Trouble with J.J., Bantam (New York, NY), 1988.

Straight from the Heart, Bantam (New York, NY), 1989.

Mismatch, Bantam (New York, NY), 1989.

Man of Her Dreams, Bantam (New York, NY), 1989.M

Rumor Has It, Bantam (New York, NY), 1989.

Rainbow Chasers: Magic, Doubleday (New York, NY), 1990.

Tempestuous, Bantam (New York, NY), 1990.

The Rainbow Chasers: Heart of Gold, Bantam (New York, NY), 1990.

The Rainbow Chasers: Keeping Company, Bantam (New York, NY), 1990.

The Rainbow Chasers: Reilly's Return, Bantam (New York, NY), 1990.

Heart of Dixie, Bantam (New York, NY), 1991.

Sarah's Sin, Bantam (New York, NY), 1991.

The Restless Heart, Bantam (New York, NY), 1991.

The Last White Knight, Bantam (New York, NY), 1992, hardcover edition, 2006.

Taken by Storm, Bantam (New York, NY), 1992.

Lucky's Lady, Doubleday (New York, NY), 1992.

Still Waters, Bantam (New York, NY), 1992.

Cry Wolf, Bantam (New York, NY), 1993.

Dark Paradise, Bantam (New York, NY), 1994, revised edition, 1997.

SUSPENSE NOVELS

Night Sins, Bantam (New York, NY), 1995.

Guilty as Sin, Bantam (New York, NY), 1996.

A Thin Dark Line, Bantam (New York, NY), 1997.

Ashes to Ashes, Bantam (New York, NY), 1999.

Dust to Dust, Bantam

Love, Secrets, and Second Chances—February’s Must-Read Books Await!

#1 New York Times bestselling author Tami Hoag began her writing career at the age of nine with the self-published, self-illustrated third-grade hit Black Pony.  The school project—a tale of two children sharing a pony named Smoky—sparked Hoag’s love for storytelling, and set her on a collision course with destiny, which would be reached in 1988 with Bantam Books’ publication of Hoag’s first novel, The Trouble With J.J.

With fifteen consecutive Times bestsellers to her credit, including Deeper Than the Dead, Secrets to the Grave, and Prior Bad Acts, Hoag has more than 35 million books in print, published in more than twenty languages worldwide.  Her first thriller, Night Sins, was made into a two-part mini-series in 1997, and continues to air frequently on cable networks more than a decade later.

A favorite of readers and critics alike, Hoag began her career writing for Bantam’s Loveswept line of romance novels, penning sixteen titles in five years.  Never wanting to be pigeonholed, the novels ranged from romantic comedy to romantic suspense, with richly drawn characters and sharply written dialogue the hallmarks of Hoag’s style.  These traits carry through to her thrillers, along with fast-paced plots and dead-on police procedure.

Born in Iowa, raised in Minnesota, Tami Hoag left the frigid north for warmer climes in 1998.  “I used to keep a cartoon pinned to the bulletin board in my office,” says Hoag.  “It depicted two polar bears sitting in the snow.  One polar bear said to the other polar bear, ‘I don’t care what they say.  I’m cold.’  I was always that bear: cold from October to June.”

An avid competitive equestrian in the Olympic discipline of dressage, Tami currently lives in Pa

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American novelist (born 1959)

Tami Hoag (born Tami Mikkelson; January 20, 1959) is an American novelist, best known for her work in the romance and thriller genres. More than 22 million copies of her books are in print.

Biography

Hoag was born in Cresco, Iowa and raised in the small town of Harmony, Minnesota, where her father sold insurance. From childhood, she knew she wanted to be a writer. "I had to spend a lot of time entertaining myself," she told an interviewer in 2016. "I found books at a really young age and fell in love with books."

Hoag's first job after graduating from high school was in the La Crosse Tribune circulation department. Before publishing her first novel, she also worked as a photographer's assistant, trained show horses, and sold designer bathroom accessories. She married and divorced Daniel Hoag, whom she had dated in high school.

Hoag began her career as an author in 1988, writing category romances for the Bantam Books Loveswept Line. After several years of success in that field, Hoag switched her focus to single-title suspense novels. She has had thirteen consecutive New York Times bestsellers, including five in a 20-month span. Her novel Night Sins became a TV miniseries starring Valerie Bertinelli and Harry Hamlin. Hoag has been invited to do a reading at one of Barbara Bush's literacy functions.

Hoag and three other authors who made the leap from romance to thrillers at roughly the same time (Eileen Dreyer, Elizabeth Grayson, and Kimberly Cates) have formed a group they call the Divas. The group provides support and encouragement for each other, and Hoa