Mangesh Jadhav is a graduate from Mumbai University in Physics and Computer Science. He undertook a writing course by ïWriters Bureau', Manchester, U.K. He has been reading mysteries and thrillers since he was a child and has watched ïSpy Stories' and ïFBI Files' on Discovery and National Geographic channels. He is a newspaper buff and reads two newspapers every day: ïThe Times of India' and ïLokasatta'.

He follows national and international eventsclosely on various news channels, and prefers stories related to crime, terrorism, defence and espionage. Mangesh also surfs the Internet for information from the real world of crime and espionage. He enjoys crime, spy, and war movies. At the moment, he is busy writing his second novel.