Toni Cross was born and raised in Central Florida. She was a voracious reader from a young age and the many books she read before she was probably old enough inspired her love of writing.
Toni has more degrees than one person realistically needs and will be starting her career as an international trade attorney pending admission to the Washington DC Bar.
One of her biggest passions in life is studying world languages. To date, she speaks
-Spanish
-French
-Russian
-Arabic
-Chinese
-Turkish
to varying degrees of proficiency. No matter how much her family begs, she will never describe herself as fluent in any language other than English and is happy to explain her reasoning to anyone who’s interested.
She is currently working on multiple firsts: her novel “First Gen”, a series of language learning workbooks, and a literary terms primer for young people.
You can see her Amazon author page here and order her books from her store.
Upcoming Projects
First Gen (TBA)
Six first generation Americans reconnect at their ten-year reunion and navigate life’s challenges in this book about love, friendship, and the American Dream.
CrossWord Language Hacks (Fall 2020)
Get your confidence up with workbooks that make learning grammar in a new language easy! Currently available for learners of Turkish. Coming soon for Russian, Spanish, French, and Arabic.
Hip-Hop Lit from A-Z
Using hip-hop lyrics to explain literary terms? Groundbreaking.