Tara Altebrando is a native New Yorker who got her start in writing when she was given a Snoopy diary for Christmas in 5th grade. Since then, Tara has written for high school and college newspapers, for rock music and teen magazines and beyond. Along the way she has published countless essays and several short stories and is always—always—working on a new novel. She has also taught novel writing and scripted audio writing for Gotham Writer’s Workshop and Spotify, respectively.
A graduate of Harvard, where she studied American Government (don’t ask!), Tara lives in Queens with her husband, two musical-theater obsessed teenage daughters, and a very spoiled poochon named Honeyduke. Tara and her husband, who is a songwriter and musician, are currently writing a musical adaptation of Tara’s YA novel, Dreamland Social Club.