Paul Zacharia has authored over fifty works of fiction and non-fiction in Malayalam, including short stories, novellas, travelogues, film scripts, essays, and children’s books. A member of the founding team of Asianet TV channel, he writes regularly for leading Malayalam and English media and has travelled extensively in India and abroad. He received the Sahitya Akademi Award in 2004 and was elected a Distinguished Fellow of the Kerala Sahitya Akademi in 2013. He has received many literary honours, including the Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award (twice) as well as the Odakkuzhal, Muttathu Varkey, Padmarajan, Katha (twice), O. V. Vijayan, and Vallathol awards. He was presented the Ezhuthachan Puraskaram, the top literary honour of the government of Kerala, in 2020. His latest work is Fifty Stories, a short story collection in English translation. He lives in Thiruvananthapuram.