As Cara Lockwood, her most successful book was I Do (But I Don't), which was a USA Today bestseller[citation needed] and was made into a Lifetime Original Movie of the same name starring Denise Richards and Dean Cain.
[2] Tanamachi also wrote the Bard Academy teen series, updating her favorite classics.
Titles include Wuthering High, Scarlet Letterman, and Moby Clique.
[3][4] Tanamachi graduated from Mesquite High School in Texas and from the University of Pennsylvania, where she majored in English studies.
[5][6] Tanamachi wrote most of her novels using her husband's surname, Lockwood, and began writing under her maiden name after her divorce.