I wanted to create a heroine that was flawed. I wanted her to be a real person. She's selfish, she's childish, she's immature and because I'm doing a three-book arc I really played that up in the first book. I wanted the reader to be annoyed with her at times.

In 2001 Benson worked with Golden Terry Moore and Eric Powell of Dark Horse Comics to create the Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Willow and Tara comic book titled "WannaBlessedBe". In 2006 Benson released her second independent feature film Lovers Liars & Lunatics through her own production company Benson Entertainment. Benson and Golden have also collaborated on two supernatural thrillers: Ghosts of Albion: Accursed and Ghosts of Albion: Witchery.

Amber Nicole Benson (born January 8 1977) is an American actress writer film director and film producer. She is best known for her role as Tara Maclay on the TV series Buffy the Vampire Slayer but has also directed produced and starred in her own films Chance (2002) and Lovers Liars & Lunatics (2006).