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Payne, Jessica
Toronto
Jessica
Payne
Toronto
Jessica is a writer, poet, gardener and interdisciplinary artist. Her creative practice explores identity, wildness, art, grief, memory, love, survival and the natural world.    She’s the recipient of a HA&L Short Works Prize in literary nonfiction and her poem EMERG E was…
Peacock, Molly
Molly
Peacock
Molly Peacock is the author of six volumes of poetry, including The Second Blush (McClelland & Stewart, 2009), Cornucopia: New & Selected Poems (W.W. Norton), a memoir, Paradise, Piece by Piece, and a one-woman show in poems, “The Shimmering Verge,” produced by Louise…
Peacock, Andrew
Carbonear
Andrew
Peacock
Carbonear
ANDREW PEACOCK was born in Toronto and raised in the town of Kapuskasing in northern Ontario. He worked in a mixed animal veterinary practice in rural Newfoundland from 1982 until 2010. His book Creatures of the Rock was long listed for the 2015 Leacock medal for humour and won…
Pearson, Debora
Pearson, Kit
Kit
Pearson
Kit Pearson was born in Edmonton, Alberta and acquired degrees in English, Librarianship and Children's Literature before she finally began writing childrens novels. She lives in Victoria, B.C. with her partner Katherine Farris and two lively dogs.
Peck, Frances
North Vancouver
Frances
Peck
North Vancouver
Frances
Frances Peck wrote fiction and poetry until her early twenties, when the realities of adulthood and rent steered her toward a career as a ghostwriter, editor and instructor. As a professional wordsmith, Frances worked with clients and authors to make their material as polished…
Peetoom, Laura
Toronto
Pegg, Gillian
Magnetawan
Gillian
Pegg
Magnetawan
My work has been published in Canadian magazines and anthologies. I love writing stories with elements of whimsy, but also enjoy working on non-fiction pieces. 
Peirce, Jon
Gatineau
Jon
Peirce
Gatineau
Jon Peirce is a labour and social historian, essayist, playwright, fiction-writer and memoirist who lives and writes in Gatineau, Quebec. In 2011, he retired from an eleven-year career as a labour relations officer and researcher with the Professional Institute of the Public…
Pejvack, Nasreen
Vancouver
Nasreen
Pejvack
Vancouver
Nasreen Pejvack is a published author, with her novel “Amity” published by Inanna Publications, on October 15th 2015. https://www.inanna.ca/product-tag/nasreen-pejvack/ Soon after, Amity was shortlisted for BC’s Ethel Wilson Fiction Book Prize.   https://bcyukonbookprizes.com/…
Pelaez, Abby
Vancouver
Abby
Pelaez
Vancouver
Abby Pelaez writes about diaspora, anti-capitalism, and explorations of platonic and romantic love. She has read her work at the Vancouver Writer’s Festival, and excerpts from her in-progress food memoir are published in Room Magazine, Hungry Zine, and emerge22. She completed…
Pellerin, Renee
Pellerin, Brigitte
Ottawa
Pendgracs, Doreen
Matlock
Doreen
Pendgracs
Matlock
Doreen
Doreen Pendgracs is an award-winning Manitoba-based non-fiction freelance writer and author. Doreen is working on her fifth book--the second volume in the Chocolatour series. Doreen specializes in writing about chocolate travel, but also has a strong interest in culinary and…
Pendziwol, Jean E.
THUNDER BAY
Jean E.
Pendziwol
THUNDER BAY
Jean E. Pendziwol is the author of books for both adults and children, including the bestselling novel The Lightkeeper’s Daughters, translated and published in more than 20 countries around the world. Her children’s books include the Governor General Literary Award shortlisted…
Penikett, Tony
Tony
Penikett
Chapters:"Dotting the Ice," inThe Palgrave Handbook of Arctic Policy and Politics, edited by Ken S. Coates - Carin Holyroyd, Palgrave MacMillan, 2019."Nation to Neighbour", in Canada's Arctic Agenda: Into the Vortex, Centre for International Governance Innovation, edited by John…
Penn, Briony
Penne, A. S.
Sechelt
A. S.
Penne
Sechelt
A. S.
A.S. Penne is the author of the creative nonfiction memoir Old Stones (Touchwood Editions, Horsdal & Schubart, Victoria2002). Her writing has won awards on both sides of the Atlantic, including the UK’s Ian St. James Award (1996, 1994), the Writers’ Digest award (1994), and…
Penny, Michael
Bowen Island
Pepe, Cristina
Cristina
Pepe
Cristina is passionate about art and Italian culture.  Born in Orsara di Puglia, she immigrated to Canada with her parents as a toddler.  A Vancouver based visual artist, writer and pediatric diabetes educator, Cristina is also a member of the Association of Italian Canadian…
Perdue, Anne
Perly, Susan
Perry, Daniel
Toronto
Daniel
Perry
Toronto
Daniel Perry is the author of the short story collections Hamburger (Thistledown, 2016) and Nobody Looks That Young Here (Guernica, 2018). His fiction has been short-listed for the Carter V. Cooper Prize, and has appeared in more than 30 publications in Canada and the U.S., U.K…
Pesando, Frank
London
Frank
Pesando
London
I was born in Brampton, Ontario on February 1, 1948.  When Prime Minister Diefenbaker destroyed the Canadian branch of AVRO by cancelling the Avro Arrow in 1959, my father moved his family to Massachusettes, where he found employment at RCA in Burlington.  After spending ten…
Pesch, Lana
Toronto
Lana
Pesch
Toronto
Lana Pesch’s story collection, Moving Parts, was published by Arsenal Pulp Press in 2015, and was shortlisted for the 2016 ReLit Awards. Her writing has appeared in Little Bird Stories: Volumes I and II, Taddle Creek, and ELLE Canada. She was longlisted for the 2014 CBC Short…