About Me

Tara Brown, President of PublicityTara Public Relations

Tara Brown has worked in the book publishing industry for over twenty years.  She took a job as a part-time receptionist at Penguin Books, and shortly thereafter, ascended through the ranks of the publicity department.  She then went on to further her career working at HarperCollinsPublishers where she oversaw the publicity strategy for the newly launched Amistad division.  She relocated to Charlotte, North Carolina in 2003 and took a job as Vice President of Publicity at Hilton Publishing, a minority health and wellness publisher based in Indiana (she worked from her virtual office in Charlotte).  In January 2010, she launched PublicityTara Public Relations, where she works on projects on a freelance basis.

Tara has worked on various publicity campaigns for New York Times best-selling authors who include Lisa Scottoline (4 books) and Kimberla Lawson Roby.  She also worked on the critically-acclaimed and well received SANDY KOUFAX: A Lefty's Legacy, by Jane Leavy.  Tara has also worked on various national bestsellers and with notable authors that include:

BROKEN by Karin Slaughter (hired to help break her into African-American audiences)

A WOMAN’S WAR: The Professional and Personal Journey of the Navy’s First African-American Female Intelligence Officer by Captain Gail Harris

I, CHE GUEVARA by John Blackthorn (pseudonym for former Senator Gary Hart)

WHAT COLOR IS A CONSERVATIVE: My Life and My Politics by J.C. Watts

GHOSTS OF MANILA: The Fateful Blood Feud Between Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier by the late Mark Kram (a book that Knight-Ridder named the "best book of the year" for 2002)

VENUS ENVY: Power Games, Teenage Vixens and Million Dollar Egos on the Women’s Tennis Tours by L. Jon Wertheim

YOU CAN BEAT THE ODDS: The Surprising Factors Behind Chronic Illness and Cancer by Brenda Stockdale

SENSA WEIGHT LOSS PROGRAM: The Accidental Discovery That’s Transforming the Way People Lose Weight by Dr. Alan Hirsch

BROWN SKIN: Dr. Susan Taylor’s Prescription for Flawless Skin, Hair and Nails by Dr. Susan Taylor

TAKE ME TO THE RIVER by Al Green

THA DOGGFATHER by Snoop Dogg