Shauna Singh Baldwin (born 1962) is a

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- American novelist of Indian descent.

Career

Baldwin was born in

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. She holds an MBA from

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and an MFA from the

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. Her 2000 novel ''What the Body Remembers'' won the

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(Canadian/ Caribbean Region), and her 2004 novel ''The Tiger Claw'' was nominated for the

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. Her second short-story collection, ''We Are Not in Pakistan'', was released in Canada in 2007. She currently lives in

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. Baldwin and her husband David Baldwin are former owners of the

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, an espionage-themed restaurant in

Books

* ''A Foreign Visitor's Survival Guide to America'' (1992, coauthored) * ''English Lessons and Other Stories'' (1996, short stories) * ''What the Body Remembers: a novel'' (2000) * ''The Tiger Claw: a novel'' (2004) * ''We Are Not in Pakistan: stories'' (2007) * ''The Selector of Souls: a novel'' (2012) * ''Reluctant Rebellions: New and Selected Non-Fiction'' (2016)

Plays

* ''We Are So Different Now'' (2009) Staged in Toronto in 2016 by Sawitri Theatre Group.

References

www.ShaunaSinghBaldwin.com

External links

*
Shauna Singh Baldwin's
entry in

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Shauna Singh Baldwin at the Berlin International Literature Festival 2005
1962 births Living people Writers from Montreal Canadian emigrants to the United States Canadian women novelists American women writers of Indian descent Canadian people of Indian descent Writers from Milwaukee American Sikhs 20th-century American short story writers 20th-century Canadian short story writers Canadian writers of Asian descent Canadian people of Punjabi descent American people of Punjabi descent 21st-century American novelists 21st-century Canadian novelists 20th-century Canadian women writers 21st-century Canadian women writers American women novelists Novelists from Wisconsin American novelists of Indian descent 20th-century American women writers 21st-century American women writers {{AsianAmerican-stub