Seema Azad is a freelance journalist, human rights activist, and the editor of the Dastak, Naye Samay Ki magazine. Her published books include Zindan Nama: Chand-Taaron Ke Bagair Ek Duniya; Aurat Ka Safar: Jail Se Jail Tak; a biography, Maulana Liaqat Ali: Allahabad aur 1857 ka Nayak; and an anthology, Batwara. She has also won the Lakshman Prasad Mandloi Award for Poetry in 2012 and the Ladli Media Award in 2021 for Aurat Ka Safar.