An advocate for mental health and compassionate support.

As a mother of two and an ambassador for mental health, Shalina draws inspiration from lived experience, compassion, and a deep understanding of how people break, and how they heal.

Through her novels and films, she creates spaces for empathy, recognition, and truth.

Shalina’s debut novel, The Best Death, follows a group of strangers whose lives collide in a series of tragic, interconnected events, a haunting reflection on fate, choice and the unexpected fragility of life.

Her second book, Amie and the Diseased Mind, releasing 20th February 2026, is a psychological drama centred around love, trauma and the dangerous intensity of the human mind when pushed beyond its limits. Through her creative work, Shalina aims to challenge perception, deepen empathy, and encourage conversations that so often remain unspoken.