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Tamar Myers
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Tamar Myers

Tamar Myers was born and raised in the Belgian Congo (now just the Congo).  Her parents were missionaries to a tribe which, at that time, were known as headhunters and used human skulls for drinking cups.  Hers was the first white family ever to peacefully coexist with the tribe, and Tamar grew up fluent in the local trade language.  Because of her pale blue eyes, Tamar's nickname was Ugly Eyes.

Tamar grew up eating elephant, hippopotamus and even monkey.  She attended a boarding school that was two days away by truck, and sometimes it was necessary to wade through crocodile infested waters to reach it.  Other dangers she encountered as a child were cobras, deadly green mambas, and the voracious armies of driver ants that ate every animal (and human) that didn't get out of their way.

In 1960 the Congo, which had been a Belgian colony, became an independent nation.  There followed a period of retribution (for heinous crimes committed against the Congolese by the Belgians) in which many Whites were killed.  Tamar and her family fled the Congo, but returned a year later.  By then a number of civil wars were raging, and the family's residence was often in the line of fire.  In 1964, after living through three years of war, the family returned to the United States permanently.

Tamar was sixteen when her family settled in America, and she immediately underwent severe culture shock.  She didn't know how to dial a telephone, cross a street at a stoplight, or use a vending machine.  She lucked out, however, by meeting her husband, Jeffrey, on her first day in an American high school.  They literally bumped heads while he was leaving, and she entering, the Civics classroom.

In college Tamar began to submit novels for publication, but it took twenty-three years for her to get published.  Persistence paid off, however, because Tamar is now the author of two ongoing mystery series.  One is set in Pennsylvania and features Magdalena Yoder, an Amish-Mennonite sleuth who runs a bed and breakfast in the mythical town of Hernia.  The other is set in the Carolinas and centers around the adventures of Abigail Timberlake, the proud owner of a Charlotte (and later Charleston) antique store, the Den of Antiquity.

Tamar now calls Charlotte, NC home. She lives with her husband, plus a Basenji dog named Pagan, a Bengal cat named Nkashama, and an orange tabby rescue cat named Dumpster Boy. She and her husband are of the Jewish faith, the animals are not.

Tamar enjoys gardening (she is a Master Gardner), bonsai, travel, painting and, of course, reading. She loves Thai and Indian food, and antique jewelry. She plans to visit Machu Pichu in the near future.

She is currently working on her 30th novel.

Books:
Butter Safe Than Sorry, February 2010
Batter Off Dead, January 2010
Batter Off Dead, February 2009
As the World Churns, January 2009
As the World Churns, February 2008
Hell Hath No Curry, January 2008
Hell Hath No Curry, February 2007
Grape Expectations, January 2007
Grape Expectations, February 2006
Assault And Pepper, January 2006
Assault And Pepper, February 2005
Thou Shalt Not Grill, January 2005
Custard's Last Stand, January 2004
Custard's Last Stand, February 2003
Gruel and Unusual Punishment, January 2003
The Crepes of Wrath, January 2002
The Hand That Rocked the Ladle, March 2000
Play It Again Spam, August 1999
Eat, Drink, and Be Wary, September 1998
Between a Wok and a Hard Place, March 1998
Just Plain Pickled to Death, October 1997
Parsley, Sage, Rosemary, and Crime, August 1997
No Use Dying Over Spilled Milk, March 1997
Too Many Crooks Spoil the Broth, August 1995
Thou Shalt Not Grill, January 1991






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