Josen Kalra was born in upstate New York. His parents are from the northern state of Punjab in India. He grew up mostly in Southern California and attended the University of California, Berkeley as an undergraduate. Following his graduation at the University of California, Berkeley, he travelled through Central America and then Nepal, India, and Thailand. He then attended Columbia Law School and graduated from there in 2002. He worked as an attorney for a few years and found that his passion was writing. He started his own freelance writing business in 2011. Josen loves writing, chess, and traveling. His family, two parents and a younger sister, are his support and strength. Josen also enjoys teaching others through writing and looks forward to engaging anyone in a conversation about self-awareness and the Enneagram.