Trent Lewin
BIO
Biography

Trent Lewin is a fiction writer of East Indian heritage who lives in Waterloo, Ontario. His fiction has appeared in Grain, The New Quarterly, FreeFall, Ex-Puritan and The Bangalore Review. He has won Boulevard's Emerging Writers Contest, the New Ohio Review's Annual Contest, and the Lascaux Prize for Fiction. Trent has also been published by The Missouri Review, december Magazine, and Split Lip Magazine. He has been longlisted in the CBC Short Story Prize five times, two of which resulted in shortlists, and has been shortlisted in the Commonwealth Writers Prize. Trent has a Distinguished Story in the 2025 Best American Short Stories.

Trent works in the area of climate change and holds a PhD in engineering. In his spare time, he bikes the gravel trails of the world and stops to watch baseball games. 

He is currently finishing a novel and a collection of short stories. You can find him at https://trentlewin.com and can reach him at info@trentlewin.com. 

ADDRESS
City: Waterloo, Province/Territory: Ontario
EMAIL
GENRE
Fiction
LANGUAGES
English
PUBLICATIONS
Publications
LINKS
Links
Author Website
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