Tara Ross is the author of Why We Need the Electoral College (2019), along with multiple other books about the Electoral College. Her children’s books include We Elect A President: The Story of our Electoral College (2016) and We Created a Country: The Story of Our Constitution (2026). ​ Tara is a retired lawyer and a former Editor-in-Chief of the Texas Review of Law & Politics. She obtained her B.A. from Rice University and her J.D. from the University of Texas School of Law. She resides in Dallas with her husband and children.