Gurjinder Basran (born 1972) is a

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novelist,"Torn between two cultures; Gurjinder Basran takes a fascinating look at realities of growing up Indo-Canadian in North Delta". ''

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'', January 1, 2011. whose debut novel ''Everything Was Good-bye'' won the

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in 2011. The novel was published by

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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

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. In 2016, she served on the jury for the amazon.ca First Novel Award. Her second novel, ''Someone You Love Is Gone'', was published in 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"

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, January 11, 2022.

References

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