tamara skidmore,
writer

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about tamara skidmore

Tamara Skidmore graduated from Western Michigan University’s MFA Creative Writing Program in 1998. She has published stories in Alaska Quarterly Review and SFSU Review (currently Fourteen Hills: The SFSU Review), taught composition at Western Michigan University, and worked for the Kalamazoo Public Library. She is married to George Kuttner, writer and photographer, with whom she shares two beautiful kids. Summer & Other Stories is her first published collection.

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published works
Book cover features a black and white photograph of a woman wearing a polka dot top and pearl necklace, with the title 'Summer & other stories' and the author's/writer's name 'Tamara Skidmore' displayed on a dark background.

readings and events

MAGERS & QUINN BOOKSELLERS | MINNEAPOLIS, MN
November 17th, 2026 | Time TBD

Tamara will appear alongside fellow debut fiction writer Mary Terzino, author of Secrets and Other Hobbies, to read selections from her short fiction collection Summer & Other Stories and chat all things writing. This reading and discussion will feature moderator Lisa DuRose, co-editor of Michigan Salvage: The Fiction of Bonnie Jo Campbell. Tamara’s collection will be available for pre-order on Magers & Quinn’s website prior to its release on November 3rd, 2026.

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