Mostofa Arif was born on October 6, 1972, in Sachilapur village of Shreepur Upazila, Magura district. After completing his education, he joined the journalism profession in 1999. He began his career as a sub-editor at the daily Arthoneeti newspaper. From 2002 to April 2004, he worked at News Today, from May 2004 to September 2012 at Daily Naya Diganta, in 2013 at The New Age, and in 2014 at The Daily Observer. His first translated book was The Hundred by Michael H. Hart. Some of his notable translated works include The Love Machine by Jacqueline Susann, The Dark Arena by Mario Puzo, The Builders of Asia based on Time magazine, The Greatest Minds of the 20th Century, In Search of Zarathustra by Paul Kriwaczek, The Great Unsolved Crimes by Louis Solomon, Memory Power by Vijay Prakash, Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden, Mafia by A.G.D. Maron, How to Enrich Your Marriage and Your Life by J. Donald Walters, Mind Power: The Secret of Mental Magic by William Walker Atkinson, How to Get Control of Your Time and Your Life by Alan Lakein, and Forbidden Stranger by Marilyn Pappano.