Note: 2014 bio: "Elan Bashir was born in South Asia and raised nomadically. He credits his upbringing with fostering a wandering mind and tendency to daydream. When he can focus, he works mostly on short fiction and academic medical writing, and tries to avoid overlap between the two. He also writes music and sings, with the result that the characters running through his head are often accompanied by their own soundtracks."