Tanya Biank is a Fulbright scholar and graduate of Penn State University. She holds a bachelor’s degree in journalism and was a member of the University Scholar’s program. Tanya comes from a family of combat veterans and active-duty service members. During her father’s thirty-year career in the Army, she grew up on military posts throughout the world and considers the Army home.

As an Army brat and Army wife, Tanya understands, appreciates and respects military families. She is frequently interviewed about military family life issues and speaks regularly to both military and civilian groups about the military.

As a journalist specializing in the military, Tanya writes about the military lifestyle and has traveled around the world with troops. She has appeared on several national television and radio shows discussing military issues. Her coverage of the 2002 Fort Bragg Army wife murders led to Congressional inquiries and changes in Army programs and policy.

Her book, “Army Wives: The Unwritten Code of Military Marriage” (St. Martin’s Griffin, May 2008) is the basis for the Lifetime Television series drama, ARMY WIVES starring Emmy-award winner Kim Delaney (NYPD Blue) and Catherine Bell (JAG). People Magazine ranked Army Wives in its Top 10 list of best TV shows in 2007. ARMY WIVES appears Sunday nights at 10 PM on Lifetime and is produced by Touchstone Television and the producers of Grey’s Anatomy, The Mark Gordon Company. Tanya serves as a show consultant. Tanya’s book “Army Wives” was originally published in hardcover as “Under the Sabers: The Unwritten Code of Army Wives” (St. Martin’s Press, Feb. 2006).

Tanya is a syndicated columnist for CinCHouse.com. She also writes a blog for LifetimeTV.com. She is a regular contributor to several military-related publications including Military Spouse Magazine, Military Officer Magazine, CinCHouse.com, the Better Business Bureau’s Military Line and Town Hall Magazine. Military Spouse Magazine named Tanya one of its Who’s Who Among Military Spouses for 2007 and she was recently appointed to the Currently Serving Spouse Council for the Military Officers Association of America. Tanya also serves as an adviser for the National Military Spouse and Family Monument, Militaryspousemonument.org

She currently lives in Washington, D.C., with her husband Michael, who is in the U.S. Army assigned to the Pentagon. The couple has a 1-year-old son.