Tina McElroy Ansa
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“Ansa’s prose is clever, funny, and touching, all at once. …She has cleverly carved a niche for herself as a strong and respected voice of the African American community, earning a place among literary greats such as Toni Morrison, Maya Angelou and Alice Walker. Her popularity, however, has also crossed racial barriers…” – PopMatters.com
Tina McElroy Ansa
A novelist, publisher, filmmaker, teacher and journalist, Tina McElroy Ansa is a Macon native who turned the stories she heard on her grandfather’s front porch and in her father’s juke joint into the town of Mulberry, Georgia, the setting of four of her novels, “Baby of the Family,” “Ugly Ways,” “The Hand I Fan With,” and “You Know Better.” In the Spring of 2007, Ms. Ansa launched DownSouth Press, an independent publishing company with a focus on African-American literature – both fiction and nonfiction. Her latest novel, “Taking After Mudear,” is a sequel to her bestselling “Ugly Ways,” and was the debut book for DownSouth Press, which will publish established as well as emerging literary voices.
Ms. Ansa’s first novel, “Baby of the Family,” was published in 1989 by Harcourt Brace Jovanovich and was named a Notable Book of the Year by The New York Times, and was chosen by the Georgia Center for the Book as one of the “Top 25 books Every Georgian Should Read,” as was her second novel, “Ugly Ways.” Her work has been honored with the Stanley W. Lindberg Award and induction into the International Literary Hall of Fame for Writers of African Descent. In 2004, she established the Sea Island Writers Retreats on Sapelo Island, Georgia which offers seminars in fiction, nonfiction, memoir and editing led by published writers and professional editors.
Tina McElroy Ansa has been a regular contributor to the award-winning television series CBS Sunday Morning with her essays, “Postcards from Georgia.” She also writes magazine and newspaper articles, Op-Ed pieces and book reviews for the Los Angeles Times, (New York) Newsday, The Atlanta Constitution, and the Florida Times-Union. Her non-fiction work has appeared in Essence Magazine, The Crisis Magazine, MS. Magazine, America Magazine, and Atlanta Magazine.
