Shyam Selvadurai

Shyam Selvadurai
Born (1965-02-12) February 12, 1965
Colombo, Western Province, Dominion of Ceylon
(now Sri Lanka)
OccupationWriter
NationalitySri Lankan-Canadian
Period1990s-present
Notable worksFunny Boy, Swimming in the Monsoon Sea
SpouseAndrew Champion

Shyam Selvadurai (born 12 February 1965) is a Sri Lankan Canadian novelist. He is most noted for his 1994 novel Funny Boy, which won the Books in Canada First Novel Award and the Lambda Literary Award for Gay Fiction.