K. N. Y. Patanjali was a noted writer, journalist from Andhra Pradesh.

Patanjali was born on 29 March 1952 in Alamanda of Vizianagaram district of Andhra Pradesh to the couple K. V. V. Gopala Raju and Seeta Devi.

He joined Eenadu news paper as a journalist in 1975 in worked there till 1984.

He started his own news paper Patanjali Patrika and ran it for 16 months.

Khaki Vanam (Brown garden) is based on the lives of the Police.