Tami Hoag - Author & Dressage

Bestselling author Tami Hoag is a writer and rider who enjoys a dual life at the top of the literary and dressage world. When she’s not astride one of her grand prix dressage horses she can most likely be found buried behind a keyboard working on her next mystery. World renowned as a New York Times bestselling author, the Chicago Tribune called Tami, “One of the most intense suspense writers around.” In her horse life, Tami is a top adult amateur dressage rider who competes internationally.

Tami knows how to thrill her fans with spine-tingling murder mysteries that keeps readers on the edge of their seats but still gasping for more. She has 14 New York Times bestselling novels to her name including Kill The Messenger, Cry Wolf, Still Waters, Lucky’s Lady, Dust To Dust and Ashes To Ashes to name a few. Tami has combined her love of horses and writing in two of her bestsellers, Dark Horse and Alibi Man, that take place amidst the Wellington, Florida equestrian scene.

A lifelong rider, Tami tried a variety of equestrian disciplines before settling on dressage. She says she loves the precision, accuracy, beauty and elegance of dressage that began when she and her first partner, D’Artagnon, made their debut in the show ring in 1999. Tami began training with Betsy Steiner then, and still trains with her today. In the summer of 2009, Tami competed at the California Summer Dressage Classic, bringing home two grand prix wins on her horse Rush Hour.

In addition to her love for horses and writing, Tami also loves the research that is required to bring one of her novels to fruition. “There's nothing like hands-on research. I always learn something, and often pick up some unexpected detail that will later prove important in a book. Over the years, I have done a lot of hands-on research with various law enforcement agencies -- from homicide detectives to sex crimes detectives to the FBI. I recently went to a fundraising auction and bid on and won the chance to ride with the Palm Beach Sheriff for a day. It’s great research for future books.”

Speaking of future books, Tami’s fans are eager for dressage’s top mystery writer to deliver a new thriller and Tami isn’t disappointing her fans. Her next novel, Deeper Than The Dead, will arrive in bookstores on December 28, 2009. Set in 1985 in an idyllic California college town, Deeper Than The Dead opens with four children running through the woods and literally falling upon the body of a murder victim. The investigation is headed by hotshot young detective Tony Mendez, and joined by one of the FBI's pioneers of criminal profiling, still a fledgling science at the time. Also drawn into the investigation is the children's fifth grade teacher, Anne Navarre, who must protect her students and at the same time try to delve through family secrets that run Deeper Than The Dead.

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