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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…

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…

Abley, Mark

Pointe Claire

Mark

Abley

Pointe Claire

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…

Acheson, Alison

Vancouver

Adam-Florczak, Margaret

Surrey & Sooke

Margaret

Adam-Florczak

Surrey & Sooke

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 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…

Saskatoon

Scarborough

Scarborough

I am a queer Tagalog and T’karonto-based writer, curator, steward of life, and interdisciplniary artist whose work is devoted to unraveling the spells of separation between life, art, ecology, and magic. I am also co-founder of Greenhouse Theatre.I have been published in print…

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

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…

Ahsan, Samreen

Milton

Samreen

Ahsan

Milton

Samreen Ahsan is an international award-winning author. She holds a Master’s degree in Creative and Critical writing. She works as a Digital Marketing Director at The Artist Cube — a non-profit community hub, supporting Muslim artists. As a bibliophile, she loves…

Aiello, KJ

Toronto

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…

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 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, Stephen

Ottawa

Stephen

Aitken

Ottawa

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.…

Aitken, 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, Douglas

Montcalm

Douglas

Aitken

Montcalm

Douglas Aitken is a detective series writer who focuses on Montreal, and French and English Canada. Born in Vancouver, he has lived extensively in Colombia, Costa Rica and Quebec. He has a background in architecture and urbanism, subjects that he often expresses in his writing.…

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…

Aker, Don

Halifax

Don

Aker

Halifax

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

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…

Albertyn, David

Toronto

David

Albertyn

Toronto

David Albertyn was born in Durban, South Africa, and grew up in Toronto, Canada. He studied at Queen’s University and the Humber School for Writers. He has written articles for the tennis industry and has coached at clubs across the Greater Toronto Area. His first novel,…

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…