Arif Anwar was born in Chittagong, Bangladesh, just miles from the Bay of Bengal. He has previously worked for BRAC, one of the world's largest Non-Governmental Organizations, on issues of poverty alleviation, and for UNICEF Myanmar for public health issues. Arif has a PhD in Education from the University of Toronto. He currently lives in Toronto Canada, with his beautiful vivacious wife Si (Sandra) Lian. THE STORM is his first novel.