TaRessa Stovall is the co-author of A Love Supreme, and The Buffalo Soldiers. She is also the co-editor of the anthology, Proverbs for the People. She is currently a professor in the Temple University School of Communications and a public relations consultant. TaRessa is a native of Seattle, and a graduate of Evergreen State College in Olympia, Washington. She now resides in Southern New Jersey with her family.