作者: Toni T-Shakir

Toni T-Shakir, author and co-CEO of Shakir Publishing, is a Jamaican native who grew up in the Bay Area of Northern California, subsequently migrating to Los Angeles. She is an avid reader who acquired the love for writing at a young age. Shakir Publishing is the culmination of Toni”s dream of bringing awareness to critical stories throughout the world and being a voice for those who are often unheard. She has recently ventured into the film industry as a producer on the film adaptation of Land Of No Pity, written and directed by her stepson, Asim Jamal Shakir Jr. The film is slated to become a tv series in 2021. Toni”s debut novel, Land Of No Pity, introduced the world to her ground-breaking style of storytelling, that entrenched the mainstream into the gritty gang culture of South Central Los Angeles in a qualitative and poignant way. Her follow-up sequel, Land Of No Pity II: The Lost Generation, is the long awaited continuation of the saga readers have been highly anticipating.