Tammi graduated from the University of New Hampshire and spent her
first twenty professional years working with children and families,
specializing in literacy. She lived and worked in New Hampshire, Maine
and Germany, and taught from the preschool to the college level. She also
had two children of her own. It was when her husband died and she
became a single mother that she chose to pursue a writing career.
Children’s literature is a lifelong passion and she has several picture books
ready for a publisher. Most recently she was editor of a new release of
Lady Wentworth; A Poet’s Tale by Henry Longfellow (illustrated)
(Bookbaby, 2013), and released her debut novel Broken Buckets, as an
eBook. She is a published poet in four anthologies, including The Widows’
Handbook: Poetic Reflections on Grief and Survival, Edited by J. Lapidus
and L. Menn, with a forward by Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader
Ginsburg (Kent State University Press, 2014), and has a short story in an
anthology called Compass Points (Piscataqua Press, 2015). Her work can
be found in several journals, magazines, and online including at The Huffington Post. In 2014 she was the first winner of The Provence Prize for
creative short fiction, and in 2013 and 2015 was selected to be one of the
writers at A Room of Her Own Foundation’s retreat in New Mexico. In 2015
and 2016 Tammi was awarded the Buffler Poetry Residency at Portsmouth
(NH) High School. She was also chosen last year to attend Vermont's
When Words Count writing retreat. Tammi is a member of many writing and
historical associations. She writes from her home in Maine, and is seeking representation for her historical novel.
representation for her historical novel.
