Shani Mootoo

Shani Mootoo
Mootoo with her book, Moving Forward Sideways Like a Crab
Born
Occupation
  • Novelist
  • Visual Artist
  • Filmmaker
LanguageEnglish
Alma materUniversity of Western Ontario (BA) University of Guelph (MA)
Website
www.shanimootoo.ca

Shani Mootoo is a Trinidadian-Canadian writer, visual artist and video maker. Her body of work, which explores gender and ethnic identity, alongside deep trauma, suffering, and the overcoming of it has received international acknowledgement.