Tia Williams

According to NBC News, Tia Williams “is a writer’s writer with a fashionista twist.” In 1997, the University of Virginia grad embarked on a career as a magazine beauty editor (YM, Elle, Glamour, Lucky, Teen People, and Essence). In 2004, she pioneered the beauty blog industry with her award-winning site Shake Your Beauty – and enjoys a career as an executive copy director (Estee Lauder Companies). In 2004, her debut novel, The Accidental Diva hit shelves – and received glowing coverage in Marie Claire, Cosmopolitan, Allure, and The New York Times. She then co-wrote Iman’s makeup memoir, The Beauty of Color, and penned two young adult novels, It Chicks and Sixteen Candles. In 2016, her novel, The Perfect Find, won the African American Literary Award for Best Fiction – and garnered rave reviews in The Washington Post, Essence, Cosmopolitan, People, Ebony and InStyle. Gabrielle Union will star in the upcoming film adaption for Netflix. Her latest novel, Seven Days in June, was an instant New York Times and USA Today bestseller, as well as Reese’s Book Club pick for June 2021 – and a TV series adaptation is in development with Will Packer Productions. Currently working on her next two novels, Tia lives with her daughter and husband in Brooklyn.