Zaky Yamani, born in Bandung on July 27, 1978, worked as a journalist and editor at Pikiran Rakyat (2002–2016). He earned an MA in Journalism from Ateneo de Manila University with a Konrad Adenauer ACFJ scholarship. Besides journalism, he writes novels and short stories. Currently, he is working on a historical romance set in 15th-century Indonesia and Portugal, supported by a residency program of the National Book Committee for research in Portugal.