An electrical engineer by profession, a creative writer, and illustrator by choice, Paresh Tiwari grew up in the labyrinthine lanes of Lucknow. The atmosphere steeped in art, history, and culture rubbed off on him and from time to time, he indulged in painting, sculpture, comic strips, poetry, and fiction. He took to Japanese literary short forms in the winter of 2012. His haiku, haibun, tanka, and haiga have been published in various international print and e-journals and anthologies. Paresh has won the Shiki and Indian Kukai, both peer-reviewed haiku competitions multiple times over, and his haiku have been recognised in various contests and reviews, the most notable being a third prize in the Summer World haiku Review 2014 and an honourable mention at the Mumbai Tata Literature Live, Autumn Rain Contest 2014. His haibun won the Wordweavers 2014 Flash Fiction contest. He is currently the resident cartoonist for United haiku and tanka society, USA. He has conducted haiku and haibun workshops at Hyderabad International Literature Festival - 2014 and at the SIES College Mumbai, for the students of Literature.