Abhijit Maity (b. 1992 –) grew up in a small village in West Bengal, India. In his childhood, he saw dire poverty in the family. His parents always support him to be courageous and self-dependent. In 2018, he completed an M. Phil on the short-stories of Rudyard Kipling. He published many articles in the academic journals. Now, he is a visiting lecturer in degree colleges. The Cry of Joy is his first published collection.