David John Chariandy (born in 1969 in Scarborough, Ontario)[1] is a Canadian writer and academic, presently working as a Professor of English literature at the University of Toronto.

In his work, he explores the truest meaning of origins and birthplace for immigrants and their children growing up in another part of the world but still belonging to another.

This area is known for its immigrant heavy population and has been sometime stigmatized by a reputation for crime, although statistics do not support this perception.

[5] Chariandy's novel Brother, the 2017 winner of the Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize was optioned for film,[10] and went into production in fall 2021 under the direction of Clement Virgo.

[13] In 2019, alongside Danielle McLaughlin, Chariandy won the Windham-Campbell Prize for Fiction,[14][15][16] a "global English-language awards that call attention to literary achievement and provide writers with the opportunity to focus on their work independent of financial concerns.