Tohir Malik was born on 27 December 1946, in
Tashkent, in a family of military workers. Malik faced difficulties in his childhood in the aftermath of
World War II. These difficulties kept Malik from attending secondary school. He instead learned from his older brothers and sisters.
Uzbek writer and
interpreter Mirzakalon Ismoiliy was his uncle, who was killed by the government in 1949. Tohir's first story was written and published in 1960,
Gulxan magazine. In 1963 he entered
Tashkent State University and studied journalism. Malik practiced writing short tales, and started writing in
fantasy genre, which was new to
Uzbekistan. As a student he wrote "Hikmat afandining o'limi", the first ever fantasy fiction story in the history of Uzbekistan. His novels and stories were translated into Russian and other languages. ''So'nggi o'q
led to a 7 part film, while Shaytanat''a generated a 20 episode series. After graduation Tohir taught in many schools, and became the department director of "Lenin uchquni". He then worked in Republican tele-radio union, for publisher Gulistan and for the Uzbek writers union. He died in 2019. == Contributions ==