Pasha Malla was born in St. John's, Newfoundland, grew up in London, Ontario, and now lives in Toronto, where he is the founder of Now Hear This!, a writers-in-schools program run through Descant Arts & Letters Foundation. His writing has appeared in The Globe & Mail, Maisonneuve, and McSweeney's, among other publications, been twice included in the Journey Prize Stories, and featured on CBC Radio's Definitely Not the Opera. Pasha's first collection of stories, The Withdrawal Method, will be published by House of Anansi in May.