Sayantan Ghosh was born in Calcutta, India. He is the editorial director of Simon & Schuster India. His writings have appeared in Ambit Magazine, Electric Literature, Litro Magazine, The Quint, Firstpost, The Telegraph, National Herald, The Hindu Business Line, The Times of India, and numerous other publications. He was awarded the Editor of the Year award at the Publishing Next Industry Awards 2023. He lives and writes in New Delhi, India. This is his first novel.