Dr. K. V. Dominic, English poet, critic, short story writer and editor is a retired professor of the Post Graduate & Research Department of English, Newman College, Thodupuzha, Kerala, India. He was born on 13 February 1956 at Kalady, a holy place in Kerala where Adi Sankara, the philosopher who consolidated the doctrine of Advaita Vedanta was born. He took his PhD on the topic "East-West Conflicts in the Novels of R. K. Narayan with Special Reference to The Vendor of Sweets, Waiting for the
Mahatma, The Painter of Signs and The Guide" from Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, Kerala.

In addition to innumerable poems, short stories and critical articles published in national and international journals, he has authored/edited thirty-five books so far, including six poetry books in English, one each translated into Hindi and Gujarati. Sanchita Karma and Other Tales of Ethics and Choice from India was originally published as Who is Responsible? in 2016 and is his first collection of short stories. Prof. Dominic is the Secretary of Guild of Indian English Writers, Editors and Critics (GIEWEC), a non-profit registered organisation having now 250 members mainly consisting of university/college professors, research scholars and professional English writers. He is the Editor and Publisher of the international refereed biannual journal in English, International Journal on Multicultural Literature (IJML), and Editor-in-Chief of the Guild's international refereed biannual journal, Writers Editors Critics (WEC).

Four books on his poetry-both poetry and criticism-were published from the same publishing house, Modern History Press, in 2016 and 2017. International Poets Academy, Chennai conferred on him its highest award Lifetime Achievement Award in 2009. India Inter-Continental Cultural Association, Chandigarh conferred on him Kafla Intercontinental Award of Honour Sahitya Shiromani in recognition of his contribution in the field of literature in 2014. Dr. Dominic can be contacted at: prof. Website: www.profkvdominic.com.