As a young child, Tosin Coker developed a passion for literacy and writing, driven by her curiosity of what lay in the leaves of the books that kept her mother so enchanted. A foundation of reading and story telling established, she passionately embarked upon quenching her awakened thirst for books, fiction and non-fiction alike, ever-anticipating weekly visits to her local library with her beloved co-conspirator. It was her mother that acknowledged her predestined future as a writer, at least two decades before Tosin actively bore testimony to it herself, when in 2007 she penned her first novel; The Mouth of Babes, unwittingly becoming the first female, African British science fiction author.

Tosin Coker is an inheritor of the genetic blood disorder, Sickle Cell Anaemia and is often afflicted with painful crises as a result. Calling upon her own life experiences as an inheritor of the sickle cell blood disorder, Tosin candidly shares her accumulation of knowledge and wisdom on the subject in her first non-fiction book:Genetic Nemesis HbSS Sickle Cell Anaemia. With her 'out of the box' approach, this book is filled with guidance and tips for improving daily life. As well as educating the layman and offering practical suggestions, she explores unconventional theories pertaining to issues commonly faced by those living with sickle cell.