Avinuo Kire is a writer and teacher from Kohima, Nagaland. She has authored two short story collections, The Last Light of Glory Days (Speaking Tiger) and The Power to Forgive (Zubaan). She also writes poetry and has co-authored an anthology of oral narratives, Naga Heritage Centre: People Stories (PenThrill). Her latest book is a novel, Where the Cobbled Path Leads (Penguin Random House).