Tamara H HartlAward winning author Tamara H. Hartl has published Dark Lord of Kismera, the first book in the Knights of Kismera series and her short story "The Lady's Profit" is featured in the anthology, Short Stories by Texas Authors. Tamara was born and raised n the Blue Ridge Mountains of southwest Virginia. She moved to Texas and began her career as a horse trainer and farm manager for an Arabian horse breeder. She now works for a different owner of Arabians and Arab-cross show horses in the same capacity. Horses figure prominently in her writing. She is a wife, mother of two daughters, and a caretaker of a menagerie of rescue animals. She enjoys a good book and spending time with her own horses. Read More Read Less