Fatima Ralia, a creative writer, poet, and storyteller, hails from Perne, a small village in Dakshina Kannada district. She holds an MBA in Information Technology and has garnered numerous accolades, including the First Prize in Sudha Ugadi Essay Competition (2020), Mogaveera Literary Award (2021), and First Prize in Samajmukhi Katha Competition (2022). She’s also been honored with the Vidyadhara Pratishthana Kodamadava Award for Unpublished Poetry Collection, Bendre Sahitya Award, Lankesh Prashasti, and Avva Prashasti for her work ‘Kadalu Nodalu Horatavalu’. Her story collection ‘Odeyalarada Odapu’ has been published by Sankathana.