Tamara Rendell has been forever fascinated by mythology, folktales and accounts of magic and mystery. She is inspired by the trees and rambling flower gardens surrounding her home and by an ocean bay along her northern horizon.An author of poetry and fiction, she holds a Bachelor of Arts in English Literature from the University of Waikato Aotearoa New Zealand. As a poet, Tamara received an honourable mention in the Poems for Mother Earth Haiku Contest 2007, co-sponsored by Seinan Jo Gakuin University, the Fukuoka International Association, and the Japan Association for Language Teaching in Kitakyushu.
