Sophie Jai was born and raised in Trinidad. She moved to Toronto and attended York University where she completed a BA(Hon.). She is an alumna of the Humber School for Writers in Toronto. Jai pursued a Master’s degree in Creative Writing at Kellog College, Oxford University and now lives in London, UK.
Fiction
Wild Fires
London: Borough Press/HarperCollins, 2023.
PR6110.A385 W55 2022
Publisher’s Synopsis (From its website)
Everything Cassandra Rampersad knows about her family history has been overheard: whispered behind a closed door or written in a notebook stowed away. Cassandra has always been curious, and when a death in the family means she has to return home to Toronto, it seems like the perfect opportunity to finally discover what it is that no one else will talk about.
But uncovering the past will never be easy when it has stayed hidden for so long. And with every new revelation, Cassandra realises that there is a reason that her family has never been good at grieving…
Awards and Honours
2023 Fred Kerner Book Award (Canadian Authors Association) (Winner)
2023 Rakuten Kobo Emerging Writer Prize (Finalist)