Firdaus Haider was born in 1940 in the small town of Gujranwala in Punjab, Pakistan into a well-respected family of sufi teachers. She studied Persian and Urdu literature and started writing while she was still in college. She has published several short story collections, travelogues, memoirs and novellas. She has also written plays for television and anchored radio talk shows on sufi music and spirituality. Reiki healing is her other calling. She lives in Karachi. A more detailed bio of Firdaus is available at this link
