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Jaspreet Singh is a Canadian writer.

He grew up in India

India

India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

and moved to Canada

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

in 1990. Singh is the author of the novel Chef (2008 Vehicule Press/2010 Bloomsbury), and Seventeen Tomatoes: Tales from Kashmir
Seventeen Tomatoes
Seventeen Tomatoes: Tales from Kashmir is a book of linked stories by Jaspreet Singh. It revolves around two boys coming of age in Kashmir. Published by Véhicule Press and IndiaInk, it was awarded the 2004 McAuslan First Book Prize. The Indian edition spells the title as 17 Tomatoes.-External...

, a collection of linked stories. He is a former research scientist who holds a PhD in chemical engineering from McGill University

McGill University

Mohammed Fathy is a public research university located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The university bears the name of James McGill, a prominent Montreal merchant from Glasgow, Scotland, whose bequest formed the beginning of the university...

. His play, Speak, Oppenheimer, written for Montreal's

Montreal

Montreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...

Infinite Theatre, involves three physicists, including J. Robert Oppenheimer. He recently contributed an essay to the anthology AIDS Sutra: Untold Stories from India
AIDS Sutra
AIDS Sutra: Untold Stories from India is an anthology of writing telling the human stories behind HIV-AIDS in India. The book has been published in collaboration with Avahan, the India Aids initiative of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation...

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From August 2006 until June 2007, Singh was a resident in the Markin-Flanagan Distinguished Writers Program

Markin-Flanagan Distinguished Writers Program

thumbThe , at the University of Calgary, strives to advance the careers of Canadian writers, invigorate the Calgary writing community, and enhance the activities of the Faculty of Humanities and the Department of English...

at the University of Calgary

University of Calgary

The University of Calgary is a public research university located in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Founded in 1966 the U of C is composed of 14 faculties and more than 85 research institutes and centres.More than 25,000 undergraduate and 5,500 graduate students are currently...

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