Tamara Faith Berger was born in Toronto. She wrote porn stories for a living and attempted to make dirty films before publishing her first book, Lie with Me, in 1999. In 2004, The Way of the Whore, her second book, was published. In 2005, Lie with Me was made into a film. Her third book, Maidenhead, came out with Coach House Books in 2012. Little Cat is a re-release of her first two novels in substantially revised form.