Roop Dhillon (Rupinderpal Singh Dhillon) is an English Punjabi Writer. He is the only writer who has been raised in the UK and has chosen to write in Punjabi, as opposed to English. He is self taught, having learnt to read and write Gurmukhi in his mid thirties. He is the President of Baagi Batti, an organization set up to encourage Punjabi children of the west to write and read in their heritage tongue. His other objective is to introduce international themes and ideas to Punjabi Sahit, and make Punjabi Literature accessible and relevant to Western Born Punjabis who choose to take it up as a subject.

Roop Dhillon lives in the County of Surrey in England. To date he has written an English novel ( Annexation), published various English poems in British Magazines and been the only Punjabi Writer to have a novel written in the Gurmukhi script published in the UK. This novel is Neela Noor (The Blue Light), the first of its kind.

Since then he has written a Science Fiction Novel – Bharind, which is expected to be released in the near future and has a Surrealist Novel about Life in Southall and Spain in the pipeline.

Other works include a score of Punjabi poems, mostly published on Punjabilekhak.com and three short stories, including Sci fi Thriller Kaldaar Kay Kaldaas and Dil Diaya Peerhaan. His most recent work in Punjabi is Canadian Gangster, which is about the issue of wayward Punjabi youth in Canada.