SUSMITA PAUL is the Founding Editor-in-Chief of The Pine Cone Review. She is also the Poetry and Art Editor. She knew she would study English Literature when she was 8. She writes in English and Bengali. She writes poetry, short fiction and non-fiction. "Himabaho Kotha Bole" (When Glaciers Speak) (Kaurab, 2019) is her only Bengali book of poetry. Her works are published/forthcoming in Poetry and Covid, Montauk and Plato's Caves Online amongst others. She has dabbled in various media in drawing and painting. Currently, she loves to draw Zentangle-inspired drawings. Susmita is addicted to coffee and loves listening to people, sounds and silences. www.susmitapaul.org 

Dr. KHUSI PATTANAYAK is the Fiction Editor.  She is a PhD in English Literature with over 13 years of professional experience in both academia and industry. A polyglot, she has a number of published books, articles and translations to her credit. A cine-scholar, she was featured in TEDx Thought Break. KP has swashbuckled from Middle-Earth to Earthsea while enjoying Márquez , Kafka, Neruda , Seth, Christie in no specific order . Presently she spearheads Corporate Communications for an MNC. A Potter-fan, she is the Patronus Charm herself.

DEBALINA DAS is the Non-fiction Editor. Coming from a Bengali Middle Class comparatively progressive family, the opportunities to visit, stay and volunteer in Denmark, Switzerland, USA and India have allowed her to envision the world from different perspectives. This exposure to the local languages, art, food, homes, textiles, society and beliefs of a cross-section of society has curated her interests and broadened her horizons. All these have taught her to never carry an umbrella, get wet, be confident in yoga pants, bake like Nigella, treasure the content and not worry about the fluff.

SREEMOYEE CHATTERJEE is the Illustrator. She is a MBA by education, an animator and a fashion designer by profession and a visual artist at heart. She started learning to draw at a tender age and currently holds a portfolio that includes sketching, water colour painting, pastel creations, portraits and mixed media paintings. She manages to read in spite of her busyness. Sreemoyee adores Nabaneeta Dev Sen and biriyani in the same breath. She loves to sing Rabindranath Tagore's songs.