Founder & Editorial Director
Tia Ross
Tia in the Media
- “Journey of Words: From Teenage Editor to Thriving Entrepreneur” — Melio
- “Tia Ross Talks Editing, Diversity, Networking, and the Profession” — Outside the Book
- “Meet Tia Ross of WordWiser Ink and Boss Meetings & Events” — Voyage Dallas
- NaNoWriMo Interviews Tia Ross of Black Writers — NaNoWriMo
- “Tia Ross, Renaissance Woman” — JW Hill
- “Online and in the Flesh, Black Writers Commune With Kindred Spirits” — The New York Times
Tia founded WordWiser Ink and built the editorial standards every editor on this team works from—deep fluency in every major style manual, and a genre range spanning mainstream fiction, science fiction, historical, mystery, thriller/suspense, travel, business, and technology. Over more than two decades, she’s edited for Hachette Book Group, Avalon Travel, Moon Guides, Workman Publishing, Simon & Schuster, Adams Media, Penguin Random House, and several HarperCollins imprints, including HarperOne, Amistad, Muse, and Mariner.
Today Tia leads the firm’s editorial direction—reviewing and guiding the work across the entire team—and personally takes on a select number of manuscript clients each year. She’s also the author of So You Want to Be an Editor… But Can You Edit? , a guide for writers building their own editing careers.
Alongside editing, Tia consults in enterprise knowledge enablement, information architecture, and AI governance, a background she draws on directly as WordWiser Ink’s technical editing specialist.
Summa cum laude, Bachelor of Science in Information Science & Technology, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Associate of Applied Science (highest honors), Dallas College. Associate of Arts, University of Phoenix.
Industry Affiliations & Volunteer Activities
- Founder & Managing Director, Black Editors & Proofreaders Directory
- Board of Directors — Volunteer Liaison, Professional Editors Network
- Publications Committee, Editorial Freelancers Association
- Conference Planning Consultant, EFACON 2018–2023, Editorial Freelancers Association
- Co-Chairperson, EFACON 2018 Chicago
- Mentor, Professional Editors Network and The Young Writers Initiative
- Accountability Coach, Black Writers Collective
- Member, Independent Book Publishers Association and Women’s National Book Association
Meet the rest of the team.
Every editor at WordWiser Ink brings their own specialty to the table.
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