Jaspreet Singh

Jaspreet Singh

Jaspreet Singh is a Canadian writer.

He grew up in India and moved to Canada in 1990. He is the author of Chef, a novel, and "", a collection of linked stories. He holds a PhD in chemical engineering from McGill University. His play, Speak, Oppenheimer, written for Montreal's Infinite Theatre, involves three physicists, including J. Robert Oppenheimer. He recently contributed an essay to the anthology .

From August 2006 until June 2007, Singh was a resident in the Markin-Flanagan Distinguished Writers Program [ [http://www.fw.ucalgary.ca/english/markin/wir/j_singh.htm The University of Calgary's Markin-Flanagan Distinguished Writers Programme] ] at the University of Calgary.

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* [http://www.vehiculepress.com/cgi-bin/dbman/db.cgi?db=default&uid=default&ID=*&mh=10&sb=3&so=ascend&view_records=View%2BRecords&keyword=jaspree Chef, a novel set in Kashmir]
* [http://www.canada.com/cityguides/calgary/story.html?id=f074e93b-718b-4026-854d-f3a2057a35b6&k=7426 Stephen Hunt. "Novelist Jaspreet Singh brings touch of Kashmir to writer-in-residence program." "Calgary Herald." 20 August 2006]
* [http://www.walrusmagazine.com/articles/2007.09--mont-royal/ Walrus magazine] * [http://www.vehiculepress.com/Jaspreet-CBC.mp3 Author interview on CBC Radio]


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