Pasha Malla

Pasha Malla is a Canadian author.

He was born in St. John's, Newfoundland, and raised in London, Ontario. He attended Concordia University in Montreal as a graduate student. During his days in London, Ontario, Pasha attended Sir Frederick Banting S.S, where he played basketball and was a founding member of the Backyard Soccer League.

His debut book, The Withdrawal Method, a collection of short stories, won the Trillium Book Award and the Danuta Gleed Literary Award, One of his short stories, "Filmsong", won an Arthur Ellis Award His second novel, Fugue States, was published in 2017. Malla's third novel, Kill the Mall, was published in 2021 and was shortlisted for the 2022 Hamilton Literary Awards. Malla is an infrequent contributor to The Walrus.

Malla is currently an associate professor in the English Department at York University, where he teaches Creative Writing.

Books 2008: The Withdrawal Method, House of Anansi, 2008: All Our Grandfathers Are Ghosts, Snare Books, 2012: People Park 2015: Erratic Fire, Erratic Passion: The poetry of sportstalk, Featherproof Books 2018: Fugue States, Vintage Canada 2020: Kill the Mall