Sakoon Singh studied English Literature at the JNU, New Delhi and Panjab University, Chandigarh. She has been a recipient of the Fulbright Fellowship and currently teaches Indian literature and cultural studies in Chandigarh. She has published her academic writings extensively, including contribution to Cultural Studies in India (2015) by Routledge, Literature and Theory (Routledge 2021) and Reading India in a Transnational Era (Routledge 2021).

She has served on the editorial team of Dialog and edited a special South Asia section for E3W Review of Books (University of Texas, Austin). She was a member of the selection process of Bal Puruskar, Sahitya Akademi, New Delhi. 2021.

She is currently doing a stint at Indian Institute of Advanced Study, Shimla.
“In the Land of the Lovers” (Rupa; April, 2020)- Short listed for PFC-VoW Book awards 2021 is her debut
novel.