Waseem Siddiqi is an Australian scientist and an acclaimed Urdu author. He received a Master's and PhD degree in Geology from Aligarh Muslim University, and Master's in Environmental Management from Victoria University, Australia. He has presented research papers in the fields of environmental management and industrial hygiene around the world. He is currently a Health, Safety and Environment specialist at Kuwait Oil Company.

Siddiqi is an Urdu fiction and non-fiction author, who's works have been translated in to English and Hindi. His first book Dinon ke Pher was published by Maktaba Jamia, New Delhi in 2003. In 2015, his most noted book The Liar and Other Stories was published by Diamond Books. Dr. Siddiqi's stories have also been published in various eminent magazines such as Laaraib, Insha, Shaer, Tahreer-e-nav, Nai Kitaab and Kitaab Numa. His books are available in print and online on Amazon, Kindle, and iTunes. He has also written an Urdu book about the emphasis on monotheism in the Holy Quran called rad-e-shirk.