Vajra Chandrasekera is a prolific writer hailing from Colombo, Sri Lanka. Chandrasekera's literary repertoire boasts over fifty short stories featured in prominent magazines and anthologies such as Analog, Black Static, and Clarkesworld. Notably, his short fiction has been honored with a nomination for the prestigious Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award.

Chandrasekera's debut novel, The Saint of Bright Doors, was released to critical acclaim, and his anticipated second novel, Rakesfall, is slated for publication in June 2024. Apart from his novels, Chandrasekera's short stories include 'The Translator, at Low Tide'— a nod to the Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award, 'On the Origin of Specie', 'Documentary', and 'Applied Cenotaphics of the Long, Long Longitudes', among others.

His involvement extends beyond writing, as he has held the position of fiction editor at Strange Horizons from 2016 to 2022, served as a shadow juror for the Clarke Award in 2017, and contributed as an admin and judge for the Dream Foundry Writing Contest between 2020 and 2021. Chandrasekera was also a co-admin of the Free Ahnaf Jazeem translation project from 2020 to 2022 and an editor of Afterlives: The Year's Best Death Stories by Psychopomp in 2023.

Chandrasekera maintains an active presence on social media platforms including Twitter, Bluesky, Instagram, Mastodon, and Tiktok. He also operates a Patreon to engage with and receive support from his readership, offering exclusive updates and patrons-only essays. Additionally, he publishes updates, essays, and reviews on his blog, which fans can follow through a newsletter subscription.