It is a Crime (1995)

Biography

Shani Mootoo was born in Ireland, grew up in Trinidad, and moved to Canada in her early twenties. A poet, fiction writer, and visual artist, Mootoo is the author of several novels, including her most recent Polar Vortex, shortlisted for the Scotiabank Giller Prize. Her first novel, the highly acclaimed Cereus Blooms at Night, is now a Penguin Modern Classic. She is the author of two books of poetry, The Predicament of Or, and the Cane | Fire. Mootoo is the recipient of a Dr. James Duggins Outstanding Mid-Career Novelist Award and has been awarded an honorary Doctorate of Letters from Western University. She has also been named a Writers’ Trust Engel Findley Award Winner. Shani Mootoo lives in Southern Ontario, Canada.