A journalist and former civil servant based in Itanagar, Mamang Dai has written extensively about the culture and history of Arunachal Pradesh. She is a member of the North East Writer’s Forum, and has to her credit a number of published short stories and poems. Her previous books include The Legends of Pensam, Mountain Harvest—The Food of Arunachal; River Poems; and two children’s books, Once Upon a Moontime and The Sky Queen.