Mangad Ratnakaran was born in 1962 at the Bara village in North Malabar. He completed his studies from Vedikkunnu UP School, Uduma High School, Government College, Kasaragod, Brennan College and University of Delhi. He currently works at Asianet News. He has written twenty books, including poems like Nohayude Kalathu Ingane Thanneyayirunno, Ayyo Alla, Innaleyude Chorapaadukal Aarum Marakkathirikkan Njaninnu Paadunnu.