Biju Vasudevan was born in Haripad, Kerala and came to Rourkela at the age of six months. He completed his education from Ispat English Medium School, Rourkela where he did his Matriculation and Undergraduate Courses. he joined National Institute of Technology, Rourkela from where he graduated in Mechanical Engineering. After a brief stint in ITC (BATCO) he joined SAIL, Rourkela Steel Plant and has lived most of his life in Rourkela. He has served Salem Steel Plant too from 2007 to 2012. He is currently an engineer and technologist, and is presently working as Assistant General Manager for State Enterprise of Steel Authority of India, Ltd at Rourkela Steel , An excellent conversationalist and storyteller, his poetry and writing brings characters to life and has an almost surreal feel to it. He has a total of six critically acclaimed books under his belt . "The Contract" was his debut novel and this edition was brought out to bring out a low price version. He is one of the authors and poets to watch out for in this century. He is also a poet, martial artist, guitarist, and musician. He is married to Jyothi and has a daughter Arundhati and a son Venugopal