A UNIQUE STORY OF INTERSECTIONS: Since its initial release, very few YA coming-of-age books feature a character like Amrith who is Sri Lankan, Canadian, queer.

AWARD-WINNING NOVEL: Swimming in the Monsoon Sea is the winner of the Lambda Literary Award and a Governor General’s Literary Award finalist. 

CROSSOVER APPEAL: Shyam Selvadurai is an author beloved across age groups and Swimming in the Monsoon Sea is sure to appeal to both teens and adults alike.

REISSUING IN PAPERBACK WITH A NEW COVER!

SHYAM SELVADURAI was born in 1965 in Colombo, Sri Lanka. He came to Canada with his family at the age of nineteen. He has studied creative writing and theater, and has a B.F.A. from York University. Funny Boy, his first novel, was published to immediate acclaim in 1994, was a national bestseller, and won the W. H. Smith/Books in Canada First Novel Award and, in the U.S., The Lambda Literary Award, and was named a Notable Book by the American Library Association. Cinnamon Gardens, his second novel, was shortlisted for the Trillium Award. It has been published in the U.S., the U.K., India and numerous countries in Europe. Shyam Selvadurai lives in Toronto.

Author Residence: Toronto, Ontario

"As lush and languid as its Sri Lanka setting…What captures readers is the way the story rolls in waves, mimicking how Amrith looks at himself, then looks away. The luxuriant language with details of architecture and verdant gardens doesn’t call attention to itself, but refreshes like a breeze. Selvadurai, who wrote so gracefully for adults…now does the same for teens."
—Booklist, Starred Review