Arjun Basu

Arjun Basu is a writer and editor with a quirky sense of humour and a contemporary style. During his tenure as editor of EnRoute, he published Squishy, a collection of short stories that was shortlisted for the ReLit Prize. He also writes 140-character Twisters on Twitter (@ArjunBasu), which have won him a Shorty Award, lots of press, and more than 162,000 followers worldwide. His new novel, Waiting for the Man (ECW), is the story of a disillusioned New York ad man who unwittingly creates a media sensation when he heeds the advice of a mysterious stranger to go west and find himself. Basu lives in Montreal PQ.