Palash Krishna Mehrotra was born in Bombay in 1975 and educated at St. Stephen's College, Delhi, the Delhi School of Economics and Balliol College, Oxford. He is a regular contributor to Tank magazine. His collection of short stories, Eunuch Park, and the anthology, 'The Penguin Book of Schooldays' are both published by Penguin India. He lives in Dehra Dun with his grandmother.