Wendy Tardieu

Wendy Tardieu is a published author of poetry, novels and award-winning short stories. She has an MFA degree in creative writing from the University of Central Florida where she advocated for the recognition of commercial romance as a significant and dominant genre in the study of Literature. She has been a fan of romance since she was a teenager and wrote her first novel in a spiral notebook at age fourteen. She lives in Orlando, Florida where she was born and raised. Wendy works as a bank teller and part-time college English instructor. She is married with two beautiful boys. Current and previous addictions include The Legend of Zelda, flavored lip gloss, chips and salsa and coffee mugs. Her influences are Ray Bradbury, Franz Kafka, James Thurber, Wilkie Collins, Arthur Conan Doyle, Weis and Hickman.