David Chariandy

David Chariandy grew up in Toronto and lives and teaches in Vancouver. His debut novel, Soucouyant, received stunning reviews and recognition from eleven literary award juries, including the Governor General’s Literary Award shortlisting, a Gold Independent  Publisher Award for  Best Novel, and a Scotiabank Giller Price longlisting.

Brother, his second novel published in 2017, was nominated for nearly every major literary prize in Canada and published internationally.  Brother won the Rogers Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize and was longlisted for the Scotiabank Giller Prize.

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