Author Biography

Since her start in the writer's arena in 2000, Tracie has made several strides within the online poetry community. In September 2001, Poetry.com published two of her poems, "Partners" and "Live The Dash" in a highly acclaimed and internationally distributed three-album collection, "The Sound of Poetry" and a hardbound poetic anthology, "Under the Quicksilver Moon." Also in 2001, Poetry.com selected Tracie's poem, "Live The Dash" as a semi-finalist in their International Open Poetry Contest. In 2002, Tracie was nominated for Poet of the Year. She was also nominated for induction as an International Poet of Merit as well as an honored member of the National Society of Poets.

Tracie has for several years worked as Children's Fair Coordinator with the hugely successful Detroit Festival of the Arts. She has also worked with other esteemed not-for-profit organizations, Girl Scouts of Metro Detroit and Mosaic Youth Theater. Ms. Christian also spent several years teaching with both Detroit and Hamtramck Public School systems. Truly inspired by working in the non-profit sector, in 2003 Tracie became the Founder and CEO of KTE Foundation for Literary Discovery Incorporated - a 5010c3 non-profit organization dedicated to the concept of Revitalizing Excitement Around Literacy (REAL) for youth throughout the metropolitan Detroit area through innovative and creative workshops/special events celebrating exposure to the Literary and Communication Arts. The acronym KTE stands for Know Trace Entertainment, (a fun play on words using her college radio personality and nickname TRACE and KNOW to express her feeling that "people need to get to know Trace in entertainment). It names what she hopes will become her own literary and communication arts entertainment conglomerate. "I learned through this process that I am much like Debbie Allen says, "When I do dream, I dream big and in color!" That's how my picture remains clear! I want this company to cater to every age, gender, creed and color of people…specifically my own."