Name: SJ Sindu (Faculty Advisor) Email: sindu.sathiyaseelan@utoronto.ca
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Bio: SJ Sindu was born in Sri Lanka and raised in Massachusetts, and is the award-winning author of two novels, Marriage of a Thousand Lies and Blue-Skinned Gods, as well as the hybrid fiction and nonfiction chapbook I Once Met You But You Were Dead. A 2013 Lambda Literary Fellow, Sindu holds a PhD in Creative Writing from Florida State University, and teaches at the University of Toronto Scarborough Campus. Sindu has been visiting family in Scarborough for every school break since 1995, and considers it a second home. Sindu's new novel-in-progress focuses on the experiences of Sri Lankan Tamil immigrants living in Scarborough.