Sohini Basak grew up in Barrackpore, India and studied literature for her undergraduate degree at St. Stephen's College, University of Delhi during which she won prizes for her poetry at the RædLeaf India as well as the Reliance-Unisun TimeOut competitions. Her writing has been published or is forthcoming in journals such as Ink, Sweat and Tears; Paris Lit Up; The Cadaverine; Ambit; The Four Quarters Magazine; Helter Skelter and Muse India. She is currently studying at the University of Warwick and was recently shortlisted for the 2014 Melita Hume Poetry Prize.