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Abbott, Louise
Louise
Abbott
Louise Abbott, a McGill graduate, is a professional writer, photographer, and filmmaker. She has devoted most of her career to documenting the history and contemporary life of rural and indigenous communities, particularly in Quebec and Newfoundland, and has investigated…
Abbott, Elizabeth
Toronto
Elizabeth
Abbott
Toronto
Elizabeth Abbott is a writer and historian with a special interest in social justice and women's issues, the treatment and lives of animals, and the environment. Before moving to Toronto in 1991, she lived in Montreal and Port-au-Prince. She has a doctorate from McGill…
Abley, Mark
Pointe Claire
Mark
Abley
Pointe Claire
Mark
Mark Abley is a nonfiction writer, poet, editor and sometime journalist. Born in 1955 in England, he grew up in Saskatchewan and Alberta. Between 1975 and 1978 he was a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford. In his early freelance career he became a contributing editor of Maclean's and…
Abood, Hasan
Vancouver
Hasan
Abood
Vancouver
Iraqi-Canadian author Hasan Namir graduated from Simon Fraser University with a BA in English and received the Ying Chen Creative Writing Student Award. He is the author of God in Pink (2015), which won the Lambda Literary Award for Best Gay Fiction and was chosen as one of the…
Acheson, Alison
Vancouver
Adam-Florczak, Margaret
Surrey & Sooke
Margaret
Adam-Florczak
Surrey & Sooke
Margaret
HI! MY NAME IS MARGARET JEAN ADAM FLORCZAK. WELCOME TO MY TWUC WEBSITE. I write to explore the life experiences that create personal growth. Every person's life is interwoven with telling moments, times when humility, courage, kindness, incredible strength and commitment are…
Adams, Marie
Marie
Adams
Marie has been a professor at Centennial College since 1982 where she has enjoyed teaching research, psychology, sociology, and biology. She has also served the College as a coordinator, acting Chair of the General Arts and Science Program, worked on many committees and as a…
Adams, Leisl
Ottawa
Leisl
Adams
Ottawa
Leisl
Leisl Adams is a Director, Storyboard Artist and Illustrator. Born  in Hamilton, Ontario she graduated from the Classical Animation program at Sheridan College in 2002, then moved to Halifax Nova Scotia for a time to find her fortune. Since then she has worked in television and…
Adderson, Caroline
Vancouver
Caroline
Adderson
Vancouver
Caroline Adderson is the author of five novels (A History of Forgetting, Sitting Practice, The Sky Is Falling, Ellen in Pieces, A Russian Sister), two collections of short stories (Bad Imaginings, Pleased To Meet You). She is also the editor and co-contributor of a non-fiction…
Afenfia, Michael
Saskatoon
Agnew, Marion
Shuniah
Marion
Agnew
Shuniah
Marion Agnew writes fiction and creative nonfiction from an office overlooking Lake Superior. 
Ahang-Mehdawi, Parastu
Parastu
Ahang-Mehdawi
Parastu
Born in Kabul, Afghanistan, Parastu Ahang Mehdawi has been a prose poetry writer since a very young age. Her unique, descriptive style and colourful imagery, along with her hunger for first-person narratives, earned her the title of author. A Quest for Identity is her voice…
Aiello, KJ
Toronto
KJ
Aiello
Toronto
KJ Aiello has written for The Globe and Mail, Chatelaine, This Magazine, Room Magazine, and The Walrus, among others. They received Gold in the Digital Publishing Awards Best Personal Essay category in 2023. Their debut book, The Monster and the Mirror, will be published in 2024…
Aihoshi, Susan
Toronto
Susan
Aihoshi
Toronto
Susan Aihoshi is a third-generation Japanese Canadian writer and editor, who was born and lives in Toronto. Her first book, Torn Apart: The Internment Diary of Mary Kobayashi, is based on the experiences of her own family members. 
Aire, Ekiuwa
Oakville
Ekiuwa
Aire
Oakville
Ekiuwa
Ekiuwa Aire is a Nigerian-Canadian, award-winning cultural connector, and author living in Ontario, Canada. She is passionate about sharing positive stories on African history with children.
Aitken, Kelley
Kelley
Kelley
Aitken
Kelley
Kelley Aitken is a writer and artist. Canadian Shield, a collection of short stories informed by the Canadian wilderness was launched by Tightrope Books in August of 2017. It was shortlisted for the ReLit Prize 2018 and winner of an Ippy (Independent Publishers Book Awards)…
Aitken, Neil
Vancouver
Neil
Aitken
Vancouver
Neil Aitken is the author of two books of poetry, Babbage’s Dream, a semi-finalist for the Anthony Hecht Prize, and The Lost Country of Sight, winner of the 2007 Philip Levine Prize for Poetry. His chapbook, Leviathan, won the 2017 Elgin Prize for Science Fiction Poetry. Of…
Aitken, Stephen
Ottawa
Stephen
Aitken
Ottawa
Stephen
Stephen Aitken is an author, an award-winning artist/illustrator and science writer. Inspired by the wonders of nature. His articles and books have reached readers of all ages. Stephen has written and illustrated over 10 books on the impacts of climate change on living species.…
Aker, Don
Halifax
Don
Aker
Halifax
Don
Don Aker began writing in 1988 after taking a course for language arts teachers at the Martha's Vineyard Summer Writing Workshops in Massachusetts, where educators were encouraged to write along with their students. His first short story, "The Invitation," was anthologized three…
Al Tamimi, Alaa
Mississauga
Alaa
Al Tamimi
Mississauga
Professor Alaa Al Tamimi, an Iraqi-Canadian citizen, received his B.Sc, M.Sc in Civil Engineering from Baghdad University in 1972,1979 and his Ph.D. in Structure Engineering from Sorbonne University (SUPM) in Paris, France (1985). He was exiled from Iraq in 1996 and immigrated…
Albanese, Eleanor
Thunder Bay
Eleanor
Albanese
Thunder Bay
Eleanor
Award winning Canadian artist, Eleanor Albanese has spent her life immersed in theatre and writing. Her recent historical fiction novel published by Latitude 46 Publishing and titled "If Tenderness Be Gold" won first place in the category of First Novel with Next Generation…
Alcock, Kimberley
Alderson, Sue Ann
Sue Ann
Alderson
Sue Ann Alderson was born in New York in 1940 and moved to Vancouver, B.C. in 1967, where she has lived happily ever after. She is a professor in the University of British Columbia's Creative Writing Program and has had 16 books published for children. She also writes poetry for…
Alexander, Chris
Oakville
Chris
Alexander
Oakville
Chris Alexander is an award winning Canadian writer, author, editor, music composer, teacher and filmmaker. He is the former editor-in-chief of the iconic American horror film magazine FANGORIA and is the editor-in-chief and co-founder of DELIRIUM magazine. He is the writer,…
Alexander, Susan
Bowen Island
Susan
Alexander
Bowen Island
Susan Alexander is the author of the collection The Dance Floor Tilts, Thistledown Press. Her suite, Vigil, received the 2019 Ross and Davis Mitchell Prize for Faith and Poetry. Susan’s poems have earned other literary awards such as the Vancouver Writer’s Festival and Short…