Tara Tainton was born in Indiana where she grew up with 'limited views' she wanted to escape from. She attended the Purdue University in Indiana and graduated with a BA in English in 1987. At 19 she was briefly married, feeling stifled she set out as a divorcee, moved to Australia and began exploring her sexuality through writing and modeling. In 2008, she opened her own site, TaraTainton.com with the tag line 'The girl next door gone porn'. Tara currently lives in Las Vegas.