Tanya started writing for her local West Dublin newspaper at the age of 11, reporting on Dublin Zoo, the Coca-Cola factory and 'backstage' at McDonalds. She later moved to London to complete a master’s in journalism at the University of Westminster.

From freelancing as a music supervisor for Film Four and working in PR/Communications for MTV, to later becoming an A&R scout for Warner Music, Tanya worked across the music, film and TV industries in various roles before returning to Dublin, where she then became a music journalist at Hot Press magazine

For the last 15 years, she has been a columnist in a number of Irish newspapers and magazines, among them the Dubliner, STELLAR, U, Irish Tatler. She was previously a columnist for the Irish Times Magazine and had written a personal column on pregnancy for the newspaper. She is currently a journalist and Weekend magazine columnist at the Irish Independent and is a regular contributor on Irish radio & TV. She also has a Master's in screenwriting.

Tanya has just completed her debut novel Esther Is Now Following You, a funny, fresh and deeply affecting, story about celebrity, fandom and what happens when it all becomes a bit too real.