Rupinder Gill is a

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writer. She is a former television publicist for Alliance Atlantis and BBC Canada. Her first book, ''On the Outside Looking Indian'' is a humorous memoir about her childhood as the child of

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n immigrants in a small Canadian town. The book was shortlisted for the 2012 Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal for Humour. Her book garnered attention before its release because the popular website Reddit featured the book's spoof back cover featuring Oprah Winfrey's quote for A Tale of Two Cities. Gill has written for Canadian comedy shows ''

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'' and ''

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'', the ''

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'' and websites such as ''

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''. Gill is a writer for '' The Sex Lives of College Girls'' and is credited with writing five episodes.

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* 21st-century Canadian memoirists Canadian comedy writers Living people Canadian people of Indian descent Canadian writers of Asian descent Canadian women memoirists Year of birth missing (living people) {{Canada-writer-stub