Author Pasha Malla was born in St. John's, Nfld., grew up in London, Ont., and now lives in Toronto. Pasha Malla's debut short story collection, The Withdrawal Method, was shortlisted for the Commonwealth Prize and longlisted for the Scotiabank Giller Prize and his first novel, People Park, was a finalist for the Amazon.ca First Novel Award. His latest, the novel Fugue States, busts stereotypes of manliness and questions the nature of masculinity.

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CBC Books' Why I Write series features Canadian authors speaking on what literature means to them. Shot on location at Toronto's Harbourfront Centre during the 2018 Canadian Writers' Summit, the series asks authors what motivated them to write their latest work, what themes readers should take away from the work and what excites them about the current national literature scene in general.

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