Najma Usman was born in Karachi and now lives in London. Her first collection of poetry,"Shakh-e-Hina" was published in 1989. She has many more books to her credit: poetry collections: "Kade muasamon ki zad par" and "Khayal ki khushboo" A short story collection "Ped se bhichdi shakh" and a novel "Teen naslon ki kahani".