Thirumavalavan left Sri Lanka for Canada in 1990. He was co- editor of Zha’garam magazine, published in Canada (1996–97) and co-author of the anthology Yutthathai thinpom (1999). He has published two further anthologies, Pani vayal ulavu (2000) and Ahthe iravu ahthe pakal (2003), and the novels Rul Yaazi (2008) and Muthuvenil Pathikam (2013)..