Tu-Shonda Whitaker embraces her love for writing and releases its passion in her fictitious novel, Flip Side of the Game. In 1996 Whitaker won the Ella Baker and W.E.B Dubois International award for fiction writing. Tu-Shonda has been published in the literary magazine, Grub Street Writer, for three consecutive years. She was also published in the Black Literary Journal. Tu-Shonda looks forward to making a notable contribution to the world of literature. She resides in New Jersey with her husband and two young daughters. Presently she has a career as a social worker.