About Tia

Professional Bio:

Bestselling author Tia McCollors entices the taste buds of her readers with a sweet blend of faith and fiction in her inspirational novels. After leaving a 10-year career in the corporate arena as a public relations professional, Tia has emerged as a steadfast author of faith-based books.

In addition to being a novelist, Tia is an inspirational speaker and instructor for writing workshops. In 2006, Tia was voted as the Breakout Author of the Year by the Open Book Awards of the African American Literary Awards Show and was honored to be featured in the 2006 edition of Who’s Who In Black Atlanta.

As a result of her love for empowering women, Tia recently launched a life coach practice thatspecializes in coaching women of faith, female entrepreneurs, and stay-at-home mothers. She coachesothers to “jump in” and live their lives to the fullest.

As a founding author with the Anointed Authors On Tour, (AAOT) she has teamed with six other award-winning, best-selling authors of Christian fiction and non-fiction. Together, they have committed to write and publish integrity-based literature, touring as a testament to the power of using their gifts and talents for God’s glory.

She received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Journalism and Mass Communication from the University of North Carolina in 1996. A native of Greensboro, NC, she now lives in the Atlanta, Georgia area with her husband and children.

In Tia’s Own Words:

I know that including a professional bio is the proper thing to do, but you may want to know who I am “behind the pen.”

I’m the wife to a God-fearing husband whose wisdom and vision extend far beyond his years. I’m the mother of two children – one boy, one girl – who light up my life. I honestly don’t remember what I used to do before them, and it doesn’t take much to make my eyes well with tears when I think about the small things — like their first day of school, losing their first tooth and the day they no longer want to crawl up in my lap and fall asleep. That’s why I love taking pictures – because I believe in making and capturing memories.

Italian food is my favorite cuisine, and when the time is right I’m going to hire a personal chef. I cook out of necessity, not enjoyment, but I love to clean up. It helps me to sort my thoughts when my mind is cluttered. And more than that, I like to organize papers and color-code files. Yep. You read it right!

Spending time with my family tops my lists of favorite things to do, and my girlfriends run a close second. Whenever I’m with them, there’s always at least once during our time together that I laugh until I cry, a sharp pain shoots down the center of my stomach, and I know I’m making one of those real ugly-laughing faces. Laughter is good for the soul.

I’m blessed with the gift of writing (although I wish I could sing, too), and I like to write books that make people want to have a closer relationship with God. It’s what I call a “sweet blend of faith and fiction” so that people can taste and see that the Lord is good (Psalms 34:8). Often times writing books puts you on the front lines of criticism because everyone wants add their two cents. I don’t mind. It comes with the territory. But when it’s all said and done, my purpose is to please one person – the true and living God. And I think I’m doing a pretty good job at it! I hope readers think so, too.