The author of the poetry collection Water & Wave (Redhawk, 2024), Eugene Datta has worked as a newspaper journalist, a book reviewer, and an editor. His fiction and poetry have appeared in publications such as Common Ground Review, The Dalhousie Review, Mantis, Hamilton Stone Review, The Bangalore Review, and elsewhere. A recipient of the Stiftung Laurenz-Haus fellowship, he has held residencies at Ledig House International Writers' Colony, and Fundación Valparaíso. Born and raised in India, he lives in Aachen, Germany. The Color of Noon is his debut collection of stories.