Zafarul Azam is a technologist and a freelancer. He holds two masters degrees from Northwestern University and Utah State University, and a bachelor's degree from N.E.D. University. He previously held leadership positions at Kobo, HP, Palm, Motorola and AT&T. "Crying is for Women" is his first full length historical fiction novel. Zafarul topped in his graduating class in Engineering, winning a gold medal. He has previously published some short stories, and edited an Urdu language autobiography of an Engineer & Architect.