Ritesh Kumar was born in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India on the 10th April of 1983. He was educated at the reputed City Montessori School, where he spent much of his time studying Math and Physics, reading Shakespeare, and dreaming stories. His passion to write started at an early age where he wrote short stories and comics. He went on to Bharati Vidyapeeth College of Engineering Deemed University to attain a bachelor’s degree in Information Technology. The day dreaming never stopped, and the short stories soon changed to full length novels. None of the work, however, reached an audience and the dream to write slowly faded away under pursuit for livelihood.

In 2006, Ritesh joined Infosys technologies as a software engineer and drowned himself in the world of software development for investment banks for the next ten years. During this time, he travelled to Tokyo where in the four years of his stay, his love for writing fiction rekindled. He attended Writers workshops and forums in the city to learn the art of writing and started giving shape to the first of the many stories to publish.

Ritesh is currently working in an investment bank as an associate but he is equally focused in bringing his first book, Vestiges Of Alchemy, of his upcoming fantasy trilogy, The Core chronicles, to readers around the globe.