In The News – Author’s newest love story ‘Sierra Fall’ brings lovers together in Tahoe
August 26, 2025 | Member Submitted
Originally Published in the Tahoe Daily Tribune, 08/26/2025, Written by Eli Ramos
Martha O’Sullivan’s love of Tahoe has inspired five books, including one trilogy and her latest story titled “Sierra Fall.” O’Sullivan’s writing has been praised by friends and readers for evoking the beauty of the North Shore and the different perspectives she brings in her main characters.
O’Sullivan says she’s always loved romance novels and reading, taking the city bus to the library and devouring books as winters settled in the Midwest. She had a penchant for finishing a story to her liking as she read, an early writer’s instinct. “But writing went on the backburner for a long time,” said O’Sullivan. She previously worked as an acquisitions editor, then became a stay-at-home mom to her daughters.
Now, she writes as an independent and self-published author, which she calls her “second dream in life.” She was inspired by writers like Nora Roberts, who is also self-taught and explores a variety of character voices and perspectives.