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Tia Ross has directed and produced the Black Writers Reunion & Conference since its inception in August 2000. She was also the founder and executive director of the former Black Writers Alliance (BWA), the Houston African-American Writers' Society, and the Gold Pen Awards, a national multi-genre literary awards program. Tia founded the National Black Writers Foundation in furtherance of her efforts to promote excellence in writing, African-American literature, and the professional growth and development of Black writers through educational programs, networking, scholarships, and public information.
Outside of BWRC, Tia is a convention and conference planning consultant and solopreneur specializing in information design and copyediting nonfiction, web copy, and technical and business documents. She is the editor of the NAACP Image Award-winning "More Than Entertainers: An Inspirational Black Career Guide," recipient of the 2005-2006 Platinum Page Award for her contributions to the African-American literary community, and was a nominee for the 2008 Influential Black Women in Business Award. By day she manages Document Technology at a top 50 U.S. law firm. The Los Angeles native currently resides in a Dallas, Texas, suburb. For more information about Tia, visit www.tiaross.com.