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Tara Deal

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Born

in Savannah, Georgia, The United States

Website

http://www.taradeal.com

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Genre

Literature & Fiction, Poetry

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May 2008

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Tara Deal is a New York writer of fiction, free verse, and urban fragments. Her forthcoming novella, Life / Insurance, won the 2022 Fugere Book Prize from Regal House. She is also the author of the award-winning novellas That Night Alive (Miami University Press) and Palms Are Not Trees After All (Texas Review Press).

Find her online at www.taradeal.com.

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Average rating: 4.2 · 55 ratings · 15 reviews · 9 distinct works • Similar authors

	GUD: Greatest Uncommon Denominator, Issue 6 by Debbie Moorhouse (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Jim Pascual Agustin (Goodreads Author), Lou Antonelli 4.43 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 2010	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	That Night Alive 3.50 avg rating — 14 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Life / Insurance 4.10 avg rating — 10 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Palms Are Not Trees After All: A Novella 4.25 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2008 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Passages North No. 40 by Jennifer A. Howard (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Christine G. Addams, Colette Arrand (Goodreads Author) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 4 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Wander Luster it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2007 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sugar House Review #6: Spring/Summer '12 by Rio Cortez (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Mark Hendrickson (Contributor), Carl Phillips (Contributor) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2012	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Good Days Start With Gratitude: A Daily/Weekly Journal To Cultivate A Thankful, Positive and Happy Mindset 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Meal Planner & Grocery List Journal: 52 Weeks To Organize, Shop and Plan Your Meals 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Tara made a comment on Tara’s review of That Night Alive " Thank you (to another Tara!) for reading! And I love that you read the book forward AND backward. So wonderful to hear from such a thoughtful reader. ...more "
Jul 25, 2025 05:49AM · see review
Tara and 9 other people liked Tara's review of That Night Alive: ""I lived in a world that was a secret." I'm in awe of Deal's poetic, literary, and artistic mind. She accomplishes so much in very little space. This novella is also prescient, published in 2016 and detailing the fallout from a pandemic and from clima" Read more of this review »
Jul 25, 2025 05:47AM · see review