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| name = Ranj Dhaliwal <br /> ਰਣਜ ਧਾਲੀਵਾਲ<br />
| image = Ranj Dhaliwal.jpg<br />
| birth_name = Ranj Dhaliwal<br />
| birth_date = 1976/1977<br />
| birth_place = [[Vancouver]], British Columbia, Canada<br />
| death_date =<br />
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| occupation = Writer<br />
| nationality = Canadian<br />
| period = 2006–present<br />
| genre = [[Crime fiction]]<br />
| website = {{URL|www.ranjdhaliwal.com}}<br />
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'''Ranj Dhaliwal''' ([[Punjabi language|Punjabi]]: ਰਣਜ ਧਾਲੀਵਾਲ; born 1976/1977) is a Canadian author.<br />
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==Early life==<br />
Born in Vancouver, Dhaliwal grew up in Surrey Central, British Columbia in the 1980s, which was a time when [[Indo-Canadians|Indo-Canadian]] families were scattered across the suburbs. Unfortunately this was a time when minorities were subjected to discrimination and racism, which Dhaliwal faced firsthand.<br />
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During his youth, Dhaliwal grew up with kids that at the early age of 13 were packing guns, stealing cars, getting into fights, making alliances, and selling drugs at school with police always close by watching the beginning of the Indo-Canadian gang culture rise.<ref name="Quill & Quire">{{cite web|last=Hanson|first=Cheri|title=Gangs Of B.C.|url=http://www.quillandquire.com/authors/profile.cfm?article_id=7383|work=Quill & Quire|date=19 September 2006 |publisher=St. Joseph Media|accessdate=17 May 2012}}</ref><ref name="News 1130">{{cite web|title=Well-Known Gangster Believed To Be Victim in Fatal Shooting|url=http://www.news1130.com/Local/Article/358314|work=News 1130|publisher=Rogers Communications|accessdate=17 May 2012}}</ref><br />
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==Personal life==<br />
Ranj Dhaliwal is a [[Sikh]]. He and his wife live in [[Surrey, British Columbia]] and have three sons.<ref name=SurreyLeader>{{cite web|last=Reynolds|first=Sheila|title=Is There Life Outside The Underworld?|url=http://www.surreyleader.com/entertainment/134002858.html|work=SurreyLeader|publisher=BlackPress|accessdate=17 May 2012}}</ref><ref name=DesiToday>{{cite web|title=DAAKU DELIGHT : Ranj Dhaliwal promises sequel to saga – but not just yet|url=http://www.desitoday.ca/daaku-delight-ranj-dhaliwal-promises-sequel-to-saga-but-not-just-yet/|publisher=DesiToday|accessdate=24 February 2015}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://www.macleans.ca/news/canada/ranj-dhaliwal-on-indo-canadian-gangs/|title=Ranj Dhaliwal on Indo-Canadian gangs: Canada's stories|date=29 June 2014|access-date=21 September 2016}}</ref><br />
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==Writing career==<br />
In 2006, Dhaliwal's first novel ''[[Daaku]]'' was published. The release of Dhaliwal's novel was the subject of controversy in the South Asian community for breaking the code of silence in the Indo-Canadian community, though not based on a true story.<ref name=CBC>{{cite web|title=New Book On Indo-Canadian Gangs Stirs Controversy|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/story/2006/10/16/bc-indo-canadian.html|work=CBCNews|publisher=Canadian Broadcasting Corporation|accessdate=17 May 2012}}</ref><br />
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In 2011, Dhaliwal's second novel ''Daaku: [[The Gangster's Life]]'' was published.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=ABC>{{cite web|title=Dhaliwal, Ranj|url=http://www.abcbookworld.com/view_author.php?id=8731|work=ABC Bookworld|publisher=BC Bookworld|accessdate=17 May 2012}}</ref><br />
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Ranj Dhaliwal is currently working on his third novel ''Gangland'', which is predicted to be released in 2016. A fourth novel ''Gang Related'' is also in the works and set to be released in coming years.<ref name="DesiToday"/><br />
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==Community and politics==<br />
Dhaliwal was praised as an important community leader by the Walrus magazine in his bid to gain control of a controversial Sikh temple in Surrey, BC that was involved in a violent and bloody clash between fundamentalists and moderates over edicts from the head priest of Sikhs. Dhaliwal was elected in and became the Vice-President elect of the temple in 2008. He then resigned to focus his attention on at-risk youth while a litigious battle ensued in the courts over his slate's election.<ref name=SAP>{{cite web |title=Writer Quits Gurdwara Body in Surrey, BC |url=http://www.southasiapost.org/2009/20090228/canada.htm#4 |date=28 February 2009 |work=South Asia Post |accessdate=27 August 2009}}</ref><ref name=Walrus>{{cite web|last=Taylor|first=Timothy|title=Showdown On Scott Road|url=http://walrusmagazine.com/article.php?ref=2009.09-religion-sikh-youth-daaku-Indo-Canadian-timothy-taylor&page=|work=Walrus Magazine|publisher=The Walrus Foundation|accessdate=17 May 2012|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120311191958/http://walrusmagazine.com/article.php?ref=2009.09-religion-sikh-youth-daaku-Indo-Canadian-timothy-taylor&page=|archivedate=11 March 2012}}</ref><br />
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Dhaliwal continues to be involved in politics in Surrey and coordinates youth programs. Because of his active involvement in the community, Ranj has been called upon to mediate local disputes and conflicts.<ref name=":0" /> His involvement in politics isn't just locally, as Dhaliwal brings Sikh leaders from India to tour Canadian Sikh temples.<ref name=SurreyLeader /><br />
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Dhaliwal has worked with aboriginal and environmental law organizations for many years, and volunteers with several organizations aimed at helping at-risk youths.<ref name="Quill & Quire" /><ref name=":0" /> Dhaliwal speaks on organized crime at high schools and universities, and alongside police officers in an effort to educate youth about the dangers of the gangster lifestyle.<ref name=SurreyLeader /><ref name="Nes1130 B">{{cite web|last=Johnston|first=Jesse|title=Don't Put Gangsters' Faces On Wanted Posters: Crime Expert|url=http://www.news1130.com/news/local/article/359550--don-t-put-gangsters-faces-on-wanted-posters-crime-expert|work=News1130|publisher=Rogers Communications|accessdate=17 May 2012}}</ref><br />
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==Bibliography==<br />
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{| class="wikitable sortable"<br />
|-<br />
! Order of Release<br />
! Title<br />
! Year<br />
! Page Count<br />
! Notes<br />
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| 1.<br />
| ''[[Daaku]]''<br />
| 2006<br />
| 312 <br />
| Print {{ISBN|9781554200276}}, ebook {{ISBN|9780987811905}}<br />
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| 2.<br />
| ''[[The Gangster's Life]]''<br />
| 2011<br />
| 288<br />
| Print {{ISBN|9781554200597}}<br />
|-<br />
|}<br />
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== References ==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* {{Official website|1=http://www.ranjdhaliwal.com}}<br />
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[[Category:1976 births]]<br />
[[Category:Living people]]<br />
[[Category:21st-century Canadian novelists]]<br />
[[Category:Canadian male novelists]]<br />
[[Category:Canadian people of Indian descent]]<br />
[[Category:Canadian people of Punjabi descent]]<br />
[[Category:Canadian Sikhs]]<br />
[[Category:Canadian writers of Asian descent]]<br />
[[Category:Canadian crime fiction writers]]<br />
[[Category:Organized crime novelists]]<br />
[[Category:People from Surrey, British Columbia]]<br />
[[Category:Writers from Vancouver]]<br />
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