Arjun Basu

{{short description|Canadian writer|bot=PearBOT 5}}

{{Infobox writer

| name = Arjun Basu

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| birth_place = Montreal, Quebec, Canada

| occupation = writer

| genre = novelist, short stories

| notableworks= Squishy, Waiting for the Man

| website = {{official website|http://arjunbasu.com/}}

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Arjun Basu is a Canadian writer.[http://www.openbooktoronto.com/ahibbs/blog/catching_with_squishy_author_arjun_basu_140_characters_or_more "Catching up with "Squishy" Author Arjun Basu in 140 Characters or More"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110415013833/http://www.openbooktoronto.com/ahibbs/blog/catching_with_squishy_author_arjun_basu_140_characters_or_more |date=2011-04-15 }}. Open Book Toronto, April 11, 2011. He has published two award-nominated books, and is also known for his Twitter feed, on which he posts flash fiction branded as "Twisters".

Born and raised in Montreal to immigrant parents from India, Basu published his debut short story collection Squishy in 2008. The book was shortlisted for the ReLit Awards in 2009. His novel Waiting for the Man was published in 2014,[http://www.cbc.ca/books/2014/10/arjun-basu-on-his-novel-waiting-for-the-man.html "Arjun Basu on his novel Waiting for the Man"]. The Next Chapter, October 15, 2014. and was a longlisted nominee for that year's Scotiabank Giller Prize.[https://montrealgazette.com/entertainment/Giller+Prize+long+list+short+Montrealers/10209016/story.html "Giller Prize long list isn’t short of Montrealers"]. Montreal Gazette, September 15, 2014.