Tina Smith-Brown is a Graduate of Temple University's Journalism Program, the Art Institute on Line and currently working on a graduate degree in creative writing from University College, a division of Denver University. She is a recipient of a Pennsylvania Council of the Arts Fellowship and two Leeway Foundation Art and Change Awards. Fish and Grits is her first independently published novel.
She resides in Philadelphia, PA with her family and can be contacted at tinalsmithbrown@msn.com. and her blog run2fishandgrits.blogspot.com.