"Every secret of a writer's soul, every experience of his life, every quality of his mind, is written large in his works." ~ Virginia WolfeThe "Master of the Mindf*ck" has been creating mind-twisting stories and lavish worlds for well over a decade, rolling onto the national literary scene as a contributor to Z-Rated: Chocolate Flava 3 in 2012. His raw, vivid, and uncut writing style captured the attention of the Queen of Erotica herself, Zane. A year later, Shakir's debut novel with Strebor/Atria/Simon & Schuster, The Awakening, opened to rave reviews, while the follow-up in the Nubian Underworld series, Legacy, garnered even more success, and the third installment, Tempest, helping to make the series one of the most unique and best-selling in the erotic romance genre.Rashaan would later add to his impressive catalog with the debut of the Kink, P.I. Series in 2015, starting with Obsession and following up with Deception and Reckoning. Drawing comparisons to Walter Mosely's Easy Rawlins series, Kink, P.

I. has developed into yet another best-selling series, carving its place as a "throwback to the days of classic mystery books" in the mystery genre.Shakir has gone on in recent years to pen a series of bestselling novels, including In Service to the Senator, a sexy political thriller that has been called "heart-pounding" and "an edge-of-your-seat suspense" by several reviewers, The Devil's All-American, a unique paranormal romance featuring a rising college basketball star, Unthinkable, a not-so-conventional romance set in the entertainment industry, and most recently in 2020, Love, Lust & Beautiful Liars, a romantic suspense novel about an international weapons dealer who was looking to retire and enjoy his HEA.Shakir is developing a couple of new series in the YA Paranormal genre for 2022 and beyond, including The Netherwraith Series for Entangled/Macmillan, and the South Hampton Series, in addition to a couple of YA suspense novels to expand his literary universe. He currently resides in suburban Atlanta with his wife, college-bound daughter, and a Jack-Chi named Teddy.