P.I. Kapllani is a multi-published author, who writes in English and his native Albanian language. His novel The Last Will, based on the Çamëria genocide, was published by IOWI in 2013. Beyond the Edge, a collection of short stories appeared in 2010. His play Queen Teuta of Illyria appeared in English in 2008 and the Albanian version in 2014. His writing appears in anthologies: Canadian Voices, The Literary Connection, and The Courtneypark Connection. His novella The Hunter was shortlisted by Quattro Books for The Ken Klonsky novella contest in 2015. He has published four books in Albanian. As a journalist, he was widely published in Ushtria, the Albanian Army Newspaper; Shekulli, a daily newspaper; Spekter magazine and other local media in Albania. He graduated as an Anti-Aircraft Gun Artillery Officer in 1990 from the University of Scanderbeg, and has a teaching degree in Literature and Albanian Language from Tirana University. He lives in Toronto with his wife and son.
