Cara Tanamachi, better known as Cara Lockwood, is an American novelist from

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Career

Tanamachi's novels identify primarily with the

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genres. As Cara Lockwood, her most successful book was ''I Do (But I Don't),'' which was a ''

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'' bestseller and was made into a

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. Tanamachi also wrote the ''Bard Academy''

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, updating her favorite classics. Titles include ''Wuthering High'', ''Scarlet Letterman'', and ''Moby Clique''.(10 April 2008).
The books: Cara Lockwood's Bard Academy series
''Los Angeles Times''

Personal life

Tanamachi graduated from Mesquite High School in Texas and from the

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, where she majored in English studies.(3 July 2003)
Author unveils 1st book: Mesquite High grad draws on wedding experience for story
''Dallas Morning News'' ("The 1991 Mesquite High School graduate - and daughter of school board member Cary Tanamachi - borrowed from her own bridal experience and those of her friends to write her first novel. I Do (But I Don't) was released in early June by Downtown Press, a new imprint of Pocket Books, which is a division of Simon & Schuster.") Tanamachi wrote most of her novels using her husband's surname, Lockwood, and began writing under her maiden name after her divorce. She has two children from her first marriage and three stepchildren from her second.

Bibliography

As Cara Lockwood

Adult novels * Crandell Sisters Series ** ''I Do (But I Don't)'' (

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, 2003) ** ''I Did (But I Wouldn't Now)'' (Gallery Books, 2006) * ''Pink Slip Party'' (Gallery Books, 2004) * ''Dixieland Sushi'' (Gallery Books, 2005) * ''In One Year and Out the Other'' (editor,

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, 2006) * Demon Series ** ''Every Demon Has His Day'' (

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, 2009) ** ''Can't Teach an Old Demon New Tricks'' (Downtown Press, 2010) * ''Follow Me'' (

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, 2013; 5-part serial) * ''Boys and Toys'' (Harlequin, 2015) * ''Texting Under the Influence'' (Harlequin, 2015) * ''Her Hawaiian Homecoming'' (Harlequin, 2015) * ''The Big Break'' (Harlequin, 2016) * ''Shelter in the Tropics'' (Harlequin, 2017) * ''The Shark and I'' (Audible, 2017) * ''Island of Second Chances'' (Harlequin, 2018) * ''Practicing Parenthood'' (Harlequin, 2018) * ''Dater's Handbook'' ( Hallmark Publishing, 2018; novelization of the

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Original Movie) * ''No Strings'' (Harlequin, 2018) * ''Look at Me'' (Harlequin, 2018) * ''Trick and Treat'' (Harlequin, 2018) * ''First Class Sin'' (Harlequin, 2019) * ''Cuffs'' (Harlequin, 2020) * ''The Sex Cure'' (Harlequin, 2020) * ''The Love Cure'' (Harlequin, 2021) * ''Masquerade'' (Harlequin, 2021) Young adult novels * Bard Academy Series *# ''Wuthering High'' (

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, 2006) *# ''The Scarlet Letterman'' (MTV Books, 2007) *# ''Moby Clique'' (MTV Books, 2008) *# ''A Tale of Two Proms'' (self-published, 2011)

As Cara Tanamachi

* ''The Second You're Single'' (

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, 2023)

References

External links

Official Site of Cara TanamachiOfficial Site of Cara Lockwood
{{DEFAULTSORT:Lockwood, Cara 21st-century American novelists American women novelists American chick lit writers People from Mesquite, Texas Novelists from Texas University of Pennsylvania alumni Living people 21st-century American women writers Year of birth missing (living people)