Shyam Selvadurai
Born in 1965 to a Sinhalese mother and a Tamilian father during the tense political climate of Sri Lanka, Shyam Selvadurai has incorporated many of his own experiences in his novel Funny Boy. Shyam left Sri Lanka due to the political tensions at the time and immigrated to Canada with his family when he was 19. He studied creative writing at the University of York. He published Funny Boy, his first novel to a warm critical reception in 1994 and won the WH Smith/Books in Canada First Novel...
