Tamora+Pierce

Tamora Pierce Tamora Pierce was born in south Connellsville, Fayette country, Pennsylvania. She was born on December 13 1954. Her mother originally wanted to call her Tamara, but the nurse who filled out Tamora’s birth certificate had never heard of such a fancy name, and accidentally misspelt it. After a while Tamora’s dad had to be transferred so they all moved to California. Tamora was in the sixth grade when her dad heard her telling stories to herself. He suggested she write some of them down. Tamora didn’t mind that whatever story she just rote was similar to the story she had most recently read and loved. When Tamora’s father left, their mother took the children and herself back to Fayette County. Tamora went from San Francisco bay area to western Pennsylvania. Tamora lost her ability to write stories in the tenth grade. She could still write satires, papers, bad poetry and school articles but it wasn’t enough. Tamora felt that if she couldn’t write her own stories then she wasn’t really writing.

