Author Tammi Sauer

Cowboy Camp

Latest Book: Cowboy Camp (Sterling)

Sauer’s Cowboy Camp is a simple, clever tale that promises to be a crowd-pleaser. Avery takes one look at his fellow campers and knows that he doesn’t really fit in. He can’t stomach cowboy food. His lasso gives him rope burn. And because he’s allergic to horses, he’s forced to saddle up a cow. Sitting alone before the campfire at night, Avery is confronted by Black Bart, a desperado who threatens to put an end to Cowboy Camp forever. Only someone with Avery’s special attributes could convince such a villain that this couldn’t possibly be Cowboy Camp. In Avery, Sauer creates an unlikely yet likable hero. Reed’s expressive paintings, stretching across double-page spreads, include both broadly comic and unambiguously melodramatic scenes, all carried off with a sure hand. The Black Bart scenes are particularly effective–from the sight of his craggy profile to his ride off into the sunrise. Buy now from Indiebound.com, Amazon.com, BarnesandNoble.com, or Borders.com.

More about the Author:

Web site: www.tammisauer.com

My name is Tammi Sauer.

I spent most of my first eighteen years on a farm outside the small town of Victoria, Kansas (population: 1,208). My roles included gathering the eggs when the city cousins visited and wanted to engage in novelty farm-like activities, chasing pigs back to their respective pens when they tried to make a break for it (I did this once while wearing my eighth grade cheerleading uniform—don’t ask), and swindling my younger sister and brother out of their money.

I graduated from Kansas State University with a B.S. in Elementary Education and married my high school sweetheart, Ron Sauer. We did not return to Victoria, causing the town’s population to plummet to 1,206.

I have taught summer school, pre-kindergarten, and the middle school electives Creative Writing and Storytelling. I also spent two years serving as a library media specialist for a pre-k through eighth grade school.

Each day I try to squeeze in some time for writing as writing is my passion. Most of the time, however, is spent with my family. Ron and I have a ten-year-old daughter Julia who aspires to be an archeologist/artist/children’s book writer/veterinarian and an eight-year-old son Mason who loves everything ninja.

In addition to writing, I love to read, ski, spend time with my family and friends, go to movies, and eat out as often as possible. What is more, I am hopelessly addicted to checking my e-mail.

My family and I live in Edmond, Oklahoma, with one dog, two geckos, and a tank full of random fish.