Debashis Deb is a surgeon who has, over the last 13 years, metamorphosed into a bilingual author. In 2016, he won the Tata Litfest Mumbai short story competition. So far, he has authored three novels and a short story collection. This is his fifth book. Many of his short stories have been published in esteemed literary magazines.

In Bengali, he has the Anandabazar group sponsored Golper Larai – a short story competition. His stories have been published in Desh, Sananda and many other leading Bengali magazines.