Jacqueline Valencia is a Toronto-based writer and earned her Honours BA in English at the University of Toronto. She is the author of various essays and poetry books, including There Is No Escape Out of Time (Insomniac Press) and Lilith (Desert Pets Press, 2018). She is a project partner at Poetry i ...

W. D. Valgardson (Bill), born in Manitoba, raised in Gimli, a predominantly Icelandic immigrant community. Commercial fishing on Lake Winnipeg was the major form of employment. Earned a B.A. in Arts, 1961. Taught high school in Manitoba. Earned a B.Ed. Attended the U. of Iowa writer's workshop, MFA. ...

Born and grew up in central Alberta, studied at the University of Alberta in Edmonton. The author of five novels (Judith, The Tent Peg, No Fixed Address, Places far from Ellesmere, Restlessness), two books of criticism, and many non-fiction and critical texts, especially works investigating cultural ...

JEAN VAN LOON has published short prose, poetry, and reviews in Canadian literary magazines across the country. Her second poetry book, Nuclear Family, was published April 2022 by McGill-Queen’s University Press. Her first collection, Building on River (Cormorant Books, 2018) was a finalist for the ...

  Brent van Staalduinen is the author of the novels NOTHING BUT LIFE, BOY, and SAINTS, UNEXPECTED, the short story collection CUT ROAD, and the forthcoming literary thriller, UNTHINKABLE. He is also an award-winning short story writer whose work has appeared in journals on both sides of the ...

Carly is a Montreal-based prose writer, translator, and English teacher. In 2018, her short fiction was longlisted for Writer's Trust Journey Prize and won first place in the Humber Literary Review's Emerging Fiction Writers contest.  Her writing has appeared inMaisonneuve, THIS Magazine,  ...

Vikki VanSickle is the author of a number of award-winning books for children, including the novels The Winnowing, Summer Days, Starry Nights, and the Benji & Clarissa books (Words That Start With B; Love is a Four-Letter Word; Days That End in Y). Her picture books have been translated and publ ...

Anuja Varghese is a Pushcart-nominated QWOC writer based in Hamilton, ON. Her work appears in The Malahat Review, Hobart, The Fiddlehead, Plenitude Magazine, The Quarantine Review, Canthius, Southern Humanities Review, and Corvid Queen: A Journal of Feminist Folklore & Fairy Tales, among others. ...

Paul Vasey was born in Toronto, raised in Owen Sound and now lives in Windsor, Ontario. Paul graduated with a degree in philosophy from The University of Windsor. He took part in creative writing programs led by Morley Callaghan, W.O. Mitchell and Alistair MacLeod. He won many awards, including ...

As a student, teacher and author, my background encompasses specialized areas of study in philosophy, psychology, meditation practices, quantum physics, brain enhancement, neuroscience, and lucid dreaming (or what is called Dream Yoga). My formal education includes postgraduate degrees in engineerin ...

Writer, artist and non-profit executive descended from Newfoundland and Labrador fisherfolk. Fellow, Royal Canadian Geographical Society. First book released in fall 2019 (Cod Collapse: The Rise and Fall of Newfoundland's Saltwater Cowboys, Nimbus Publishing). 

Kira received her first (friendly) rejection letter from a kids' magazine when she was 11, but that didn’t stop her from wanting to be a writer. Today, she’s a busy author and journalist for adults, teens and kids with over 1,500 articles and four books published, including Silver Birch nominee ...

Thomas R. Verny is a psychiatrist, writer and academic. Presently he is Adjunct Professor of Human Development at St. Mary's University. His international best-seller, The Secret Life of the Unborn Child (with John Kelly) has been published in 24 countries. He is presently working on a new book ...

Clive is author of Spin: Politics And Marketing In A Divided Age, which was shortlisted for the National Business Book Award. He is a branding and marketing consultant and former advertising executive. He is a frequent television and radio commentator. His writing has also appeared in The ...

John Emil Vincent lives in downtown Montreal with his husband, Luis Loya Garcìa. They emigrated from the United States in 2011 due to anti-immigrant and anti-gay sentiment in the US. They parent two very important birds. Vincent has taught at Queen’s and Concordia in Canada, and before that at Haver ...

 JESSICA VITALIS is a Columbia MBA-wielding author on  a mission to write entertaining and thought-provoking literature. She founded Magic in the Middle, a series of free monthly recorded book talks, to help educators introduce young readers to new fantasy books. Her work has been translated into th ...