T. Styles is the award Winning CEO of The Cartel Publications - an international, independent publishing house. She also owns Cartel Urban Cinema, an independent film production company. To date T. Styles has written 90 original novels under various pen names. Her novels have been published under her own house as well as Kensington and St. Martins. 

Her screenplay “Concrete Beach”, reached the semifinals round for the Academy Nicholl Fellowship, a screenwriting competition, hosted by The Academy Of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences (Oscars). In addition, her other screenplay “Blurred”, reached the top 15%, validating what her fans already know...that T. Styles knows the art of storytelling. 

Styles’ 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".

Styles is multifaceted and facilitates her writing courses via The Elite Writer's Academy where she teaches aspiring authors how to be prolific through story structure and marketing. She believes this knowledge will help authors and publishers achieve success and longevity in the book industry, using the Cartel as a guide.

She has been featured in The Washington Post, The Baltimore Sun, Essence Magazine, Don Diva Magazine, Oprah Winfrey's Network and Urban Book Source. 

When not writing, Toy produces independent movies and web series'.