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Debra Martens has published short stories in print journals such as The New Quarterly and Room, and online with Agnes and True and The Quarantine Review, among others.
With years of experience as a book reviewer, and having lived in five countries abroad, she launched and…
Debra
Martens
Kitchener
GEOFF MARTIN’s place-based and environmental essays have been nominated twice for the Pushcart Prize and have appeared in The New Quarterly, Creative Nonfiction, Literary Review of Canada, Boulevard, and The Common, among others. He holds an M.A. from McMaster University and is…
Kitchener
Geoff
Martin
Toronto
JJ Martin was born in Manitoba and grew up Catholic in Ontario. He pursued graduate studies at the University of Ottawa in Anthropology of Religion. His business writing has appeared in a variety of online and print publications. His debut novel, 'Father Sweet,' was published in…
Toronto
Jason
Martin
Ottawa
Carolyn Martin is the author of several acclaimed novels for young people published under the names C. K. Kelly Martin and Cara Martin. Carolyn was born in Mississauga, Ontario and spent her early years devouring books about Winnie the Pooh, Babar, Madeline, Anne Shirley and…
Ottawa
C K Kelly
Martin
In her formative years, Gwen jumped freight trains, played lounge piano, and prospected for gold. She later became a freelance writer/editor, producing political speeches, grant proposals, and geoscience reports for clients across Canada. She also taught writing/editing…
Gwen
Martin
Lunenburg
Jill Martin is the author of Return to Sable (2015), the story of her ancestors' life on Sable Island. Part love story and history of the island, readers are transported to the sand crescent in the North Atlantic. Her second work, Sable Island in Black and White, a pictorial…
Lunenburg
Jill
Martin Bouteillier
Sudbury
Always looking up, eyes on the skies, head in the clouds, #actuallyautistic author Melanie Marttila writes poetry and speculative tales of hope in the face of adversity. She lives and writes in Sudbury, Ontario, in the house where three generations of her family have lived, on…
Sudbury
Melanie
Marttila
Burlington
Jennifer's childrens novels of historical fiction have all been nominated for several Canadian Awards. Breakwater Books released Moose's Roof, with Laurel Keating, in 2017, She celebrates While You Sleep with Miko Sato from Pajama Press in 2022.
Elementary school principal,…
Burlington
Jennifer
Maruno
Toronto
Abdulrahman Matar
Writer and journalist from Syria, resident in Canada(ON) since 2015, poet and novelist. He worked in the culture & media in Syria and Libya. He is a researcher in Euro-Mediterranean relations, human rights and terrorism issues, and he is an activist on…
Abdulrahman
Matar
Winnipeg
Carol Matas is the author of over forty-five books for children and young adults. She has written science fiction, fantasy, contemporary, and historical fiction. She often writes on Jewish themes, and is well-known for her books concerning the Holocaust. Her books have garnered…
Winnipeg
Carol
Matas
Calgary
Aviation adventures are featured in eight of Shirlee Smith Matheson's 21 published books (14 nonfiction for adult readers and seven young adult novels) as well as short stories and stage plays. She is an alumnus of The Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity and has instructed…
Calgary
Shirlee
Matheson
Saskatoon
Ashleigh Mattern has been working as a professional writer since 2007, getting her start at the University of Saskatchewan student newspaper the Sheaf and the Saskatoon StarPhoenix. Today, she’s the co-owner of Vireo Creative Website Design & Marketing and co-owner of Play…
Saskatoon
Ashleigh
Mattern
CHESLEY
I’m the award winning author of the debut contemporary literary short story collection Took You So Long, published by the Porcupine's Quill, Erin, Ontario mid-August 2022. In May 2023, Took You So Long received an IPPY 🥇GOLD (Independent Publishers Book Award) Canada East—…
CHESLEY
Cynthia (Cindy)
Matthews
Kingston
Highly experienced, full-time freelance writer specializing in travel, lifestyle, and parenting topics. Specialize in covering low-impact ecotourism as well as soft adventures (kayaking, canoeing, snorkelling, rafting, hiking) as well as looking for the undiscovered side of a…
Kingston
Josephine
Matyas
Nelson
Melanie Maure is a writer and Life Coach, and she holds a Master’s in Counseling Psychology. She is third-generation Irish and was born and raised in Dresden, Ontario. Currently, she lives in central British Columbia. Her time spent in Ireland has been an enduring inspiration…
Nelson
Melanie
Maure
Toronto
Biography Joseph Maviglia
In the great tradition of spoken word, performance poets and singer-songwriters, Joseph Maviglia is renowned for his energized musical performances, written text and non-fiction essays.
Born in Ottawa, he attended the prestigious Banff Centre for the…
Toronto
joseph
maviglia
Sudbury
A-M Mawhiney is a life-long educator and author of Spindrifts (2021) short-listed for the 8th annual Rakuten Kobo Emerging Writers Prize and of Spelldrifts (2023) . She lives in Northern Ontario.
Sudbury
A-M
Mawhiney
