Mariam grew up listening to her grandfather’s fictional accounts (which at that time she believed to be true and maybe still does) of his adventures with extra-terrestrials. Since then, she has nurtured a love for stories and has been fascinated by the potential of words to suspend one in time. Quite often, she tends to get lost in the spaces of dreams and imagination – creating characters and outlining plots and lives. Thoughts on art, culture, spaces, lines, colors, birds and the sky occupy most of her time and at other times, she enjoys walking through paths crowded with trees, flowers and butterflies. She is currently working as the Design Editor of Lakeview International Journal of Literature and Arts, the Design Editor of Panorama Journal, Associate Editor and Design Editor at Strands Publishers and is pursuing her Masters in English at Manipal Centre of Philosophy and Humanities. She hopes to become a teacher someday and inspire a curiosity for learning.