Tara Taylor Quinn began her love affair with Harlequin when she was fourteen years old
and picked up a free promotional copy of a Harlequin Romance in a hometown grocery
store. The relationship was solidified the year she was suspended from her high school
typing class for hiding a Harlequin Romance behind the keys of her electric typewriter.
Unaware that her instructor loomed close by, Ms. Quinn read blissfully on with one
finger resting on the automatic repeating period key. She finished the book in the
principal’s office. Forced to leave her romances in her locker after that, Ms. Quinn’s
typing skills improved - a fact for which she is eternally grateful.
With over 40 original novels, published in more than twenty languages, Tara Taylor
Quinn is a USA Today bestselling author with more than five million copies sold. She is
a three time finalist for the RWA Rita Award, a multiple finalist for the National
Reader’s Choice Award, the Reviewer’s Choice Award, the Bookseller’s Best Award, the
Holt Medallion and appears regularly on the Waldenbooks bestsellers list. Ms. Quinn
writes for Harlequin and MIRA Books. Reviewer, Cindy Penn, wordweaving.com says,
“Amazing character development is the hallmark of author Tara Taylor Quinn’s work.
Indeed, Taylor’s profound observations of human nature and intimate understanding of
values and priorities lends extraordinary psychological depth to all her work.”
Tara Taylor Quinn was born and raised in Ohio. Though she wrote her first story at the
age of seven, her professional writing career began ten years later when she was hired as
a stringer with the Dayton Daily News in Dayton, Ohio. She attended Wright State
University and graduated from Harding College in Arkansas with a degree in English and
Journalism. She published several magazine articles before turning to writing as a fulltime
occupation.
Ms. Quinn is a Past President of the Romance Writers of America and served for eight
years on the Board of Directors of that association. She has a wide range of experience as
a public speaker and workshop presenter for writers groups around the country.
When she’s not writing or fulfilling speaking engagements, Ms. Quinn enjoys traveling
and spending time with her family and friends.
