Ramendra Kumar is an award-winning writer for children and young adults. He also dabbles in satire, poetry, fiction and travelogues.

Ramen's work has been translated into several Indian languages as well as Chinese, French, Spanish, Japanese, Mongolian and Sinhala. Tales penned by him have also found a place in the school text books in India as well as abroad. His writings have been included in national and international anthologies including the popular 'Chicken Soup for the Soul Series'. His latest book ‘Now or Never’, has been recommended by CBSE as a supplementary reader for classes 7 and 8.

Ramen is a sought after speaker on 'Here and Now' Writing and has also become a regular at leading children’s literature festivals.

An Engineer and an MBA, Ramen is working as Chief of Communications, Rourkela Steel Plant. To know more about him you can check out his page on Wikipedia or visit his website www.ramendra.in.