Penelope M. Fernandez was born and raised in the sanctuary of the beautiful foothills of the Himalayas in a quaint town called Darjeeling, famous for its tea. She spent her childhood listening and learning from the sights and sounds of nature. Her favorite activity was watching the fireflies dance, while she contemplated over the deeper questions of life. As she grew older, Penelope developed a passion for words and melodies, and she started writing bits of verse. Before long clear unpolluted skies turned into concrete landscapes as she went to the city of Pune to do her Masters in Communication Studies. After working as a Business Editor for some years she decided to leave behind the security of a 9-5 job to become a writer. When she's not writing on her next novel she likes to channel her creativity into the production of music and writing blog posts.

"Nothing in the material sphere is sanctioned exclusion from the bonds of interconnection, not even art. Thus the conjecture that art as much one would like to believe is crafted for the sake of itself is not quite true. Instead the purpose of art is the psychological metamorphosis of the observer. And what is literature but a form of art which strings words into coherent sentences holding the potential to transform lives. It is undeniable that the hull of literature is entertainment but it must never be forgotten that the soul of literature is education."