Hansda Sowvendra Shekhar was born, raised, works, and lives in Jharkhand. His first book, a novel, The Mysterious Ailment of Rupi Baskey, has won the Sahitya Akademi Yuva Puraskar 2015, and was shortlisted for The Hindu Prize 2014, and a Crossword Book Award 2014 in the category Indian Fiction. His stories and articles have been published in Indian Literature, The Statesman, The Asian Age, Good Housekeeping, Northeast Review, The Four Quarters Magazine, Earthen Lamp Journal, The Dhauli Review, La.Lit, AntiSerious, Alchemy The Tranquebar Book of Erotic Stories II, and The Times of India. He is currently working on his next book.