Prateek lives in his flat that overlooks Bangalore’s largest lake (that sometimes catches on fire – stunning views nonetheless). He writes code for a living. In his more youthful days, he used to moonlight as a kickboxing instructor. More recently he has taken to writing short stories. Some of his works have appeared in Spark magazine, Wasafiri magazine, Jaggery Lit, and Muse India. His story “Less Than Perfect” was short-listed for the Queen Mary Wasafiri New Writing Prize in 2019. He is a graduate of the Bangalore Writers Workshop. He likes to cook, eat, sleep, read, write, and collect art prints from glossy magazines and old calendars.