ABOUT
Tara is fascinated by the power of language to share the places and stories that move us most. Her love of wide expanses began as a child in the cornfields of eastern Iowa and continues to drive all her pursuits. She received an MFA in nonfiction writing from Antioch University Los Angeles and spent 15 years working in Greenland, Antarctica, and Canada for the US Polar Programs and Polar Bears International. An excerpt from her memoir-in-progress won the 2026 Tucson Festival of Books Literary Award in nonfiction.
Her prose and poetry have been published with Alpinist, Patagonia, The Maine Review, The Calendula Review, Waymaking: An Anthology of Women’s Adventure Writing, Poetry and Art, and elsewhere. She is the nonfiction editor at Whitefish Review and has taught writing at Montana State University, edited for USAID projects, and mentored US Forest Service avalanche forecasters in risk communication. She has traveled throughout Asia, Patagonia, New Zealand, Europe, and the American West, mostly rock climbing and fly fishing in her 20s. She now spends her time trail running and packrafting in quiet places wherever she finds them. Tara is based in Montana with her longtime love, Nick.
