Tia Ross is an editor and coach with more than 35 years of experience assisting authors with their manuscripts. She has coached and mentored both writers and editors toward mastering their crafts and launching professional and freelance careers, and she specializes in helping editors to create and streamline thriving freelance editorial businesses.

As a sought-after copyeditor, Tia works with Big 5 houses, such as Hatchette, HarperCollins, and Simon & Schuster. She is the founder and CEO of WordWiser Ink Editing, a company of editors specializing in copyediting and proofreading (wordwiserink.com), and Writeful Retreats, which offers writing and wellness getaways for writers and editors (writefulretreats.com).

Further aligning her passion for nurturing fellow wordsmiths, Tia is founder of Black Editors Network, a community and top-ranked directory of Black editorial professionals (blackeditors.net), and Black Writers Collective, a network of support groups and programs for Black writers (blackwriters.org). Tia mentors editors through Black Editors Network and Professional Editors Network; she also mentors writers through The Young Writer’s Initiative and Women’s National Book Association’s Authentic Voices Fellowship. Tia has served as a member of the Editorial Freelancers Association’s board of directors and as EFA’s conference co-chairperson and planning consultant.