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Harrison Hot Springs
Harrison Hot Springs
Chelene Knight is the author of the Braided Skin (Mother Tongue 2015) the memoir Dear Current Occupant, winner of the 2018 Vancouver Book Award, and long-listed for the George Ryga Award for Social Awareness in Literature, and her novel, Junie (Book*hug 2022) long-listed for the…
Valerie Jean Knowles was born and raised in Montreal, Quebec. She obtained a B.A. (Honours, history) from Smith College, Northampton, Mass, and an M.A. (history) from McGill University before embarking on a career as a history instructor, archivist, and writer. She moved to…
Joy
Joy Kogawa was born in Vancouver, B.C. in 1935 and graduated from high school in Coaldale, Alberta where her family was sent after WWII. She lives mainly in Toronto, Ontario.
Toronto
Toronto
Author and Filmmaker Julius Kohanyi grew up in Kelowna, B.C., Hungary, and Toronto.  He has written and directed over forty films and won numerous international awards.  They include the Gold Medal at Houston's International Film Festival, the Hugo Award for Best Children's…
Nelson
Nelson
Hi! My name is Sophie. I’ve been a longtime writer for CBC Radio in Toronto, where I’ve written for radio shows like q, Because News, GO! with Brent Bambury, and television shows like George Stroumboulopoulos Tonight. My humour writing has appeared in The New Yorker, McSweeney’…
Edmonton
Edmonton
Katherine Koller writes for stage, screen and page. Her trilogy of Alberta Landworks plays includes Last Chance Leduc, The Seed Savers and Coal Valley and her collection of plays is Voices of the Land: The Seed Savers and Other Plays. Her six-part web documentary, Sustainable Me…
Courtenay
Courtenay
  Born in Lethbridge, Alberta to a family filled with entertainers and superb storytellers, Diana writes poetry, short stories and plays, and is also a theatre director and performer. Her children's book, Starfall, the whimsical tale of a clown searching for fallen stars, was …
Born in northern Alberta, Anne J. Konrad was raised on a farm in the Fraser Valley, British Columbia and graduated from the University of British Columbia. She married Harvey L. Dyck, and taught in New York City, New Jersey, and Vienna. She did graduate work in history at the…
Edmonton
Edmonton
“See the life I’ve had can make a good man bad.”​​​                                    -The Smiths   Born and raised at the periphery, the intrigue and inspiration of those who crossed lines blew Gregory around the Canadian Prairies like a jewel spider orb. He landed in…
Weyburn
Weyburn
VICTORIA KOOPS never stopped playing make-believe and often writes while wearing a tiara. Her stories are full of epic adventure and swoony romance, and navigate social issues through the power of fandom and geek culture. Her debut novel, WHO WE ARE IN REAL LIFE, will be…
Thornhill, ON
Thornhill, ON
Gordon Korman was born in Montreal on October 23, 1963. He began writing at age 12. He is the author of 23 books for children and young adults. He graduated with a B.F.A. from New York University in 1985. His future plans include more of the same and some screenwriting. He…
Air Ronge
Air Ronge
Miriam Körner, originally from Germany, is an award-winning writer, photographer, illustrator and wilderness guide. She lives in a small cabin surrounded by her sled dogs near La Ronge, Saskatchewan. When she is not exploring the vast wilderness of Canada's Far North by dog team…
Hamilton
Hamilton
Kristin Kory is a Canadian poet and author who discovered her passion for writing as a teenager growing up in Hamilton, Ontario.  Her poetry collection, Hungry for Ghosts, was re-released in 2023 by 300 South Media Group.  Kristin’s forthcoming book, Gardens From Graves, is…
Toronto
Toronto
Richelle Kosar began her career as a dramatist.  Her first play, Earthbound, was adapted for television and produced by the CBC.  Other dramatic works followed, including "The Piano Store" and "The Girls in the Office."  Richelle has published two novels, The Drum King (…
Edmonton
Edmonton
Myrna Kostash lives in Edmonton, Alberta where she works full-time as a writer of literary nonfiction - books, magazine articles, and radio documentaries - and as occasional lecturer and teacher of creative writing. She is a past president of the Writers Guild of Alberta and…
Winnipeg
Winnipeg
David Koulack was born in New York City. He earned his B.A. in psychology from Brandeis University, and his M.S. and Ph.D. from Yeshiva University. He taught at Brooklyn College and Washington State University before starting the first sleep and dream laboratory at University of…
Sackville
Sackville
Anne lives in Sackville, NB, and teaches at Mount Allison University. She has published ekphrastic poetry and a biography Mary Pratt: A Love Affair with Vision is being released by Goose Lane Editions in the fall of 2023.
Naughton
Naughton
Liisa Kovala is a Finnish Canadian author and teacher. Her first book, Surviving Stutthof: My Father’s Memories Behind the Death Gate (Latitude 46, 2017), was shortlisted for a Northern Lit Award and published in Finland under the title Stutthofin selviytyjä (Docendo, 2020). Her…
New Westminster BC
New Westminster BC
I  have been writing historicals since I was a very young girl. When I was 16 I became fascinated with the character of Alexander the Great and in my last year of highschool wrote a novel about him which was later sent to a publisher. The publisher suggested I wait til I was…
toronto
toronto
Finding high-school physics exceedingly difficult, Jason Krawczyk decided to pursue his passion for filmmaking. After shooting numerous music videos, commercials, and shorts, Jason directed his first feature-length project, "The Briefcase." In 2015 Jason wrote and directed…
Toronto
Toronto
Adrienne Kress is an actor and writer with an honours BA in theatre from the University of Toronto and is a graduate of LAMDA’s post-graduate classical acting programme in the UK.  She’s the author of over a dozen award winning and internationally published children’s and young…
Toronto
Toronto
Karen Krossing wrote comics and poetry as a kid and dreamed of becoming a published writer. Today, she is the author of many books for young readers, including picture books One Tiny Bubble and Sour Cakes, and novels Monster vs. Boy, Punch Like a Girl, Bog, and Cut the Lights.…