1. He was born on July 3, 1952 in Bombay, India.
2. He earned bachelors degrees in mathematics and economics from Bombay University.
3. He then immigrated to Canada and attended the University of Toronto where he earned additional degrees in English and philosophy.
4. He has won two Hart House literary prizes for short story writing.
5. His first collection of short stories was published in 1987: Tales from Firozsha Baag, published in the US as Swimming Lessons and Other Stories from Firozsha Baag.
6. His second novel, Such a Long Journey, was published in 1991 and won the Governor General's Award, the Commonwealth Writers Prize for Best Book, and the W.H. Smith/Books in Canada First Novel Award.
7. His third novel, A Fine Balance, won the Giller Prize and the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Fiction; it was selected for Oprah's Book Club in 2001.
8. His latest books are called Family Matters and The Scream.
Have you read any of his books?
