Draft:Tarin Santos

Tarin Santos is an American author. She is best known for her novel, Dagger Eyes, self-published in 2022.

Early Life and Career
Tarin Santos was born in 2003 in Seattle, WA to Filipino-American parents. She has credited her paternal grandfather, Filipino-American activist Bob Santos, as an influential figure in her life.

She is currently pursuing a B.A. in History at University of Portland

Content Creation
Santos began posting videos on Tiktok under the tag name Lunartic_tjs in early 2020. She gained a substantial following during the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic posting acting, comedy and cosplay videos. As of 2024, her account has over 100,000 followers.

Santos additionally began streaming on Twitch under the same handle in 2021.

Dagger Eyes
Tarin Santos began writing her first novel, Dagger Eyes, when she was eleven-years-old, and continued working on it throughout middle school and high school. Santos originally intended on releasing the book exclusively to friends and family, but with an increase in notoriety on Tiktok, decided instead to self-publish the book in March 2022, and has since sold over 500 copies.

Dagger Eyes is described as an Action-Adventure novel with elements of Mystery and Romance. The synopsis is as follows:

"Princess Alanitora of Trenvern holds the uncanny ability to read people. From being able to tell if someone is lying to sensing their true intentions, her trust is hard to gain. So when an unexpected turn of events forces her to leave her home and the people behind, those skills— along with her extensive abilities in combat— may be the only thing to protect her. Alanitora's life drives further into turmoil each turn. With the fate of her kingdom on her shoulders, the princess can no longer fight her battle alone. But what at first seems like tragedy might be a conspiracy long in the making that will undo all she thought she knew. A collection of allies, a cadre of assassins, an entire kingdom. All eyes are on her."

Personal Life
Santos identifies as autistic as well as omnisexual. She is an advocate for LGBT rights and minority rights.