Ishrat Ali was born in a village of Moradabad city, Western UP in 1987. In 2003 he moved to Moradabad city. The seventh of nine children, he was educated at several schools in the nearby villages of Moradabad city, including HMIC School in Moradabad. He completed his graduation in Economics from the University of Delhi in 2011. Early in his career, he worked for an MNC, MetLife GOSC. Having worked for about four years, he started his own business in the field of Export and Construction. He wrote the novel End of Expectations while he was working and completed it in 2017. At present, he is working on other upcoming novels while continuing with his business in Export and Construction.