Shashi Bhat is a Canadian writer, whose 2021 novel The Most Precious Substance on Earth was a shortlisted finalist for the Governor General's Award for English-language fiction at the 2022 Governor General's Awards.[1]

Her debut novel, The Family Took Shape, was published in 2013.[2] She was a finalist for the RBC Bronwen Wallace Award for Emerging Writers in 2010,[2] and won the Journey Prize in 2018 for her short story "Mute".[3]

Originally from Richmond Hill, Ontario, she is a graduate of Johns Hopkins University, and is currently a professor of creative writing at Douglas College.[4]

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