Tami Hoag

Tami Hoag
Born Tami Mikkelson
(1959-01-20) January 20, 1959
Cresco, Iowa
Occupation novelist
Language English
Nationality United States
Period 1988–present
Genre contemporary romance, suspense
Website
www.tamihoag.com

Tami Hoag (born Tami Mikkelson on 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.[1] 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."[2]

Hoag's first job after graduating from high school was in the La Crosse Tribune circulation department.[2] Before publishing her first novel, she also worked as a photographer's assistant, trained show horses, and sold designer bathroom accessories. She 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, and then had lunch with former President George H.W. Bush and Mrs. Bush at their home.

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 Hoag often thanks them in the acknowledgement section of her books.

Hoag owns horses, and often goes for a ride to combat writer's block. She has competed in dressage at a national level, but stopped competing after breaking five vertebrae in her back during a fall while trying out a horse for a friend. Hoag is fully recovered from her accident, and has returned to the competition arena. She currently lives in Malibu, California, and Wellington, Florida.[3]

Bibliography

Standalone novels

Oak Knoll series

Elena Estes series

Kovac/Liska series

Deer Lake series

Doucet series

Hennessy series

Loveswept series

Quaid Horses series

The Rainbow Chasers series

Notes

  1. ↑ Fosdick, Carol (2004). Rochester Sesquicentennial Authors: catalog of authors, past and present, with Rochester Connections. Rochester, Minnesota: Author Recognition Committee for Rochester's Sesquicentennial. p. 19.
  2. 1 2 Stolle, Matthew (January 11, 2016). "'I can't imagine not writing'". Post Bulletin. Rochester, Minnesota. Retrieved January 18, 2016.
  3. ↑ Fontaine, Janis (January 10, 2012). "The multi-tasking life of Tami Hoag". Palm Beach Post. Wellington, Florida. Retrieved January 18, 2016.

Sources

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