Shalya Gray, known as Shay, has been an avid reader and writer since she was a young child. Her first publishing adventure was in 2005 when her short story titled "The Good Ol' Days" was bought and published in the anthology, "Social Security in the hood we take care of our own!" Shay went on to join the Amiaya Entertainment team and had her first novel "Truth Hurts" published in 2006. After parting ways with the publisher a year later, Shay didn't stop writing. She went on to contribute to several anthologies: My Time Publications: That's the Way Love Goes-(Twisted Love) A Place to Go (If It