About Christy.
Born: Christy was born in 1974 in Tennessee where she “attended” seminary classes with her father as an infant and toddler.
Education: She holds a BA in Communications and Marketing with a minor in Theology from Lee University and is a Nationally Certified Teacher of Music (NCTM).
Roots: Christy was raised in rural Georgia, passed through Tennessee for a few years and currently resides in Virginia.
Professional Work: Christy began her professional life as a public relations strategist in the DC-area, later taking a position at Phillips Publishing. In the early 2000’s, she stepped away from the traditional workforce and began working as a freelance creative in both writing and graphic design. She opened a private music studio in 2007. In 2025, she and her husband started BEndings Publishing and released her first historical fiction novel under the imprint.
Affiliations: Christy is currently the President of the Virginia Music Teachers Association. She is a registered RCM teacher. She is also a member of the Independent Authors Network.
Personal Life: Christy has three children, two of whom are grown and flown, and lives in Northern Virginia with her husband, who is an engineer, and their cat, Bleau.
CHRISTY LANDERS TALLAMY is an award-winning writer whose work explores the beauty and complexity of ordinary lives. Her writing has drawn comparisons to Elena Ferrante and Barbara Kingsolver for its intimate family dynamics, sense of place, and willingness to question inherited stories. She is drawn to the intersections of land, lineage,
and conscience — where personal awakening collides with cultural expectation.
Born in 1974 and raised in a handful of parsonages across rural Georgia, she draws on her Southern evangelical roots to examine family loyalty, faith, and the ancestral histories that shape who we become. Her poetry and short stories have appeared in creative writing anthologies, and her nonfiction essays explore the evolving lives of private music educators, the communities they build, and the role of music in shaping identity. Christy has authored three novels, a historical trilogy comprising Sugarcane Saint (2025: Literary Titan Gold Award), Sipping Mercury (2026) and the forthcoming What Was Done to Me (2026). In addition to her work as a novelist and essayist, she has worked professionally as an editor, ghostwriter, and blogger.
Across every medium she works in—fiction, essays, music, teaching, and speaking—Tallamy returns to the same questions: Who are we as individuals? Who are we in relationship to our history? And how do we honor both?
In addition to her writing, Christy is an accomplished composer and music educator, currently serving as President of the Virginia Music Teachers Association. Growing up as a minister’s daughter, she first learned music by ear and, at seventeen, became a lead vocalist for Dolly Parton Entertainment. She has since performed internationally, composed original works, maintained a private music teaching studio for more than two decades, and produced Conversations at the Piano Bench, a seven-volume collection of student compositions and observations about music teaching.
As a speaker, Christy offers a range of program topics, from in-depth group discussions on literature and family dynamics to lighthearted meet-and-greets that connect the community with her creative process. As a music educator, she speaks on topics of community and creating safe studio environments for students.
She believes the world is beautiful even when it is not—and that well-placed words, however they may be delivered, hold the power to heal, illuminate, and transform.
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