  Tempa Pagel was born in Pontiac, Michigan. She received a BA in history from Oakland University in Michigan, and a MEd from Fitchburg State College in Massachusetts. Since moving to Massachusetts in 1976 she has worked as a publicist, a free lance writer, a church school administrator, and middle school special education teacher. She and her husband reside in Newburyport with their son and daughter. |
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