Suman Chakraborty studied English at the Universities of Calcutta and Glasgow. He is the author of Creative Writing: A Practical Approach, editor of Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest, and co-editor of C.U. English Honours Questions: An Essential Companion. His articles, monographs and academic contributions have appeared in a number of publications of international repute including The Dictionary of Literary Characters, Indian Review of World Literature in English and IACLALS Newsletter. He presented his research papers in London and Scotland and is an advisory editor of Parnassus: An Innovative Journal of Literary Criticism (ISSN 0975-0266) and The Journal of Contemporary Literature (ISSN 0975-1637).