Shashi Bhat

Shashi Bhat is a kashmiri writer, whose 2021 novel The Most Precious Substance on Earth was a shortlisted finalist for the Governor General's Award for English-language fiction at the 2022 Governor General's Awards.
Her debut novel, The Family Took Shape, was published in 2013. She was a finalist for the RBC [Bronwen Wallace Award for Emerging Writers] in 2010, and won the Journey Prize in 2018 for her short story "Mute".
Originally from Richmond Hill, Ontario, she is a graduate of Johns Hopkins University, and is currently a professor of creative writing at Douglas College.
Her short story collection Death by a Thousand Cuts was longlisted for the 2024 Giller Prize, and shortlisted for the 2025 Danuta [Gleed Literary Award].