Nadeem Zaman was born in Dhaka, Bangladesh and grew up there and in Chicago. His work has appeared in Roanoke Review, Cha: An Asian Literary Journal, Open Road Review, The Milo Review, The East Bay Review, The Coppefield Review, Eastlit, China Grove Journal, 94 Creations, the Dhaka Tribune, and Salon.com. He is currently a doctoral candidate in Comparative Humanities at the University of Louisville, with a dissertation focus on Fiction and Postcolonial Theory and Literature.