About

Yousuf Azhar was born in India and raised in California. He lives in Tracy, California, with his family. His work appears in Tasbih Literary Magazine, Threads at Cal, and Constellations. A career in tech funds his writing. He is a QA Lead at Meta.

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Yousuf Azhar was born in India and raised in California. He holds a Memoir Writing Certificate from Stanford Continuing Studies, studied flash fiction at the Kenyon Review Writers Workshop, and is pursuing a writing certificate at the University of Iowa. His work appears in Tasbih, Threads at Cal, and Constellations.

Credentials and programs

Memoir Writing Certificate — Stanford Continuing Studies
Completed 2025–26.

Certificate in Writing — University of Iowa
In progress.

Kenyon Review Writers Workshop
Flash fiction with Maurice Carlos Ruffin, July 2026.

Also studied: Stanford Continuing Studies fiction courses (Flash Fiction, Short Story Workshop, Line by Line); University of Iowa courses including CW:4760 The Art of Revision, CW:3870 Advanced Fiction Writing, and CW:4745 The Sentence.

Master’s in Business IT. Member, AWP.