Preeti Kaur Dhaliwal

Preeti Kaur Dhaliwal (she/her) is a writer, educator, community facilitator, and former lawyer. The daughter of Punjabi immigrants, she was raised between Surrey and North Delta, BC. She holds an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Guelph and a Master of Laws from the University of Victoria. Her debut poetry collection is I found a god who could (Brick Books, 2027), and she was selected as the 2025 Poet-in-Residence at Upstart & Crow. She lives on the unceded past, present, and future territories of the Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh Nations / Vancouver, British Columbia.

Books by Preeti Kaur Dhaliwal