Tamera Alexander is a USA Today bestselling novelist whose works have been awarded and nominated for numerous industry-leading honors, including the Christy Award, the RITA Award, the Carol Award, the Maggie Award, the Booksellers Best Award, and Library Journal's top distinction, among others. Tamera and her husband live in Nashville, Tenn., where they live a short distance from Belmont Mansion and Belle Meade Plantation, the setting of Tamera’s two USA Today bestselling Southern series.