Farzana Doctor is a Canadian novelist and social worker.

Biography

Born in

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Dawoodi Bohra The Dawoodi Bohras are a religious denomination within the Ismā'īlī branch of Shia Islam. Their largest numbers reside in India, Pakistan, Yemen, East Africa, and the Middle East, with a growing presence across Europe, North America, South ...

Muslim expatriate parents from India, she immigrated to Canada with her family in the early 1970s. She has published three novels to date, and won the 2011 Dayne Ogilvie Grant from the

Writers' Trust of Canada The Writers' Trust of Canada (french: La Société d'encouragement aux écrivains du Canada) is a registered charity which provides financial support to Canadian writers. Founded by Margaret Atwood, Pierre Berton, Graeme Gibson, Margaret Laure ...

for an emerging lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender writer. Her second novel, ''Six Metres of Pavement'', was also a nominee for the 2012 Lambda Literary Awards in the category of

Lesbian Fiction Lesbian literature is a subgenre of literature addressing lesbian themes. It includes poetry, plays, fiction addressing lesbian characters, and non-fiction about lesbian-interest topics. Fiction that falls into this category may be of any gen ...

, and was announced as the winner of the award on June 4, 2012. In 2017, it won the One Book, One Brampton award. In 2015, her third novel, All Inclusive, was released in Canada, and it was later released in the US in 2017. It was a Kobo 2015 and National Post Best Book of the Year. In addition to her writing career, Doctor works as a registered social worker, in a private psychotherapy practice, coordinates a regular reading series in

Toronto Toronto ( ; or ) is the capital city of the Canadian province of Ontario. With a recorded population of 2,794,356 in 2021, it is the most populous city in Canada and the fourth most populous city in North America. The city is the anch ...

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neighbourhood, and coproduced ''Rewriting The Script: A Loveletter to Our Families'', a documentary film about the family relationships of LGBT people in Toronto's South Asian immigrant communities."Farzana Doctor touring new novel"
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CBC Books CBC Arts (french: Radio-Canada Arts) is the division of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation that creates and curates written articles, short documentaries, non-fiction series and interactive projects that represent the excellence of Canada's div ...

'' listed Doctor's 2020 novel ''Seven'' on its list of Canadian fiction to watch for in spring 2020.

Books

* ''Stealing Nasreen'' (2007) * ''Six Metres of Pavement'' (

Dundurn Press Dundurn Press is one of the largest Canadian-owned book publishing companies of adult and children's fiction and non-fiction. The company publishes Canadian literature, history, biography, politics and arts. Dundurn has about 2500 books in print, ...

, 2011) * ''All Inclusive'' (

, 2015) * ''Seven'' (

, 2020)

References

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