Books by Ara Tucker
Stories that explore how creativity, identity and ambition shape who we become and what we dare to build.
How to Raise an Art Star
A literary novel for adults about art, ambition, and identity — exploring how creativity challenges who we are, who we become, and what we dare to build.
At once intimate and incisive, the story follows the intersecting lives of artists, parents, and children as they wrestle with the costs of creation and the meaning of success.
Themes: ambition, creativity, family, self-definition, belonging.
How to Date a Black Girl
A sharp, funny, and tender novel about love, identity, and self-discovery — following one woman’s journey toward authenticity and connection.
Through humor and heartbreak, it explores how race, gender, and belonging shape the ways we learn to love — and the stories we tell about ourselves along the way.
Themes: vulnerability, identity, race, connection, becoming.
Tails from the Alley
A literary novel about loyalty, loss, and adaptation — told through the creatures who rule Brooklyn.
When the ecosystem of Porkchpo Alley begins to shift, a housecat boss and her unlikely crew must decide where their loyalty — and their next meal — truly lies.
Themes: loyalty, power dynamics, magical realism, belonging, survival.