Featuring Terry Oparka, writing as Tara Eldana, author

I am a recently retired, multi-award-winning staff writer for a weekly community newspaper chain in metro Detroit. I became hooked on romance fiction when my 11th-grade English teacher rejected the book report I wrote, saying the book was much too easy for me, and insisted I read and report on Daphne du Maurier’s Rebecca.

After some life-changing health issues, and covering over a dozen murder and criminal trials, I decided to write the kind of stories I like to read, stories with happy endings.

I love the romance genre and love letting my characters take control of their stories. I am a member of Greater Detroit Romance Writers and write under the pen name of Tara Eldana.

What genres do you like to read? – romance, memoir, women’s fiction, and autobiographies.

Do you have a favorite book or movie? – Current book favorites are the Outlander series. For movies…