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Sonia Saikaley
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Sonia Saikaley (born 1972) is a Canadian writer and poet. Her book, The Lebanese Dishwasher, co-won the 2012 Ken Klonsky Novella Contest. Life and work Sonia Saikaley was born and raised in Ottawa, Canada. Her writing often focuses on her Lebanese heritage. From 2007-2008, she spent a year in Shiogama, Japan working as an Assistant Language Teacher (ALT) through the Japan Exchange and Teaching Programme. During that time she composed poems which would later form into a collection called A Samurai's Pink House (forthcoming in 2017, Inanna Publications). Her first book, The Lebanese Dishwasher, co-won the 2012 Ken Klonsky Novella Contest. She wrote the first draft of that novella in three weeks to meet the contest's deadline. One reviewer noted that "his compact novel is impressively encompassing". Saikaley tackles topics that are often considered taboo within the Middle Eastern culture such as sexuality and forbidden love affairs. Her first collection of poetry, Turkish Delight, Montreal Winter, was published in 2012. She is currently working on a novel set during the Lebanese Civil War of 1975 called Jasmine Season on Hamra Street, which was awarded an Ontario Arts Council grant. Bibliography *The Lebanese Dishwasher - 2012 *Turkish Delight, Montreal Winter - 2012 
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