{"id":451,"date":"2025-03-22T12:17:28","date_gmt":"2025-03-22T19:17:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tarasim.com\/staging\/4659\/?page_id=451"},"modified":"2025-03-23T13:25:55","modified_gmt":"2025-03-23T20:25:55","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/tarasim.com\/staging\/4659\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"451\" class=\"elementor elementor-451\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-83d9f4a e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"83d9f4a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a4a5fc5 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"a4a5fc5\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4c50386 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"4c50386\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"434\" height=\"529\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tarasim.com\/staging\/4659\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/tara.png?fit=434%2C529&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-577\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tarasim.com\/staging\/4659\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/tara.png?w=434&amp;ssl=1 434w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tarasim.com\/staging\/4659\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/tara.png?resize=246%2C300&amp;ssl=1 246w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 434px) 100vw, 434px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0a108ec e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"0a108ec\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9a5133d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"9a5133d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">About Tara<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2df28e5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2df28e5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Name pronunciation: \u201ctar-ah\u201d (not \u201cterr-ah\u201d).<\/strong><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tara Sim is the critically acclaimed YA and Adult fantasy author of the We Shall Be Monsters duology, The Dark Gods Saga, the Scavenge the Stars duology, and the Timekeeper trilogy who can typically be found wandering the wilds of the Bay Area, California. When she\u2019s not chasing cats or lurking in bookstores, she writes books about magic, murder, and mayhem.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tara is represented by <a href=\"emailto: victoria.queries@irenegoodman.com\">Victoria Marini<\/a> at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.highlineliterary.com\/\">High Line Literary<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0f3e352 elementor-mobile-align-justify elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"0f3e352\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/tarasim.com\/staging\/4659\/press-kit\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span 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