Anosh Irani

From 1998, Irani attended the University of British Columbia and received his bachelor's degree in creative writing in 2002.

In September 2014, Irani was the writer-in-residence at Simon Fraser University in the world literature department.

His first full-length play, The Matka King, premiered in October 2003 at the Arts Club Theatre Company in Vancouver.

Irani was also featured in Quill & Quire as one of a handful of young Canadian "writers to watch."

Irani's second novel, The Song of Kahunsha, was chosen as a CBC Book Club One pick, and selected for the 2007 edition of Canada Reads.