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Corry, J.C. (John)

Vancouver

J.C. (John)

Corry

Vancouver

J.C. (John) Corry’s first childhood memory was peering through stained glass in a Battersea church in London, England, colouring a passion for historical fiction. An army brat, he lived in ten homes by the age of ten in Canada, England and Australia, studied literature (where…

Costa, Donna

London

Donna

Costa

London

Donna Costa writes both fiction and creative nonfiction. Her debut novel, YA fiction, Breathing With Trees, was released in 2020. Her CNF, which appeared in Queen's Quarterly, Nurture Literary, and Prairie Fire, is now part of her memoir, If I Could Remember: Bears & Brains…

Cotrupi, Nella (Caterina)

Richmond Hill

Nella (Caterina)

Cotrupi

Richmond Hill

Nella Cotrupi is an Italian-born Canadian writer, literary critic, scholar, and translator with a life-long interest in the literary and visual arts. Her work includes fiction, poetry, literary translation and non-fiction ( criticism, reviews, essays, translations).

Cotter, Charis

St. John's

Charis

Cotter

St. John's

Charis Cotter is an award-winning children’s author who grew up beside a cemetery and has been living with ghosts ever since. She studied English in university and went to drama school in London, England. Now she lives at the end of a road by the ocean in Newfoundland, where the…

Cotter, Arlene

Vancouver

Arlene

Cotter

Vancouver

Arlene Cotter is an award-winning designer and strategist whose writing furthers a conversation about life initiated with From This Moment On: A Guide for Those Recently Diagnosed With Cancer (Penguin Random House, 1999) which she wrote after surviving her own terminal…

Cottrill, Jeff

Toronto

Jeff

Cottrill

Toronto

Jeff Cottrill is a fiction writer, poet, journalist and spoken-word artist based in Toronto, Canada. He has headlined in countless literary series throughout Canada, the U.K., the U.S., France, Ireland and Australia over the last twenty-plus years. His performance style is…

Coulis, Natasha

Vancouver

Natasha

Coulis

Vancouver

Natasha Coulis is a Vancouver-based poet, memoirist, and cultural critic whose work sits at the intersection of feminist theory, lived experience, neurodivergence, and the politics of how women are believed. Her writing examines motherhood, identity, and the epistemological…

Coutu Radmore, Claudia

Carleton Place

Claudia

Coutu Radmore

Carleton Place

Claudia’s poems won the 2009 National Capital Region Canadian Author's Award for Poetry Accidentals (2011, Apt. 9 Press, Ottawa) won the bpNichol Chapbook Award. Claudia Coutu Radmore's lyric poetry has been published in Psychopoetica, paperplates.ca and Acta Victoriana. Her…

Couture, Pauline

Toronto

Pauline

Couture

Toronto

Pauline Couture worked in daily journalism for many years in print, radio and television, in French and in English. Much of her writing life has been devoted to behind the scenes work such as research reports and regulatory submissions on large and complex issues in fields such…

Covell, Tim

Halifax

Tim

Covell

Halifax

Tim Covell was born on Canada’s west coast, lived in central Canada, and now lives on the east coast. He writes fiction and non-fiction, including romance, short humour, poetry, biography, software instructions, and journal articles. He holds degrees in…

Cowan, Janice

Burlington

Janice

Cowan

Burlington

Janice Cowan moved from Victoria in 2019 and now lives in Burlington, Ontario. She is the author of five children's mystery books and a non-fiction memoir called A Spy's Wife, which was published by James Lorimer and Company Ltd in October 2006. Between 1991 and 2002,…

Cowley, Christine

Southern Ontario

Christine

Cowley

Southern Ontario

Christine Cowley is an author, collaborator, editor and/or micro-publisher of over 40 books. Her publishing imprint, Moss Pillow Publishing, provides complete writing and publishing services for corporate histories. Butchers, Bakers and Building the Lakers:…

Cowper, Daniel

Bowen Island, BC

Daniel

Cowper

Bowen Island, BC

Daniel Cowper is a poet and writer from Bowen Island, BC. His poetry has appeared in publications in Canada, the USA, and Ireland, including Arc Poetry, Vallum, Southword, and Barren, and has been long-listed for the CBC Poetry Prize. A chapbook of his poetry, The God of Doors,…

Cox , Sarah

Victoria

Sarah

Cox

Victoria

Sarah Cox is the author of two non-fiction books — Signs of Life: Fieldnotes from the Frontlines of Extinction and Breaching the Peace: The Site C Dam and a Valley's Stand Against Big Hydro. Sarah is an environmental journalist who works for The Narwhal as an investigative…

Craig-Whytock, Suzanne

Drumbo

Suzanne

Craig-Whytock

Drumbo

Suzanne Craig-Whytock is the author of five novels: Smile, The Dome (English version, 2019; international Arabic translation, 2022), The Seventh Devil, and The Devil You Know (Bookland Press), Charybdis (JC Studio Press), two short story collections: Feasting Upon The Bones and…

Crail, Archibald

Archibald

Crail

Born in Paarl, South Africa, Archie Crail studied for Anglican priesthood and came to Canada in 1980. He studied journalism and creative writing at the University of Regina. He wrote journalistic pieces, short fiction and drama for CBC and has taught creative writing. He also…

Craven, Joan

Calgary, Alberta

Joan

Craven

Calgary, Alberta

Joan Craven is a professional speaker, communications coach and author. Her latest book is titled Got It! 21 Communication Tips for Busy, Impatient People. She brings over 30 years in teaching and communications experience to her presentations. Past…

Crawley, Oksanna

KINCARDINE

Oksanna

Crawley

KINCARDINE

Oksanna writes in several genres for kids—hopefully with humour and heart. Her first chapter book is Katie Crumble and the Case of the Missing Underwear, published in 2025 by Plumleaf Press. Coming soon is the second book in the Katie Series--Katie Crumble and the Case of the…

Crean, Susan

Susan

Crean

Susan Crean was born and raised in Toronto. She studied and travelled in Europe in the sixties, and acquired two degrees in art history. She worked as a freelance journalist and television producer through the seventies and began writing full-time in 1981. She has been a member…

Creber, Diane

Sydenham

Diane

Creber

Sydenham

Diane is the author of three non-fiction books, one novel, and her second novel is awaiting publication. Born in Montreal, Diane moved between Montreal, Toronto and New York City. She presently resides in rural eastern Ontario. A graduate of Ontario College of Art, and…

Wharncliffe

Toronto

Toronto

Like many authors, Megan Crewe finds writing about herself much more difficult than making things up. A few definite facts: she lives in Toronto, Canada with her husband and three cats, she works as a behavioral therapist for children and teens with special needs, and she's…

Critch, Ray

St John's

Ray

Critch

St John's

By day, Ray Critch is a lawyer practicing civil litigation with MacGillivray Injury and Insurance Law, where he has appeared at every level of court in Newfoundland and Labrador and at the Supreme Court of Canada. By night, he is usually a happily married husband and father of…

Cronin, Keri

St Catharines

Keri

Cronin

St Catharines

Keri Cronin is a professor, writer, and art historian. She is the author of Art for Animals: Visual Culture and Animal Advocacy, 1870-1914 (Penn State University Press, 2018) and Manufacturing National Park Nature: Photography, Ecology, and the Wilderness Industry…

Crook, Constance

Constance

Crook

Connie Brummel Crook taught English in Ontario’s public secondary schools for thirty years. She has two daughters and five grandchildren. Her first husband, Rev. Reginald Brown, died when their daughters were eleven months and two-and-a-half years old. She married…