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Cusmano, Liana
Montreal
Liana
Cusmano
Montreal
Born and raised in Montreal/Tiohtià:ke, Liana Cusmano, aka Luca and BiCurious George, is a writer, poet, spoken word artist, filmmaker and arts educator. They are the 2018, 2019 and 2023 Montreal Slam Champion, runner up in the 2019 Canadian Individual Poetry Slam Championship,…
D'Alfonso, Antonio
MONTREAL
Antonio
D'Alfonso
MONTREAL
Antonio D'Alfonso was born in Montreal. Poet, novelist, essayist, translator, Antonio D’Alfonso has published more than fifty books (including translations) and has made three feature films. He is the founder of Guernica Editions (1978) which he managed for thirty-three years…
da costa, paulo
Calgary
paulo
da costa
Calgary
Born in Angola, and raised in Portugal, paulo da costa is a writer, editor and translator living in the foothills of the Canadian Rockies (Moh’kins’tsis / Calgary, Alberta). He is thrice the recipient of the James H. Gray Award for Short Nonfiction (2024, 2023 and 2020), the…
Dagg, Jillian
Fort Erie
Jillian
Dagg
Fort Erie
Born in Walton-on-Thames, Surrey, England, Jillian came to live in Canada with her parents in her teens. In Winnipeg she discovered romance novels and began writing short romantic stories. After returning to England to live for a few years, where she began to write full…
Dagnino, Arianna
Vancouver
Arianna
Dagnino
Vancouver
Arianna
I am the author of the post-apartheid novel The Afrikaner (Guernica Editions, April 2019), inspired by the five years I spent in the southern African region as an international reporter. The story is an on-the-road adventure that covers the terrain of love, race and…
Daher, Anita
Anita
Daher
Anita
Anita Daher is an author, actor and producer based in Winnipeg, MB. She has been entrenched in the book publishing industry since 1995 and has books published in print, audio and e-book format in Canada, the United States, and Europe. She served as Chair of the Writers'…
Dairywala, Tasneem
Wasaga
Tasneem
Dairywala
Wasaga
Tasneem has a degree in Drawing and Painting and a minor in English from OCAD University, but she learned most of what she knows from reading children’s books with her daughter. Her books are Amazon bestsellers in categories such as Children’s Inspirational &…
Dale, Stephen
Ottawa
Stephen
Dale
Ottawa
The author of five books of non-fiction, Stephen Dale has also made documentaries for CBC Radio's "Ideas" and other programs; worked as Canadian correspondent for InterPress Service (a news agency based in Rome, Italy, with a focus on the developing world); written a column for…
Dalrymple, Lisa
Victoria
Lisa
Dalrymple
Victoria
A previous winner of TWUC’s Writing for Children Competition (2011), Lisa has since published 11 books for young readers, both fiction and non-fiction. Her most recent book is Fierce: Women who Shaped Canada (Scholastic), a work of narrative non-fiction for readers in grades 4-8…
Dandapani, Arundati
Toronto/gta
Arundati
Dandapani
Toronto/gta
Arundati Dandapani, MLitt, CAIP, CIPP/C, is an award winning researcher and the founder of Generation1.ca, a platform and community that places Canada's immigrant newcomers, legal cannabis and non-profit associations at the forefront of data and insights innovation using…
Daniel, Lorne
Victoria
Daniell, Ruth
Dansereau, Virginia
Dantas, Heleneide
Toronto
Heleneide
Dantas
Toronto
Helen Dantas is a Brazilian Canadian novelist, public speaker, and workshop designer and facilitator. She was born to a middle-class family in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, in southeast Brazil. Dantas completed her studies in 1986, graduating with a bachelor of arts degree in…
Darwin, Véronique
Rossland
Véronique
Darwin
Rossland
Véronique Darwin writes fiction, theatre, and essays. She has stories in PRISM International, The Quarantine Review and McSweeney's Quarterly Concern. Her humour pieces appear in Geist, and literary essays and reviews in carte blanche, Porter House Review, Literary Review…
Das, Subrata
East York
Subrata
Das
East York
I am a writer and curator based in Toronto. I have twenty nine books to my credit. My Bengali book on Canadian literature, published in 2019, was applauded hugely. I was is the recipient of Nalanda Best Canadian Bengali Author Award at Canadian South Asian Literary…
Dashtgard, Annahid
Toronto
Annahid
Dashtgard
Toronto
Annahid is author of non-fiction books Bones of Belonging: Finding Wholeness in a White World (Dundurn 2023) and Breaking the Ocean: A Memoir of Race, Rebellion and Reconciliation.  A leading voice on issues of racism, inclusion and belonging, Annahid is also Co-…
Daurio, Beverley
Toronto
Beverley
Daurio
Toronto
Beverley Daurio is the author of three books, including Hell & Other Novels (Coach House/Talon). Her short fiction has been published in the U.S., Australia, England and Romania, as well as in journals across Canada. Her non-fiction has also been widely published, including…
Davey, Frank
davey, douglas
GUELPH
douglas
davey
GUELPH
Douglas Davey is an author, librarian, civil servant, and musician living in guelph, ontario.
Davidson, Leslie
Davies, Adriana
Edmonton
Adriana
Davies
Edmonton
Adriana A. Davies was born in Italy and grew up in Canada and has BA and MA degrees from the University of Alberta and a PhD from the University of London, England. She is a historian, poet, curator and specialist in fine and decorative arts. She authored two volumes of the…
Davies, Lynn
Fredericton
Lynn
Davies
Fredericton
Lynn writes poems, essays, reviews, and freelance pieces, also poems and stories for children. Born in Moncton, N.B., her first paying job was working in her parent’s independent bookstore, The Bookmark. She graduated with a B.A. in English (Honours) from the…
Davis, Lauren B.
Princeton, New Jersey
Lauren B.
Davis
Princeton, New Jersey
Lauren B. Davis’s most recent works are EVEN SO, published by Dundurn Press in 2021, and named one of the "Best Books of the Year" by the Quill & Quire and the Winnipeg Free Press; THE GRIMOIRE OF KENSINGTON MARKET, called “timely and important” by the Toronto Star, …
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