Tara Lynn Marta

Tara Lynn Marta is a Brooklyn-born writer whose dream began at age six. Her career flourished through literary engagements, including freelance blogging for The American Writers Museum in Chicago and as a book reviewer for At the Inkwell. Tara has authored numerous short stories and essays both online and in print, earning recognition as a three-time finalist in the Adelaide Literary Writing Contest. She has been a guest speaker at colleges and libraries and was selected to participate in the annual Summer Conversational Series in Concord, Massachusetts, where she spoke at the home of author Louisa May Alcott. Tara is the author of three books, Look Back to Yesterday, Dreaming Through the Eyes of God, and Return to Yesterday. In her spare time, she enjoys reading classic literature, biking, hiking, kayaking, and traveling.

Exit Stage Left

As a missionary living in Shanghai, my father never imagined his daughter in show business. My mother, on the other hand, aspired for me to become a glamorous movie star once we returned to the states.
“I’ll not have my daughter as a show pony,” Daddy huffed. “It’s not dignified.”
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