Known by the name I.J. Kalia, Innocent Joseph Kalia is a Nigerian poet, author, writer, educator and entrepreneur. He published his first novel, Beside Heavens in 2011 and in late 2013, I.J. Kalia and Happy Mosez published Streams of Blue Flames, a collection of love poems. In 2015, he published Rusted Guitar Strings with AuthorHouse, UK, his single debut collection of poetry. He sees writing poems as his voice of expression. I.J. Kalia is a product of Nasarawa State University, Keffi and NTI Kaduna. He is a founding member of Grinlemon Literary Society and also a member of AWF (Abuja writers’ forum).