About the Author

Tamara Boyens was what happens when a coastal Californian washes up among the prickly pears. Although she’s a connoisseur of saguaro cacti and heatstroke, she was still a fish out of water who doesn’t actually like seafood. As a professionally trained linguist, she spent most of her time hanging around words, and usually those words are up to no good. When she’s not accidentally hugging cacti, she could be found at the bottom of a coffee cup in Tucson, Arizona.