About Anand Mahadevan
Born 1979. Anand Mahadevan is a Canadian and Indian novelist.
Anand Mahadevan is an Indian-Canadian writer, who was awarded an Honour of Distinction from the Dayne Ogilvie Prize for LGBT writers in 2013.
Born and raised in Tamil Nadu, India, Mahadevan moved to the United States at age 17 to study. and teaches science at the University of Toronto Schools and creative writing at the Humber School for Writers.
The Strike, his debut novel about a young Tamil man's gay sexual awakening, was published in Canada by TSAR Publications in 2006. Its publication in India followed in 2009.
He subsequently served on the jury for the 2015 Dayne Ogilvie Prize, selecting Alex Leslie as that year's winner.
Works The Strike (2006)
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