Priscila Uppal FRSC (October 30, 1974 – September 5, 2018)[1] was a Canadian poet, novelist, fiction writer, and playwright.

[1] Her poetry addressed various social issues regarding "women, violence, sexuality, culture, religion, illness and loss.

[2] Following graduation, she was a professor in the Department of English at York University in Toronto and taught literature and creative writing.

[4] Uppal's poetry collection Pretending to Die (2001) was shortlisted for the ReLit Award,[1] and her memoir Projection: Encounters with My Runaway Mother was shortlisted for the Hilary Weston Writers' Trust Prize for Nonfiction in 2013.

[8] Uppal died of synovial sarcoma on September 5, 2018[9] after being diagnosed with the disease three years prior.