The daughter of a US Air Force Morse Code Operator and a voracious reader from Southern India, Tamatha Cain is the author of Only Oona, the first biographical novel about Oona O'Neill Chaplin, and the multi-award-winning Song of the Chimney Sweep, a sweeping dual timeline double mystery full of music and heart. A former musician, bandleader, and entrepreneur.
She writes for Southern Literary Review and is a member of the Women's Fiction Writers Association and Women Writing the West. She is a wife and mother of three and lives in a hundred-year-old bungalow in North Florida. Represented by Brandy Vallance of Barbara Bova Literary Agency
"Tamatha Cain is a born novelist."
--Author Aram Saroyan
As Song of the Chimney Sweep by Tamatha Cain weaves its dual storylines, the reader follows in awe.--Goodreads review
"Cain's writing is exceptional, and the crisscrosses through time allow us to better understand Oona's life in its full scope at a pace that Cain expertly narrates."
--Readers' Favorite Review of Only Oona
"A compulsively readable story of a long-buried disappearance."
--Kirkus Review of Song of the Chimney Sweep
"What a fantastic read! Our book club read this in October and the discussion post-read was nonstop."
--Goodreads Reviewer
"Beautiful prose, irresistible characterizations, stunning layers and depth."
--Reader review
"There have been so many books about my father Charlie Chaplin. My mother deserves her story to be told. And what better way than through this, Tamatha Cain's book!"
--Jane Chaplin, filmmaker, Daughter of Charlie Chaplin and Oona O'Neill Chaplin
Reviews:
2024 Historical Novel Society First Chapters Short List
2022 Florida Book Award
2020 Royal Palm Literary Award
Grand prize in The Experience Poetry Competition.
