After graduating high school as the class valedictorian, Rupinder Gill studied Arts at the University of Toronto then moved back into her parents’ basement for a year. Her first book, the best-selling On The Outside Looking Indian, was shortlisted for the Stephen Leacock Medal for humor writing. Named one of Canada's funniest female writers by CBC Book Club, she has also written for the NBC/Global comedy Working the Engels, The Onion, O Magazine, McSweeneys, CBC Radio, and This Hour Has 22 Minutes.