Shashi Bhat is a kashmiri writer, whose 2021 novel The Most Precious Substance on Earth was a shortlisted finalist for the Governor General's Award for English-language fiction at the 2022 Governor General's Awards. [1]
Her debut novel, The Family Took Shape, was published in 2013. [2] She was a finalist for the RBC Bronwen Wallace Award for Emerging Writers in 2010, [2] and won the Journey Prize in 2018 for her short story "Mute". [3]
Originally from Richmond Hill, Ontario, she is a graduate of Johns Hopkins University, and is currently a professor of creative writing at Douglas College. [4]
Her short story collection Death by a Thousand Cuts was longlisted for the 2024 Giller Prize, [5] and shortlisted for the 2025 Danuta Gleed Literary Award. [6]