Tami Veldura grew up in a home without pets and currently lives in an apartment that doesn’t allow them. It is therefore understandable that she’s been animal obsessed since kindergarten except for a week after watching Acrophobia because that shit’s just scary. Balto made it better, though, and Tami tried coloring her first animated film at the age of 10. When that didn’t turn out quite right she tried drawing comic book panels. When that took too long she made wolves into a forum role play and realized that writing was light years faster than drawing. She hasn’t looked back.

She has her mother to thank for exposing her to romance. She has her high school buddies to thank for exposing her to slash. She has no one to blame for the interest in BDSM or explicit sex so she might as well own that one and call it good.

You can find Tami at her website, on GoodReads, or on Twitter.

• Coming soon! Read Closer Than Touch by Tami Veldura.