Tamara LauderAfter seventeen years of an academic medical career, the author left the practice of medicine from the walls of an institution, to follow her dream of becoming a full-time professional artist and providing healing through the arts. She spends the majority of her time in pottery and printmaking, but also enjoys combining her passion for writing with her artwork. She is published in a variety of genres, a frequent contributor to the U.P. Reader, and is both the author and illustrator of her book. Her writing was selected for the Houghton Selected Shorts Story Contest performed at the Rozsa Center at Michigan Tech University in Houghton, MI. Read More Read Less