Tami Hoag Explained

Tami Hoag
Birth Name:Tami Mikkelson
Birth Date:20 January 1959
Birth Place:Cresco, Iowa, U.S.
Occupation:Novelist
Nationality:American
Period:1988 - present
Genre:contemporary romance, suspense
Language:English

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.[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. 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.[3]

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.[4] 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.[4]

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.[5]

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.[6] Hoag is fully recovered from her accident, and has returned to the competition arena. She currently lives in Malibu, California, and Wellington, Florida.[7]

Bibliography

Standalone novels

Oak Knoll series

Elena Estes series

Kovac & Liska series

Deer Lake series

Doucet series

Hennessy series

Lynn Shaw

Quaid Horses series

The Rainbow Chasers series

Sources

Notes and References

  1. Book: Fosdick, Carol . Rochester Sesquicentennial Authors: catalog of authors, past and present, with Rochester Connections . 2004 . Author Recognition Committee for Rochester's Sesquicentennial . Rochester, Minnesota . 19.
  2. News: Stolle. Matthew . January 11, 2016. 'I can't imagine not writing'. Post Bulletin. Rochester, Minnesota. January 18, 2016.
  3. News: Lynn . Allison . February 24, 1997 . Making Crime Pay . People.
  4. Web site: Interview - Tami Hoag. www.januarymagazine.com. 26 May 2017.
  5. Web site: Random House Books. www.randomhouse.com. 26 May 2017.
  6. Web site: Orion Publishing Group. Orion Publishing Group. 26 May 2017.
  7. News: Fontaine. Janis . The multi-tasking life of Tami Hoag. January 10, 2012. Palm Beach Post. Wellington, Florida. January 18, 2016.

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