Pasha Malla is a Canadian author. He was born in

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and raised in

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. He attended Concordia University in Montreal as a graduate student. During his days in London, Ont. Pasha attended Sir Frederick Banting S.S, where he played basketball and was a founding member of the Backyard Soccer League. His debut book, ''The Withdrawal Method'', a collection of short stories, won the Trillium Book Award and the

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, as well as being shortlisted for the

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and longlisted for the

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. One of his short stories, "Filmsong", won an

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while another was published on Joyland: A hub for short fiction. Later that year, Snare Books released ''All Our Grandfathers Are Ghosts'', a collection of poetry. His first novel, ''People Park'', was published in 2012."Pasha Malla: the man who knew too little"
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'', 10 July 2012. Pasha is an infrequent contributor to ''

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Books

*2008: ''The Withdrawal Method'', House of Anansi, *2008: ''All Our Grandfathers Are Ghosts'', Snare Books, *2012: ''People Park'' *2015: ''Erratic Fire, Erratic Passion: The poetry of sportstalk'', Featherproof Books *2018: ''Fugue States'', Vintage Canada *2020: ''Kill the Mall''"47 works of Canadian fiction to watch for in spring 2020"

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, February 5, 2020.

References

Living people Writers from London, Ontario Canadian male short story writers Canadian writers of Asian descent 21st-century Canadian poets Canadian male novelists 21st-century Canadian novelists Writers from St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador Canadian male poets 21st-century Canadian short story writers 21st-century Canadian male writers Year of birth missing (living people) {{Canada-poet-stub