Born in France, Julien Columeau writes fiction in Urdu. His Urdu fiction includes Saaghar, Teen novelette, Zaahid aur Do Kahaaniyaan, Chaurangi, and Derrida haraamdaa. He has also published Nazar ki umang, an Urdu translation of The Eye Still Seeks, a collection of essays edited by Salima Hashmi on Pakistani contemporary art. He holds an MPhil in Islamic Studies from EPHE, Paris and a PHD in History from EHESS, Paris.