Tara Conklin

Tara Conklin (born 1971) is a New York Times bestselling American author.

She is a writing coach at The Novelry.

Biography Conklin, who was born in 1971 in St. Croix, United States Virgin Islands, was raised in Stockbridge, Massachusetts. As a child, she was an avid reader and enjoyed Bridge to Terabithia and The War of the Worlds. Conklin earned her bachelor of arts degree from Yale University, a Master in Law and Diplomacy from the Fletcher School, Tufts University, and a JD from New York University School of Law.

Conklin lives in Seattle, Washington. In addition, she has published personal essays in Vogue, the Berkshire Eagle, the anthologies This is the Place: Women Writing about Home and Wanting: Women Writing about Desire.

The House Girl (2013) Her debut novel, The House Girl, Was a #1 IndieNext pick, an Apple Books bestseller, Booklist had a favorable assessment: "Stretching back and forth across time and geography, this riveting tale is bolstered by some powerful universal truths".

The Last Romantics (2018) The Last Romantics was Publishers Weekly bestseller

Melissa Norstedt of Booklist wrote, "Despite spanning almost a century, The Last Romantics never feels rushed. Conklin places readers in the center of the Skinner family, moving back and forth in time and allowing waves of emotion to slowly uncurl. Perfectly paced, affecting fiction". Moira Macdonald of The Seattle Times wrote that The Last Romantics is "a book that beautifully understands its characters". Publishers Weekly said, "The accomplished second novel... throws a few unexpected twists into the well-worn story of evolving relationships among siblings".

Community Board (2023) Publishers Weekly called Community Board "quirky but undercooked". Jane Harper of Booklist said Conklin "delivers a winning third novel". Kirkus Reviews wrote favorably of the novel: "Conklin has created a heartening look at a community whose people realize they're better together than alone".

Selected works

The House Girl. Morrow, 2013.