Gurjinder Basran (born 1972) is a Canadian novelist,"Torn between two cultures; Gurjinder Basran takes a fascinating look at realities of growing up Indo-Canadian in North Delta". Vancouver Sun, January 1, 2011. whose debut novel Everything Was Good-bye won the Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize in 2011. The novel was published by Mother Tongue Publishing in 2010, and was more widely republished by Penguin Canada in 2011 following her award win.
Basran is a graduate of the creative writing program at Simon Fraser University. In 2016, she served on the jury for the amazon.ca First Novel Award."Awad's first novel wins $40,000 prize". Halifax Chronicle-Herald, May 30, 2016.
Her second novel, Someone You Love Is Gone, was published in 2017."Review: Gurjinder Basran's Someone You Love Is Gone is a story of loss and recovery". The Globe and Mail, September 8, 2017.
Bibliography Everything Was Goodbye (2010) Someone You Love Is Gone (2017) Help! I'm Alive (2022)"66 works of Canadian fiction to watch for in spring 2022". CBC Books, January 11, 2022.
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