Farid Khan was born and raised in Patna. He was a part of the Patna unit of the Indian People’s Theatre Association (IPTA) since he was a child. After completing his MA in Urdu from Patna University, he trained in theatre at the Bhartendu Natya Academy in Lucknow. His poems have been published in several leading journals and magazines. He is the author of two plays, produced by IPTA Patna and Nat-Mandap. He is the author of Apno Ke Beech Ajnabi (2022; non fiction), Geeli Mitti Par Panjo Ke Nishan (2023; poetry collection) and Master Shot (2023; short stories). He is based in Mumbai and writes for television and cinema.

Jerry Pinto is the author of The Education of Yuri (2022), Murder in Mahim (2017) and Em and the Big Hoom (2012; winner of the Hindu Prize and the Crossword Book Award), and the non-fiction book Helen: The Life and Times of an H-Bomb (2006; winner of the National Award for the Best Book on Cinema). His other books include Asylum and Other Poems, Surviving Women, A Bear for Felicia, Monster Garden, When Crows Are White and, as editor, A Book of Light: When a Loved One Has a Different Mind, Reflected in Water: Writings on Goa, The Greatest Show on Earth: Writings on Bollywood, Bombay, Meri Jaan: Writings on Mumbai (with Naresh Fernandes) and Confronting Love: Poems (with Arundhathi Subramaniam). He has translated (from Marathi) Daya Pawar’s classic autobiography Baluta, and the memoirs I Want to Destroy Myself (Mala Udhvasta Vhachay) by Malika Amar Shaikh, I, the Salt Doll (Mee Mithaachi Baahuli) by Vandana Mishra, and (from Hindi) I Have Not Seen Mandu (Maine Mandu Nahi Dekha) by Swadesh Deepak. Jerry Pinto teaches journalism at the Social Communications Media department of the Sophia Polytechnic in Mumbai and is on the board of the People’s Free Reading Room and Library and SPARROW, a woman’s archive. In 2016, Jerry Pinto was awarded the Windham-Campbell Prize and the Sahitya Akademi Award.

Naseeruddin Shah is a theatre actor and director, co-founder of the theatre company Motley, and a film actor. He is the recipient of numerous awards, including the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award, three National Film Awards, three Filmfare Awards, and an award for Best Actor at the Venice Film Festival. He is the author of And Then One Day: A Memoir (2014).