Biography

Tess Hardwick is a novelist, playwright and blogger. She studied acting at the University of Southern California and enjoyed many years as an actress and director in Seattle before writing her first play, which won the first place prize in the Burien Theatre’s new works series in 2001. After several productions of “My Lady’s Hand”, one of which she directed, she decided her sensibilities were better suited to novels.

After several years and many rewrites, her first novel, Riversong, was picked up by Booktrope Publishing and released in April of 2011. In October of 2011 it became the number 1 Nook Book for over a week. Since then, the readership continues to grow and is known amongst her friends and family as “the little book that could”.

Like her main character in Riversong, Tess is from a small town in southern Oregon.She currently lives in Snoqualmie, Washington with her husband, two small daughters and their new puppy, Patches. Juggling motherhood and writing is not easy but she believes there is nothing better than teaching your children that doing something you love always brings good things.

In March of 2012 a book of essays called Write For the Fight will be released through Booktrope Publishing. All proceeds go to breast cancer research.

A voracious reader, Tess’s favorite thing to do is to curl up on a rainy and read. She also enjoys movies, theatre, wine, food and spending time with friends and family.

Tess is busy working on her second novel, an historical fiction set in 1930’s Alabama and Georgia inspired by a short story written by her great-grandmother.