Tara N. Gabrys

Tara N Gabrys is a romantic fantasy author who gravitates toward retellings with a hint of spice. She is represented by Josi Beck at Beck Literary Agency.

If you love immersive stories, lyrical writing, and books that feel like dark fairytales, you’re in the right place.

She was born and raised in the suburbs of Chicago, Illinois, and graduated from Elmhurst University. She was raised with a passion for telling story through dance all the way into her adulthood. She has since found that telling story through writing is much like a dance of words.

She is most happy when surrounded by nature or near the sea. Her published works are UNDER A VIOLET MOON, THE FALL OF SNOW (Book 1 in the Guard Your Heart Duology, and THE SIREN AND THE GUARDIAN with

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