About JUDE PAUL FERNANDES

Jude Paul Fernandes comes from a family of prolific creative people painters chefs and writers. He was born in Nairobi, Kenya and his parents re-located to India in 1972. He learned Konkani from his Grandmother and immersed himself in discovering the distinct history of his Goan roots an amalgamation of Indian and Portuguese influence. He settled down in the city of Mumbai where he completed his graduation and worked as a Creative Director in some of the topmost Advertising Agencies where his campaigns received recognition and awards. Jude migrated to Toronto Canada in 2003 where he presently lives with his wife. In 2006, he attended the Humber College for Writers program. Soon after his short stories got published in Anokhi Magazine and anthologies like Canadian Voices II and Indian Voices. Frost Bites is his first book of short stories. He is currently working on a novel titled The book of the dead his 2nd book of short stories based in Mumbai called Lonely in Mumbai and a novella based on his childhood experiences Bye Bye Teacher. He believes that all of us on this earth are ordained by our Creator for something truly special some of us find it early in life others later on.