Shyam Selvadurai

Shyam Selvadurai was born in Colombo, Sri Lanka and came to Canada with his family at the age of nineteen. "Funny Boy, " his first novel, was published to immediate acclaim in 1994, was a national bestseller, and won the W. H. Smith/Books in Canada First Novel Award. In the U.S., it was the winner of The Lambda Literary Award, and was named a Notable Book by the American Library Association. "Cinnamon Gardens, " his second novel, was shortlisted for the Trillium Award. It has been published in the U.S., the U.K., India, and numerous countries in Europe. He is the editor of "Story-wallah! A Celebration of South Asian Fiction." Shyam Selvadurai lives in Toronto.