Author Spotlight: Tammy Mowry

Christian Peterson reporter.riverbendnews@gmail.com Tammy Mowry was born in 1962, in San Diego, Calif. Eventually, her family made their way across the country to Ocala, where she graduated from Vanguard High School in 1980. A devout Christian, Mowry loves unconditionally and whole heartedly – especially children. “Having a childlike imagination gives me an advantage to creating and illustrating books for children, which is a gift from the Lord,” Mowry said. “When people ask me where I learned to be an artist from and where I got my art degree from, I simply say, 'From the Heaven Above Academy.” Throughout her life, she has desired to write children's books that inspire positiv