Writing is a passion that runs deep in Maya's veins. Her creations although raw and undefiled reek of melancholy at their intense epitome, hoping that her words seep into the reader's bones.

Maya Sultan is a 17-year-old senior in Islamabad, Pakistan.

Her publications include The Paper Crane Journal, The Hearth Magazine, Cathartic Youth Literary Magzine, Teen Ink, and Juniper Literary Magazine.  

Every piece Maya writes is a fragment of her heart that she exposes to the real world. This fragment was one of Maya's initial creations, inspired by a young heartbreak and how the death stick (for the poem, it is intended to be a cigarette - the reader can metamorphose this metaphor into whatever entity they deem fit) becomes the bearer and knower of all pains.