Born in 1954 in Mirzapur, Uttar Pradesh, India.  Teaching in the English department of the University of Allahabad since more than thirty years. Son of a landed agriculturalist and a talented mother, I was under the shadow of two brothers and two sisters who were highly accomplished. My father told me a number of stories and was a major formative influence on me. I have been a teacher of English Literature at the University of Allahabad for over three decades. I've taught Shakespeare and could not escape being struck by his magic. Contemporary literary theories have further made me think and write in certain ways. Life in the Indian Sub-continent has constructed my consciousness of what we are and what the West is.   Lakshmi Raj Sharma is a professor of English at the University of Allahabad. He lives in Allahabad with his professor wife, Bandana, and etymologist son, Dhruv. His first collection of stories, Marriages are Made in India, has now been published as an e-book by Publerati, USA. His first novel, The Tailor’s Needle, first published in the UK, is published by Penguin Books India, in 2012. His article, “Charles Dickens and Me” has been published in 2012 by the Oxford journal, English. Several of his stories and articles are published in American and British journals.

Have published several books and articles of literary scholarship. Have written and directed more than ten plays. Have published a story collection -- Marriages are made in India -- and another one -- Contemporary Woman -- is on its way to publication just as my second novel, Emancipation, is.
On Jan 26, 2017, I received the Award of Excellence for my story collection, Intriguing Women, from the University of Allahabad.