I am shaqwan Tisdale the author of The Broken Silence. I was born and raised in a small town in North Carolina and i grew up in different parts of New Jersey. Although I am now a proud husband and father of two children and one on the way, i have not always had a life of happiness. I am a person who has come so far yet has so far to go. I have made many bad decisions, endured countless disappointments and experienced many  losses not to mention a lifetime of having to live with the fear of silence; however, I've managed to use it all as a stepping ladder to my success. My Book The Broken Silence has allowed me to finally  speak out about my past and my worst experiences that I realize now could never be erased no matter how hard I try. I am the boy who was suppose to have died but yet survived. I am who I need to be, a conqueror.