A former Fulbright Fellow to Slovenia, Tanja holds an M.F.A. in Creative Writing from Indiana University. She writes fiction, creative nonfiction and poetry, has published her work in magazines such as Crab Orchard Review and Orchid: A Literary Magazine, and has taught at the University of Colorado at Denver, the Community College of Denver, Indiana University and in private workshops.

Tanja lives in Boulder, CO, with her family, where she also works as a Writing Instructor and Consultant. She is currently working on House of Defiance, a memoir about her year traveling through post-war, former Yugoslavia.