Christmas at Carnton by Tamera Alexander

She began dissecting numerous novels in an attempt to better understand the recipe for success in historical Christian fiction/romance.

Rejections from another publisher would follow, and although at first discouraged, she quickly returned to the drawing board, determined to apply the planning and analytical skills she had learned in business to studying the craft of writing. The manuscript made it all the way to the final review board with Bethany House Publishers before being rejected in 2002. A second child and another job opportunity for her husband resulted in another move in 1990, this time to Greeley, Colorado where she began to experience the landscape and history of the Rocky Mountains.Īfter her mother-in-law encouraged her to read a book by Janette Oke in 1994, Alexander subsequently began to read every work of Christian fiction she could find and penned her first manuscript in 2000, a historical piece set in the 1870s Colorado Territory and unofficially titled, As High as the Heavens. The arrival of her first child in 1987 and a new employment opportunity for her husband, led to a family relocation to Abilene, Texas, also in 1987. Within three years, she had advanced through the company ranks and was managing a staff of 27 employees and supporting corporate clients such as Turner Broadcasting Systems (TBS), with a heavy traveling schedule. Upon graduation, she began her business career in Atlanta, Georgia, before accepting a position with Data Communications Corporation in Memphis, Tennessee in 1984 as an entry-level customer service representative.

She earned her Bachelor of Business Administration degree in management in 1983. Early advisors led her to choose what was regarded as a more practical livelihood within the field of business-a discipline she began studying in 1979 while attending Harding University. She attended and would later graduate high school from Greater Atlanta Christian School in 1979. As a child, Alexander enjoyed writing poetry and short stories, but never dreamed of some day writing fiction as a career. Tamera Alexander grew up in Decatur, Georgia, the daughter of an insurance company executive and a bank manager. She is best known for her award-winning first series, the Fountain Creek Chronicles (2006–07).īiography Early life and education Tamera Lynn Gattis Alexander (born August 8, 1961) is an American author of Christian fiction, who specializes in the inspirational romance genre.

Alexander (born 1959, married 1984–present)

Christmas at Carnton by Tamera Alexander