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Francis, Brian
Francisco, Ellen Marie
Ottawa
Frankson, Greg
Whitby
Greg
Frankson
Whitby
Since 2004, A. Gregory Frankson, OCT, B.Ed., has been featured in numerous audio recordings, videopoems, TV programs, public speeches, articles, and literary journals. Greg appears in six anthologies, including the award-winning collection The Great Black North, published four…
Frans, Atma
Gibsons
Atma
Frans
Gibsons
Atma
In her writing Atma Frans searches for the voice beneath her personas: woman, mother, trauma survivor, architect, queer, yogi, poet. Her poems have been finalists for contests and are published internationally including in Arc Poetry Magazine, CV2, Understorey Magazine, The…
Fraticelli, Marco
Pointe Claire
Marco
Fraticelli
Pointe Claire
Marco
Poet, educator, and musician, Marco Fraticelli has contributed as an executive member of Haiku Canada (1988-2014), and as an editor and publisher of the literary magazine The Alchemist (1974-1987) and the Hexagram Series (1991-2012). His poetry has won awards in Canada, the…
Frayne, Sharon
Niagara on the Lake
Sharon
Frayne
Niagara on the Lake
After a career as an intrepid high school reporter with the Beamsville Express and St. Catharines Standard, Frayne acquired an Honours BA in Visual Art and English Literature, a B.Ed. with specialization in Intermediate/Senior Visual Art and English, and an M.Ed. in Curriculum…
Freeman, Victoria
Toronto
Victoria
Freeman
Toronto
Victoria
Victoria Freeman is a Canadian author, theatre artist, educator, and public historian. She was born in Ottawa and attended the University of Toronto, where she received her PhD in History in 2010.  Her first book, Distant Relations: How My Ancestors Colonized North America, was…
Freeman, Bill
Toronto
Bill
Freeman
Toronto
Born in London, Ontario of a school teacher's family, Bill Freeman gained a PhD from McMaster University in Sociology. Hamilton was his home for a number of years, and he has written extensively about the city and its history. For ten years Bill lived in Montreal and taught at…
Frey, J.M.
Toronto
J.M.
Frey
Toronto
J.M.
J.M. is an author, screenwriter, and lapsed academic. With an MA in Communications and Culture, she’s appeared in podcasts, documentaries, and on radio and television to discuss all things geeky through the lens of academia. She also has an addiction to scarves, Doctor Who, and…
Friedland, Martin
Friedman, Kathy
Toronto
Kathy
Friedman
Toronto
Kathy
Kathy Friedman studied creative writing at UBC and the University of Guelph. She has been a finalist for the Trillium Book Award, the Danuta Gleed Literary Award, and the Writers’ Trust Bronwen Wallace Award for Emerging Writers. Her writing has appeared in publications…
Friesen, Bernice
Comox
Bernice
Friesen
Comox
BERNICE FRIESEN grew up in a family of dyslexics, inventors and other divergent minds. Though she began creative life as a visual artist, her books include The Seasons Are Horses, Sex, Death, and Naked Men, and her first novel, The Book of Beasts. It was shortlisted for the…
Friesen, Patrick
Friesen, Gayle
Fritze, Peter
Toronto
Peter
Fritze
Toronto
Peter Fritze practiced law as a solicitor in an Ontario government agency, partner in a major Toronto law firm and general counsel of a Canadian multinational. He’s now following his love of storytelling by writing suspense mysteries. In April 2014, he self-published The Case…
Frizzell, Colin
Toronto
Colin
Frizzell
Toronto
Colin Frizzell is an internationally published bestselling author and screenwriter. His screenplay, 'Lavender', a psychological thriller, was co-written and directed by Ed Gass-Donnelly. The film premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival. His books (Chill, Just J) appeared on…
Froese, Deborah
Frutkin, Mark
Ottawa
Mark
Frutkin
Ottawa
Mark Frutkin (1948, Cleveland, Ohio) has published nine books of fiction, three books of poetry and three works of nonfiction. His work has appeared in Canada, the U.S., England, Holland, India, Spain, Poland, Russia, South Korea and Turkey. He has written widely on art and…
Furlong, Dayle
Toronto
Dayle
Furlong
Toronto
Dayle Furlong is the author of the novel Saltwater Cowboys (Dundurn Press), a 2015 Toronto Public Library Dewey Diva Pick, a collection of short-fiction Lake Effect & Other Stories (Cormorant Books) and a collection of poetry entitled Open Slowly (Tightrope Books). Her short…
Fyvie, Erica
Toronto
Erica
Fyvie
Toronto
Erica
Erica Fyvie is a writer and editor in Toronto. Her first book, Trash Revolution, published by Kids Can Press, was published in 2018, and her second, Mad for Ads: How Advertising Gets (and Stays) in Our Heads, came out in 2021. 
Gabriel, Maryanna
Nelson
Maryanna
Gabriel
Nelson
Maryanna
Maryanna Gabriel is the author of Walking The Camino: On Earth As It Is, and Memento: A Coastal Recipe Treasure. She has a Master in Fine Arts in Creative Nonfiction, from the University of King’s College through Dalhousie University, and is a graduate of Simon Fraser University…
Gage, S.R. "Sandy"
Huntsville
S.R. "Sandy"
Gage
Huntsville
S.R. "Sandy"
BA- McGill University, 1967 (editor-in-chief, McGill Daily '66-'67) M.Phil- Glasgow University, 1969
Gajdics, Peter
Vancouver
Peter
Gajdics
Vancouver
Peter
Peter Gajdics (pronounced “Guy-ditch”) is an award-winning writer whose essays, short memoir and poetry have appeared in Quillette, Huffington Post, X-tra, Maclean's, Advocate, New York Tyrant, The Gay and Lesbian Review / Worldwide, Cosmonauts Avenue, and Opium, among others.…
Galat, Joan Marie
Greater Edmonton Region
Joan Marie
Galat
Greater Edmonton Region
Joan Marie
Although she started making books at the age of nine, Joan Marie Galat wasn’t published until 12 years old, when she became a paid weekly newspaper columnist. Today she is the international award-winning author of more than 25 books with titles in seven languages. Make Your Mark…
Gale, Shawn
Vancouver
Shawn
Gale
Vancouver
Shawn
Shawn Douglas Gale (born August 12, 1979) is a Canadian screenwriter, an academic, and a critically-acclaimed author. Gale graduated from Fraser Valley Writers' School with a Master's diploma. He graduated from Humber College's prestigious School for Writers, where he earned a…