Anuja Varghese
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Anuja Varghese is a Canadian writer from Hamilton, Ontario,[1] whose debut short story collection Chrysalis was published in 2023.[2]
Varghese's writing has been published in literary magazines such as The Malahat Review, The Fiddlehead and Plenitude, and has been anthologized in Devouring Tomorrow[3], When Other People Saw Us, They Saw the Dead and Queer Little Nightmares.[4] Her short story "Throwing Salt" was a Pushcart Prize nominee in 2021.[4]
Chrysalis won the 2023 Dayne Ogilvie Prize for LGBT literature,[5] the 31st annual Hamilton Literary Award for Fiction[6], and the Governor General's Award for English-language fiction at the 2023 Governor General's Awards.[7] Chrysalis was longlisted for the 2024 Carol Shields Prize for Fiction[8], and shortlisted for the 2024 Kobo Emerging Writer Prize[9].
Her debut novel, A Kiss of Crimson Ash, was acquired by Penguin Random House Canada for publication in May 25, 2026[10].
