After reading an article about risk-taking, Tam DeRudder Jackson left an award-winning career as a classroom teacher to pursue her lifelong dream of writing romance novels. It’s a risk that’s given her incredible joy. She is the author of the Talisman series. When she’s not weaving stories, you can find her with her nose in a book at her favorite coffee shop or carving turns on her favorite local ski hill or hanging out with her husband at old car shows. The mom of two grown sons, Tam lives and writes in the mountains of northwest Wyoming where the views inspire her every day.