Merrily Weisbord is a Canadian non-fiction writer, best known for her 2010 book The Love Queen of Malabar, a memoir of her longtime friendship with the late Indian writer Kamala Das.[1] The book was a nominee for the 2010 Writers' Trust Non-Fiction Prize and the 2011 Charles Taylor Prize.
Her other books include Dogs with Jobs, The Valour and the Horror (coauthored with Merilyn Simonds), Our Future Selves: Love, Life, Sex and Aging and The Strangest Dream.
She is based in Montreal, Quebec.[1]