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Tonya D. Price Bio
Tonya Price enjoys sharing her business knowledge with writers. Her current company, Magnolia Lane Press, publishes business books to help writers learn the business skills they need to succeed as professional writers. As part of her commitment to pass her knowledge forward, she has presented at SinCNE Crime Bake, a panelist at the Rhode Island author expo, and as a SinCNE Mystery Making fun, where a panel of authors create a mystery story based on audience suggestions.
Tonya gained her business knowledge from 35 years at the VP and Director level in the high-tech/Internet industry in Customer Service, Marketing, Web Operations, and Project Management while growing her writing career. She has been writing and publishing fiction and nonfiction since 1994. During this time, she presented several times at MacWorld, EduWeb, and numerous other conferences in front of audiences of up to several thousand.
Tonya is the author of the Business Books for Writers series and a speaker, having spoken at CrimeBakeNE Writer's Conference and Author Nation in 2024. Her short fiction has appeared in numerous magazines and anthologies. Her short story “Payback” was included in The Best American Mystery Stories of 2019.
Tonya has a BA from Oberlin University and an MBA in Marketing and Finance from Cornell University. She has founded three companies: StrategicIdeas.com, a successful web design firm acquired by UltraNet Communications; Tonya Price Consulting, a Web Project Management consulting and online teaching company; and Magnolia Lane Press, which publishes her work.
You can learn more about Tonya at:
https://www.businessbooksforwriters.com
https://www.tonyadprice.com