Pasha Malla is a Canadian author

Author

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He was born in St. John's, Newfoundland and raised in London, Ontario

London, Ontario

London is a city in Southwestern Ontario, Canada, situated along the Quebec City – Windsor Corridor. The city has a population of 352,395, and the metropolitan area has a population of 457,720, according to the 2006 Canadian census; the metro population in 2009 was estimated at 489,274. The city...

. He attended Concordia University in Montreal as a graduate student.

His debut book, The Withdrawal Method, a collection of short stories, won the Trillium Book Award

Trillium Book Award

The Trillium Award is given annually by the government of the Province of Ontario and is open to books in any genre: fiction, non-fiction, drama, children's books, and poetry. Anthologies, new editions, re-issues and translations are not eligible. Three jury members per language judge the...

 and the Danuta Gleed Literary Award

Danuta Gleed Literary Award

The Danuta Gleed Literary Award recognizes a first collection of short fiction by a Canadian author writing in English. The award is presented annually by the Writers' Union of Canada and was endowed by John Gleed in honour of his late wife....

, as well as being shortlisted for the Commonwealth Prize and longlisted for the Scotiabank Giller Prize

Scotiabank Giller Prize

The Scotiabank Giller Prize, or Giller Prize, is a literary award given to a Canadian author of a novel or short story collection published in English the previous year, after an annual juried competition between publishers who submit entries...

. One of his short stories, "Filmsong", won an Arthur Ellis Award while another was published on Joyland: A hub for short fiction

Joyland: A hub for short fiction

Joyland: A hub for short fiction is a website for short stories. It was created by authors Emily Schultz and Brian Joseph Davis and its editorial structure is uniquely distributed across eight North American cities and regions. Notable contributors have included Jonathan Lethem, Lydia Millet,...

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Later that year, Snare Books released All Our Grandfathers Are Ghosts, a collection of poetry.

Malla is a frequent contributor to The Walrus

The Walrus

The Walrus is a Canadian general interest magazine which publishes long form journalism on Canadian and international affairs, along with fiction and poetry by Canadian writers. It launched in September 2003, as an attempt to create a Canadian equivalent to American magazines such as Harper's, The...

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Books

• 2008: The Withdrawal Method, House of Anansi, ISBN 978-0887842153
• 2008: All Our Grandfathers Are Ghosts, Snare Books, ISBN 978-0973943887