Aparna Singh (Ph.D.) is an academic, poet and short story writer. She has taught in various educational institutions across Kolkata in the past decade. She works as an Assistant Professor in the Department of English, Diamond Harbour Women's University. She has published in multiple national and international journals and books to date. Her area of interest includes Indian Writing in English and Dalit literature. She has four edited volumes to her credit and has worked as a copyeditor with Sahitya Akademi. She is one of the authors of the poetry collection Three Witches' Songs and the author of the short story collection Periodic Tales, which won the Nissim International Special Mention Award 2024. She has published book reviews with The Statesman, Muse India, The Hooghly Review, and the international journals Setu and Indialogs.