Sam, Sara, and the Red Ball earns Honorable Mention at the 2023 Royal Dragonfly Book Awards

Before Tia moved to Tucson and joined Wheatmark as a Publishing Consultant in 2019, she had the opportunity to intern at NYC literary agency Donadio & Olson as well as imprint Weinstein Books. While in New York, Tia was able to work with authors such as Chuck Palahniuk and Dick Van Dyke on manuscripts that spanned from literary fiction to memoir. Tia graduated from Cornell University in New York with a BA in English, concentration in Creative Writing, and minors in Film and Communication. When she isn’t reading, writing, or editing, she enjoys spending her time singing, playing with her two cats, taking photos, and creating videos.