Tammy Sharp, a native of Vernon Parish, LA, graduated from Hornbeck High School and went on to earn first a BA in English from Queens University in Charlotte, NC, and then an MFA in creative writing from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. She was the 1994 recipient of the Amon Liner Award for Poetry from The Greensboro Review and in 1993 was a finalist in the Ruth Lilly National Poetry Convocation in Indianapolis, IN. She has poems published in the Greensboro Review and Louisiana Literature. As an entrepreneur, her marketing and communications campaigns were instrumental in helping secure the economic stability of the state of Louisiana under the Obama administration. As a news reporter and editor, she has covered major events, such as Hurricane Katrina recovery and the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, at several Louisiana newspapers. She has received awards and recognition for both print and digital news coverage, including best overall news website, single news, ongoing news, features and photography from the Louisiana Press Association. She has taught English and writing for Northwestern State University of Louisiana, Axia College of Western International University, and Central Texas College. She and her husband, Kenny, own and operate Hobo Holler Farm in Sabine Parish, Louisiana, where they live with two sons, two dogs, two cats, three cows, two pigs, three ducks, 13 chickens and a dizzying procession of bunny rabbits. Read more about this authorRead less about this author