Abhimanyu Acharya is an award-winning fiction writer, playwright, and scholar. His works have appeared in The Fiddlehead, Identity Theory, Out of Print, Reading Room, amongst others. His plays have been performed across different cities in the US, Canada, and India. He has previously taught creative writing at Kings Universty College as well as the University of Toronto. He currently works as an Assistant Professor in Global Peace and Social Justice at McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario.