T. Styles

Author. Show Host. Motivational Speaker.

Award-Winning CEO of The Cartel Publications - an international, independent publishing house.

Toy's screenplay 'Concrete Beach' reached the semifinalist round of the Academy Of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences', Nicholl Fellowship competition in 2018. In 2019 Toy became a quarterfinalist in Page International Screenwriting competition. In 2019, Toy reached the finals for the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts & Sciences Nicholl fellowship competition reaching the top twelve of over 7,300 entries.

Toy's publishing house, The Cartel Publications, is the face of today's urban fiction and street fiction industries. In both the digital and print world, the Cartel represents the best her generation has to offer in African American literature. She has aptly been dubbed "Urban Fiction Empress" and "Literary Master".

Toy is multifaceted and currently runs an independent publishing company she facilitates her popular seminar "How To Write A Novel In 30 Days", using her non-fiction novel of the same title. Toy consults authors and publishing houses on what it takes to achieve success and longevity in the industry.

She has been featured in The Washington Post, The Baltimore Sun, Essence Magazine, Don Diva Magazine, Oprah Winfrey's Network, and Urban Book Source. She has been awarded Author Of The Year by AAMBC and was voted Most Underrated Author by The Urban Book Source.

www.toystyles.com

www.thecartelpublications.com

www.cartelurbancinema.com

Specialties:

Publishing, Writing, Public Speaking (Motivational, Branding, Writing), Copywriting