Feroz Rather was born and raised in Kashmir. He studied English Literature in New Delhi and worked with Random House. He is currently attending the MFA program at California State University Fresno where he also teaches fiction writing. His work has appeared in many journals in India including The Caravan, Tehelka, Reading Hour, Combat Law, Harmony, and Economic and Political Weekly. He was once interviewed by Christian Science Monitor, and his poem "The Stars of My Sky" was excerpted in an anthology, Until My Freedom Has Come: The New Intifada in Kashmir (Penguin India: 2011). His nonfiction is forthcoming with Los Angeles Review. [Read]