Faiz Yusuf

Faiz Yusuf was born in 1999 in the city of Patna in Bihar, India. Currently pursuing Economics Honours from Ashoka University, he is inclined towards writing, reading and music. He wrote his first book at the age of 12 and since then have got an opportunity to get three books published under his name including “Pictures of Life”, “The Farrago” and "Supernova". Throughout his school life, he has taken part in numerous inter-school literary competitions, being a part of Times of India Junior Editor Board as well as bagging prizes in various National Youth Parliaments and MUNs. Furthermore, he is a recipient of Scholars’ Badge and performs Slam Poetry, one of his performances being featured on the official Youtube channel of 'Your Quote'. He has interned for HarperCollins Publishers India and Penguin Random House India as well as has done Poetry Workshop from California Institute of Arts. He also has had the opportunity of working for United Nations Global Compact and UNESCO. Looking forward to an upcoming summer semester at London School of Economics, in addition to having done online courses from Harvard University, California Institute of Arts and United Nationals Council of Research, he has been consistently good at studies, including receiving a letter of appreciation from Education Minister of India. Being an avid public speaker and have written for various magazines, he wishes to pursue a career in Economics while keeping his zest for writing animate.