When studying in University of Delhi, Joygopal Podder was a popular contributor for Target magazine.

Joygopal Podder started writing at age 50, in 2010, because of love for his wife who became ill.[5] His first book was Deceivers.

Chief Minister's Mistress is reviewed in Indian Express and Joygopal Podder's skills are compared there with those of John Grisham.

[8] Joygopal Podder's bestsellers include Millennium City, Beware of the Night, Superstar, Merchants of Dreams and Vanished.

In "Scripting a novel record" (Hindustan Times)[9] he tells the readers about his motivation sources and his life.