Meet T.A. Ford

T.A. Ford was born in the beautiful city of Miami, Florida and began writing at the early age of eight. The oldest of two children with a schoolteacher for a mother, she was taught the power of words and of the countless adventures that could be found between the pages of a book. While other children her age shared an interest in music, sports, or even Girl Scouts, Ms. Ford’s interests never varied. At times when her mother was asked where she was, she’d simply say, “At home, somewhere with a pen or book in her hand.”

By the age of 13, she had a private collection of drawings and short stories based on heroines she could identify with, but who lived in imaginative worlds far removed from her suburban upbringing. She’d share them with anyone who cared to read.

Her favorite pass-time of ‘people watching’, has provided her a wealth of material to use. Equipped with her laptop and vivid imagination writing spots included: any open park, coffee shop, or her favorite book store cafe. Everything and one was an opportunity to create: the unruly child, dragged by the weary mother or the lover’s quarrel that ends with the young man in tears. The dialogue and conflict be it public or blasting from a television screen, is a constant backdrop in her creative writing process.

Also an avid reader of romantic fiction and lover of television soap operas, Ms. Ford adapted the online persona of ‘The Diva’, and began blogging in 2005. Constantly frustrated by the inadequate portrayal of women of color in daytime TV, she created an online community known as Divasnluv, where new and published writers shared their stories. As ‘The Diva’ she wrote fanfiction and promoted fantastic tales off of characters either ignored or poorly written for on her favorite shows. Within a year her blogging and popularity grew, and so did the demand for her work.

Ms. Ford has written over 40 Chick Lit stories centered on multi-cultural romance. Now, she enters the world of publishing with the release of her first novel, Zoé. This historical romance captures Ms. Ford’s ability to transform an unlikely heroine into every woman’s inspiration.

Ms. Ford is currently working on two projects: a contemporary romance and a murder mystery, both to be released in 2008. Plans are also underway to transform her most popular online work, an eight-segment series about the unlikely romance between an African American fashion designer and an Irish-Italian Mafia kingpin, into print in 2009.

T.A. Ford lives in southern Georgia and is the proud aunt of three. She is employed as a Product Development Manager for an online technology company, and enjoys the arts, writing, and blogging. To stay up to date with her book signings and future release dates, please click here.