Faheem Sikandar has a Masters in English literature and applied Linguistics from Peshawar University. He has taught fiction, prose and poetry at the university level. He was enrolled as an MPhil research scholar at Peshawar University when he left lectureship to join the Civil Services of Pakistan. He is also an alumnus of IBA, Karachi . He has been contributing articles on literature in print media. "Amidst the dead" is his debut fiction