Pratap Reddy immigrated to Canada from India in 2002. Writing mostly about the angst and the agonies (sometimes the ecstasies) of immigration, he is the author of Weather Permitting & Other Stories (2016), Ramya’s Treasure (2018), Shards of Verse (2024) and Remaindered People & Other Stories (2025). He is currently working on a novel tentatively titled Praful’s Errands set in India. He serves on the boards of “Bootmakers – The Sherlock Holmes Society of Canada” and “Diaspora Dialogues” – a nonprofit which supports new writing and encourages emerging writers. He lives in Mississauga with his wife and son.

Interview: Heart to Art with Peta-Gaye Nash, Sauga Arts Hub

Watch Pratap’s interview with Peta-Gaye Nash, in which he discusses his short story collection Remaindered People & Other Stories and hid self-published poetry book Shards of Verse: