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Dowdall, Anna
Toronto
Anna
Dowdall
Toronto
Anna Dowdall can't seem to decide between Toronto and Montreal after living all over Canada and the US. She’s been a reporter, a college lecturer, a translator and an urban shepherd, as well as other things too numerous to mention/best forgotten. She was nominated for the US…
Dowding, Philippa
Toronto
Philippa
Dowding
Toronto
Philippa
Philippa Dowding is a Governor-General award-winning children's author, a copywriter, poet, and musician based in Toronto. As a copywriter, she has won several magazine industry awards for Maclean's, Today's Parent, Chatelaine, Zoomer, Canada's History, and more. Her poetry and…
Dower, Tricia
Sidney
Tricia
Dower
Sidney
Tricia Dower was a business executive before reinventing herself as a writer in 2002. Her novel, Becoming Lin (Caitlin Press, 2016) was a finalist in the City of Victoria Butler Prize. Her novel Stony River (Penguin Canada, 2012) was shortlisted for the Canadian Authors…
Dowhal, Danny
Dawson City
Danny
Dowhal
Dawson City
Dan Dowhal, (rhymes with "howl" or "towel") is the author of three novels, Skyfisher and Flam Grub, and his most recent, Bury Your Horses published in 2020 by Dundurn Press. Born and raised in Toronto's Queen West district, Dan holds a Journalism degree from Ryerson University,…
Downie, Mary Alice
Kingston, ON
Mary Alice
Downie
Kingston, ON
Mary Alice Downie was born in Illinois to Canadian parents and grew up in Toronto. She graduated from the University of Toronto in English, despite spending most of her time at The Varsity. She had the usual range of jobs: steno pool, editorial assistant for a medical journal,…
Downie, Jill
Jill
Downie
Jill Downie is the author of five historical novels that have been published in Canada, Great Britain, the U.S., and Scandinavia. Her short stories have appeared in Chatelaine. Born in British Guiana and educated in languages and theatre in England and France, she now lives in…
Downie, Glen
Toronto, ON
Glen
Downie
Toronto, ON
Glen Downie was born in Winnipeg, worked in cancer care for many years in Vancouver, and served a term as Writer-in-Residence at Dalhousie University's Medical Humanities progam.  He now lives in Toronto.  He has published fiction, non-fiction, reviews, and several books of…
Doyle, Marjorie
Marjorie
Doyle
Marjorie Doyle was born in St. John’s, Newfoundland. She received an M.A. from Memorial University in 1987. For ten years she worked as a broadcaster on various CBC radio shows, including five years as host of That Time of the Night. She was a columnist with the Globe and Mail…
Doyle, Terry
Doyle, David
Doyle Driedger, Sharon
Drabek, Jan
Vancouver, BC
Jan
Drabek
Vancouver, BC
Jan Drabek was born in Prague in 1935; he came to Canada in 1965, after 17 years in the U.S., India, Austria, and Germany. He received a B.A. in English literature from American University in Washington, D.C. He taught high school in Vancouver for 10 years during the 1960s and…
Drache, Sharon
Toronto
Sharon
Drache
Toronto
Born in 1943 in Toronto. Raised and educated in Toronto, Miami Beach, Florida, and Ottawa. Received Arts degree and graduate diploma in Child Study from the University of Toronto in 1965 and 1966, respectively. Special student in Department of Religion at Carleton University,…
Dranoff, Linda
Draper, Penny
Victoria
Penny
Draper
Victoria
Penny is an author, a bookseller, and a storyteller who lives in Victoria, BC. Originally from Toronto, she received a degree in Literature from Trinity College, University of Toronto and on the side, attended the Storytellers’ School of Toronto. For many years, Penny shared…
Drobnies, Adrienne
Vancouver
Adrienne
Drobnies
Vancouver
Adrienne
Adrienne Drobnies is a poet and scientist. Her first book of poetry Salt and Ashes (Signature Editions, 2019) won the Fred Kerner Award from the Canadian Authors Association and was longlisted for the Fred Cogswelll Award for Excellence in Poetry. Adrienne has a doctorate in…
Drukker, Kelly Norah
Montreal
Kelly Norah
Drukker
Montreal
Kelly Norah Drukker is a poet and nonfiction writer. Her debut collection of poems, Small Fires (McGill-Queen’s University Press), won the A.M. Klein Prize for Poetry and the Concordia University First Book Prize, and was a finalist for the Grand Prix du livre de Montréal (2016…
Du,ais, Sandra
Tiohtiá:ke/Montreal
Sandra
Du,ais
Tiohtiá:ke/Montreal
Hi, I'm Sandy. I'm an author / illustrator / painter based in Montreal (originally from Toronto). I live and work in English et en français. In all of my work, whether it be illustration, comics, or painting,  you will always find an element of humour, honesty, and most of all…
Duarte, Isabel
Toronto
Isabel
Duarte
Toronto
Isabel is a Luso-Canadian writer. Her stage play, BINGO BABES, won the Samuel French Canadian Playwright’s contest, and is published by Samuel French, Inc. Excerpts from this play are included in the Drama anthologies, The Best Stage Scenes of 2022 and The Best Women's Stage…
Duarte, Marilyn
Toronto
Marilyn
Duarte
Toronto
Marilyn is a Luso-Canadian writer. She holds an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Tampa and is currently a Creative Nonfiction Contributing Editor at Barren Magazine and an Assistant Creative Nonfiction Editor at Pithead Chapel. Originally from Toronto, she now…
Dubé, Paulette
Jasper
Paulette
Dubé
Jasper
Paulette Dubé was born in Northern Alberta and that geology / geography has shaped her writing beyond anything else.  That said, watching her third sister come into the world via the kitchen table, hooked her into creation and miracles. Paulette has published several books —…
Dublin, Anne
Toronto
Anne
Dublin
Toronto
Although I've written several biographies, it's hard for me to write my own life story. Where do I begin? My parents were Holocaust survivors who came to Toronto after World War II. Because we were very poor, there was no money to buy "extras". So I grew up in a house without…
Dudley, Stewart
OTTAWA
Stewart
Dudley
OTTAWA
Stewart is an author based in Ottawa, Canada. He began his career in film and video production, working as a scriptwriter, director, cameraman and editor. His work was nominated for Gemini and CASBY awards and won accolades from the Yorkton Film Festival, the New York Film…
Dueck, Dora
Delta
Dora
Dueck
Delta
Dora Dueck is the award-winning author of three novels, a collection of short fiction, and most recently, a non-fiction book, Return Stroke: essays & memoir, as well as articles, essays, reviews, and stories in a variety of journals. Her novel This Hidden Thing won the…
Duffy Cobb , Mo
Charlottetown
Mo
Duffy Cobb
Charlottetown
Mo Duffy Cobb is the co-founder and editor director of Pownal Street Press. She holds an MFA from the Vermont College of Fine Arts in Creative Nonfiction, and is the author of Unpacked: from PEI to Palawan (Pottersfield Press, 2017), The Chemistry of Innovation: Regis Duffy and…