ABOUT

Tinamarie was born and raised in New York. She holds a BA in Creative Writing from Eckerd College and an MFA in Creative Writing from The University of Tampa. She's the recipient of St. Petersburg College's Karen Pelz Writing Award, where she won 1st place for her poem, "As I Remember" and 3rd place for her short story, "The End." Her poem, "Poetry Comes and Goes" was published by The Eckerd Review in 2015, and is included in, Florida's Best Emerging Poets (2018) She's had four plays produced by The Gulfport Community Players, winning Best Original Writing and Best Production for her play, "Buying Back Brooklyn." She recently (2018) directed, "The M Word" for the Gulfport Community Player's Writers Group. She also wrote a one-act play, "As it is in Heaven" which was included during GCPWG night of one acts. She lives in South Pasadena, Florida with her wife, artist Carol Lore.