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Tracy Ruckman is an author, screenwriter, artist, and Christian book publisher at TMP Books. With her 2023 breast cancer diagnosis, she became a cancer warrior and now a cancer survivor. When she carves out time, she loves to travel, paint with acrylics and watercolors, take photos, fish, and garden. 

In 2019, Tracy and her husband Tim tent-camped their way around the country for six months, then she wrote a book about their experience. She co-wrote and illustrated a children’s book with her husband in 2022, and is the creator of numerous journals and anthologies.

Tracy spent most of 2023 undergoing treatments for breast cancer, and in 2024 released two new books:



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