About Tamela Fleetwood

Tamela Maxim—who writes children’s books under the nom de plume Tamela Fleetwood—is a writer, book editor, artist, educator, and longtime creative in the SC Lowcountry.

Tamela is a nonfiction book editor and has held multiple editorial leadership roles, including serving as editor and contributing writer for Bluffton Breeze and Premier Lowcountry. She is currently a regular writer for The Bluffton Sun and The Hilton Head Sun and frequently contributes to PINK Magazine on Hilton Head Island.

She earned her Bachelor’s degree in Elementary Education from Armstrong State University (now part of Georgia Southern University), holds an Associate of Arts degree from the University of Maryland in Munich, and studied art history and drama at the University of Stuttgart.

In addition to her work in the arts, Tamela teaches technology classes—primarily for seniors—helping adult learners feel confident navigating the digital world.

Her creative life has taken many forms over the years. She played electric bass in the regional band Blufftonia, hosted her own weekly television show on the Bluffton Broadcasting Channel for three years every Monday from 6–7 pm, performed for nearly a decade in murder mystery musical comedy on Hilton Head, and worked as a late‑night DJ in Savannah for the #1 station WJCL–KIX 96 as Tami Adams.

Tamela’s main hobbies include organizing dinner parties for family and friends, volunteering as a board member for Libraries for Kids, International, organizing monthly author talks, reading, traveling, music, and snow skiing.

Faith, family, and friends are very important to her, and she prioritizes them over everything else.