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Service, Dawn
Sevestre, Paula
Ohsweken
Paula
Sevestre
Ohsweken
Paula
Indigenous Author and Master of Transformative Knowledge for Wellness Book: The False Healer: A Trilogy. As an Indigenous Author and Master of Transformative Knowledge for Wellness, Paula Sevestre has been led to explore and integrate Wholeness Medicine. This simply means, by…
Sewell, John
John
Sewell
John Sewell is a lawyer by training, but has spent most of his working life involved in different aspects of local politics: Toronto city councillor 1969-84, Mayor of Toronto 1978-80; community organizer and activist 1966-present; urban affairs columnist for The Globe and Mail…
Sgroi, Renée
Renée
Sgroi
Renée M. Sgroi writes poetry and fiction. Her debut poetry collection, life print, in points was published in the UK in 2020 by erbacce-press. She also edited the poetry anthology, Written Tenfold (Toronto: Poetry Friendly Press, 2018). A new collection of poetry is forthcoming…
Shaben, Carol
Vancouver
Carol
Shaben
Vancouver
Carol
Carol Shaben is an award-winning author and journalist. Her first book, Into the Abyss, was a national bestseller, selected as a Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers pick, a BBC Radio 4 Book of the Week, and an Amazon.com Bestseller and Editor's Choice. Carol’s most…
Shaheen, Wali
Wali
Shaheen
Shaheen (also known in print as Wali Alam Shaheen, W. A. Shaheen, and occasionally by his former pen name Shaheen Ghazipuri) is the author of five collections of Urdu poetry, including Pushtara which was published in 2010. He has been extensively translated, and his poems have…
Shea, Theresa
Edmonton
Theresa
Shea
Edmonton
Theresa
Theresa Shea is a novelist and author of The Shade Tree (Fall 2021) and The Unfinished Child (Brindle & Glass, 2013). She lives in Edmonton.
Shearly, Elizabeth F.
Ottawa
Shelley, Casey
Saint John
Casey
Shelley
Saint John
Casey Shelley is a teacher and author from Saint John, New Brunswick. She has collected several degrees, including a Bachelor of Arts in English Literature from the University of New Brunswick, a Bachelor of Education from the University of New Brunswick and a Master of…
Shenher, Lorimer
Burnaby
Shepard, Caroline
Ottawa
Caroline
Shepard
Ottawa
'Off Centre' (Oberon 2004) Caroline Shepard’s debut collection of short fiction was short listed for the 2005 Danuta Gleed Award. Her first novel, 'Unlit Spaces' (Friesen Press, 2014) was nominated for the Whistler Independent Book Awards. Caroline spent her childhood in…
Shepherd, Andrea
Montreal
Andrea
Shepherd
Montreal
Andrea
Born in Toronto and raised in Montreal, Andrea has written and danced all her life. She took her first ballet class at age 4, dabbled in everything from tap dancing to theatre to salsa, and finally fell head-over-stiletto-heels in love with Argentine tango in her late 20s. In…
Sheppard, Mary
Mary
Sheppard
Mary was born in Corner Brook, Nfld. She has spent more than 25 years in the media with Maclean's Magazine, CBC radio, the Women's Television Network and has taught journalism at Ryerson University. She became the executive producer of CBCNews.ca in 2003. Married with two…
Sher, Emil
Shields, Vanessa
Windsor
Vanessa
Shields
Windsor
Vanessa
Hello! Vanessa, here. Thanks for stopping by! I hope you find my profile informative. Be sure to send me a message if you have any questions or if you're interested in working together! I teach full or half-day writing workshops in the elementary and secondary school system as…
Shiller, Ed
Shimotakahara, Leslie
Toronto
Leslie
Shimotakahara
Toronto
Leslie Shimotakahara's memoir, The Reading List, won the Canada-Japan Literary Prize, and her fiction has been shortlisted for the KM Hunter Artist Award. She has written two critically acclaimed novels, After the Bloom and Red Oblivion. After the Bloom received a starred review…
Shipley, Robert
Waterloo
Robert
Shipley
Waterloo
Robert J.M. Shipley grew up in southern Ontario. He studied at University of Western Ontario (BA 1971) and became an officer, first in the army then the navy. During his four years, he served on the prairies, both coasts and at sea. As a freelancer in the 1970s, he wrote for the…
Shipley, Jocelyn
Jocelyn
Shipley
Born and raised in London, Ontario, Jocelyn graduated from York University and has studied writing at St. Lawrence College and the Humber School for Writers. She always wanted to be a writer, and won her first award at age nine, for poems entered in the local Hobby Fair. Jocelyn…
Shirinian, Lorne
Toronto
Lorne
Shirinian
Toronto
I was born in Toronto in 1945. I completed an Honours BA in French language and literature at the University of Toronto, an MA in Comparative Literature at Carleton University and a PhD in Comparative Literature at l'Université de Montréal. I founded and edited Manna: a review…
Shirtliffe, Leanne
Shmelzer, Anne
Ottawa
Anne
Shmelzer
Ottawa
Anne Shmelzer's Ottawa Citizen award-winning memoir, The Night My Father Came Back from the War, served as a precursor to her debut novel, A Marginally Noted Man. Anne's extensive knowledge and experience as a psychiatric nurse helped shape her characters and her years as a poet…
Shore, Michel M.J.
Michel M.J.
Shore
The Honorable Michel M.J. Shore was born in Paris, France in 1948. He came to Canada at the age of three. Michel Shore studied at Collège Notre-Dame in Montreal, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts (in 1969). In the summer of 1966, he was invited to study at the Université de la…
Shore, C.M., Jacques JM
Jacques JM
Shore, C.M.
Jacques JM
Jacques Shore is a partner in the international law firm of Gowling WLG. Mr. Shore is a published author and artist. His published works include articles on the law and public policy, op-eds, as well as three children’s books, and an illustrated book of short stories. Mr. Shore…
Shreve, Sandy
Pender Island
Sandy
Shreve
Pender Island
Sandy Shreve has written, edited and/or co-edited eight books and four chapbooks. Her most recent poetry collection is Waiting for the Albatross (Oolichan Books, 2015). Her previous books include Suddenly, So Much (Exile Editions, 2005) and In Fine Form, 2nd edition - A…