Akhil Katyal grew up in Bareilly and Lucknow and currently lives in New Delhi. In 2016, he was an International Writing Fellow at the University of Iowa. His first book of poems, Night Charge Extra, was shortlisted for the Muse India Satish Verma National Award, 2015. He has translated Ravish Kumar’s book of Hindi love stories, Ishq Mein Shahar Hona, as A City Happens in Love (Speaking Tiger, 2018). He teaches Creative Writing at Ambedkar University Delhi. How Many Countries Does the Indus Cross is his second book of poems.