Meet our Authors
Step into the realm of literary magic with Tome & Tallow's Bookish Collaboration Collective! 🌟 Meet the brilliant minds behind the enchanting tales that accompany our candles. These talented authors have teamed up with us to bring you free stories with every purchase, adding an extra layer of delight to your reading experience. Immerse yourself in their imaginative worlds as you explore the synergy between candles, literature, and the boundless imagination of readers like you. Let the adventure begin! 📚🕯️✨
Cassie Laelyn
Growing up in a military family, Cassie had a childhood filled with countless crazy adventures. Eventually, sunny Queensland stole her heart, and she now lives there with her husband and their two BMX-crazy boys.
Borderline obsessed with the paranormal world, Cassie has a passion for crafting stories involving strong, otherworldly characters in need of redemption. She's a self-confessed book-a-holic and a sucker for a gut wrenching happily ever after.
When she isn't narrating her imaginary characters, Cassie loves binging on TV shows, spending time at the beach, and curling up listening to the rain.
Mia Hartson
Hi! I'm Mia, an Australian author passionate about writing stories with strong heroines (who aren't afraid to get their hands dirty), sexy, misunderstood heroes who would do anything to protect their girl, and intriguing fantasy worlds filled with magic.
Nestled among the lush green hills of Adelaide's north, I live with my husband, two little girls, and our Japanese Spitz. When I'm not writing or out on adventures with my family, I'm devouring my next read, binging the latest fantasy TV series, or singing my heart out.
Jezabel Nightingale
Jezabel Nightingale is an emerging author of contemporary romance. She wears so many hats, including nurse, mother, wife, writer, and scholar. In her spare time you’ll find her cheering on AFL football, in the kitchen baking a cake, or reading a spicy romance novel. It is not unusual to find a gin and tonic in her hand, or something chocolatey in her vicinity. She lives on the East Coast of Australia with Dr Nightingale, her spunkrat of a husband, her cats, and her kids who keep popping home, despite officially having moved out.
Ebony Olson
Ebony lives in Sydney, Australia, with her husband, daughter, and six cats. She loves to read fantasy, thrillers, and paranormal romance, spending most of her free time with her nose in a book or writing.
Having always possessed an over-active imagination she spent her younger years regaling friends with fantastic stories, holding her audience captive with the passion and suspense of her characters plights.
Now in adulthood, she has numerous published works and shows no signs of stopping her imagination from spreading across as many pages as it can find.
Gemma Black
Gemma Black is a dedicated teacher by day, but when the sun sets, the handcuffs come out and she becomes a paranormal romance author. Gemma has always loved vampires, shifters and magic – and these days, the dirtier the story, the better! She loves writing books that explore the boundaries of love, fate and magic, where the heroine always gets what she needs.
When she’s not writing, Gemma reads like a fiend, drowning herself in all kinds of romance stories when she really should be sleeping. A certified introvert, Gemma spends most of her time with her husband and three kids, dragging herself to the footy when the occasion calls for it.
Shay Laurent
Shay is a fantasy author who lives in south-western Sydney with her partner, three young princesses, and two pretty kitties. Aside from getting all the cuddles, her life mostly involves psychology, writing, and photography—not necessarily in that order. Long before Shay started writing, she fell in love with all things fantasy. She thrives on escaping into the magic and mayhem of other authors, and spinning the tales that run wild in her mind in her own books.
Amanda Kade
Amanda Kade is an indie author from Queensland, Australia. She loves writing emotional stories with a bit of spice sprinkled in. Her debut novel, You Had Me At Thirteen released in January 2023, with the second book in the series, There’s No Us Without You, released in January 2024. She is also working on her next series, which will be a surf romance set in Australia, and has also just released a novella, My Immortal for her email subscribers. She is now enjoying writing full time while also running around after her family, and running her husband’s cabinet making business.
Elise Noble
Elise Noble is an English rose with a few thorns who loves chocolate, sleep, and well-defined abs. Not hers, unfortunately.
Always an avid reader, she took up writing after inspiration struck in an old manor house and still pinches herself over the fact that people read her books. Elise writes real, gutsy heroines and flawed but swoon-worthy heroes in stories that mix mystery and mayhem, humour and happily-ever-afters.