Fiction Writing

Raywat Deonandan is a prolific and widely published writer of award-winning fiction. He was awarded two Hart House (University of Toronto) Literary Prizes, was the winner of the 1995 Canadian Author's Association National Student Literary Competition, and his short story "A Memory of Flowers and Coconut" was nominated for the prestigious Journey Prize. His first book, Sweet Like Saltwater (TSAR, 1999), won the prestigious Guyana Prize for Best First Work in 2000. The prize is the national book award of the nation of Guyana and is the only national English-language book prize given by a Caribbean nation.

Sweet Like Saltwater continues to be taught academically at such institutions as Cornell University, Columbia University, Ryerson University, York University and the University of New Brunswick.

As well, Deonandan has received top merit-based writing grants from the Ontario Arts Council, the Toronto Arts Council and the very prestigious Canada Council for the Arts. His newest book is a novel titled Divine Elemental (TSAR, 2003).

A full publication list is available here. Reviews of Deonandan's work and several author interviews, in both print and multimedia, can be found by clicking the reviews link. To keep abreast of his public readings and signings, visit the news & appearances page.

Books
		Divine Elemental, TSAR Publications (Toronto, 2003, ISBN: 1894770080)
		Sweet Like Saltwater, TSAR Publications (Toronto, 1999, ISBN: 0920661777)
		Folktales of Ancient India, yet unpublished
Short Stories
	Raywat Deonandan's short stories have appeared in magazines and literary journals around the world. The following is a list of some of the magazines which have carried his work:
	Pagitica (Toronto, Ontario) Writ (Toronto, Ontario) Authors (Medicine Hat, Alberta) Descant (Toronto, Ontario) Phlogiston (Wellington, New Zealand) Wasafiri (London, England) Hart House Review (Toronto, Ontario) Green's Magazine (Saskatoon, Saskatchewan) The Grammateion (Toronto, Ontario) The Harpweaver (St. Catharine's, Ontario) Printed Matter (Tokyo, Japan) India Currents (San Jose, California) The World of English (Beijing, China)
	Here are some sample stories. No copying or redistribution of the following is permitted without the express written permission of Raywat Deonandan: From Sweet Like Saltwater, Children of the Melange (c. 1994) From Sweet Like Saltwater, In Flight (c. 1994) From Sweet Like Saltwater, Sanjay & Allison (c. 1995) From Pagitica Magazine, A Memory of Flowers and Coconut (c. 2003) From Desilicious, Destroyer of Worlds (c. 2003)
Anthologies
		Deonandan's short story, "Midnight Shift" appears in Toronto Noir, (Akashic Books, 2008, ISBN-13: 978-1-933354-50-7).
		Deonandan's non-fiction essay "Why I Love Professional Wrestling" appears in Opposing Viewpoints: Popular Culture, (Greenhaven Press, 2005, ISBN: 0737731052).
		Deonandan's non-fiction essay "A Scientist's Relationship with Science Fiction" appears in Worlds of Wonder: Readings in Canadian Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature, (University of Ottawa Press, 2004, ISBN: 0776605704).
		Deonandan's short story "Destroyer of Worlds" appears in Desilicious, Arsenal Pulp Press (Toronto, 2003, ISBN: 1551521547 ), a collection of South Asian erotic literature.
		Deonandan's short story "Motherland" appears in Bolo!Bolo! The Kitchen Table Collective, (Toronto, 2000), a collection of writings by second generation South Asians living in North America.
		Deonandan's short story "Far From Family" appears in Jahaji, TSAR Books (Toronto, 2000, ISBN: 0920661882), an anthology of Indo-Caribbean literature. Reviews are available here and here.
		Deonandan's short story "The Reef" appears in North of Infinity, Mosaic Press (Toronto, 1998, ISBN: 0889626340), an anthology of Canadian science-fiction.