Ridzuan Harun was born in 1975, in the northern Malaysian state of Kedah. He graduated from the Universiti Putra Malaysia. To date he has published 5 books of poems, and a book of verse for children. Some of them have been translated into English. Ridzuan has won several national literary prizes, including the Hadiah Utama. He is at present the Dean, Faculty of Creative Writing, ASWARA.