[3] Abdul Rasheed was born on 28 February 1965 at Suntikoppa, Coorg in Karnataka and spent his childhood in Kodagu district.

Currently he is Program Director with Mysuru Akashavani[6] He is the editor of online magazines "Kendasampige" and "Mysorepost" which are widely read by Kannada public.

Rasheed's works are difficult to classify and he is known as a genre bender weaving together prose, poetry, journalism and biography.

[12] His poetry collections include ‘’"Nanna Paadige Nanu"’’ and ‘’"Narakada Kennaligeyantha Ninna Benna Huri"’’ [13] Abdul Rasheed is often called Kannada's Basheer because of comparison of his fiction works with that of celebrated Malayalam writer Vaikom Muhammed Basheer.

[18] Rasheed has been a delegate of Sahitya Akademi to various countries including Sweden and Syria under cultural exchange program.

[23] Rasheed's award-winning works include four anthologies of short stories Pranapakshi, Haalu Kudida Huduga, Sampoorna Parijata and Eethanakada Kethegalu.