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Malone, Stephens Gerard

Stephens Gerard

Malone

Born in Ontario, educated in Montréal, Stephens Gerard Malone currently lives and writes on Canada’s east coast. In 1994, he published his first novel, Endless Bay (Mercury Press) under the pseudonym, Laura Fairburn. His second novel, Miss Elva (Random House Canada) followed in…

Bowen Island

Bowen Island

Born in Montreal, Ainslie Manson spent her childhood in Montreal and Hudson, Quebec. She has studied and worked in Canada, England and the U.S. She is married to David Manson, has three sons and has lived in Vancouver since 1970. In the '80s, Manson freelanced for the Vancouver…

Manzanal-Frank, Maiden

Central Alberta

Maiden

Manzanal-Frank

Central Alberta

Maiden Manzanal-Frank is an international leadership speaker, author, and consultant on strategy and change. She supports purpose-driven organizations and executives develop strategic initiatives that foster impactful leadership and drive systemic change in Canada and…

Marais, Bianca

Toronto

Bianca

Marais

Toronto

Bianca Marais is the author of the bestselling The Witches of Moonshyne Manor, as well as the beloved Hum If You Don't Know the Words and If You Want to Make God Laugh, and the Audible Original, The Prynne Viper. She taught at the University of Toronto's School of Continuing…

Mardero, Adam

Adam

Mardero

Adam Mardero founded the blog Differently Wired in 2011 to educate and advocate for neurodiversity. He holds a Master’s Degree in History and a Bachelor of Education. Since coming to terms with being neurodivergent, he’s dedicated his life to helping further the causes of Autism…

Margoshes, Dave

Saskatoon

Dave

Margoshes

Saskatoon

I’m a Saskatchewan writer whose stories and poems have appeared widely in literary magazines and anthologies, including six times in the Best Canadian Stories volumes, and have been a finalist for the Journey Prize. I’ve published some 20 books, including Bix’s Trumpet and…

Marin, Amela

Toronto

Amela

Marin

Toronto

Amela Marin moved to Canada from Sarajevo, Bosnia. Her writing appeared in magazines in former Yugoslavia, as well as Poetry Today, Meta, Gastronomica, Descant, PRISM International, BBC Radio and Radio Netherlands. "The Unbearable Lightness of Wartime Cuisine", a memoir about…

Marjerrison, Lara

Toronto

Lara

Marjerrison

Toronto

LARA MARGARET MARJERRISON is a queer, multidisciplinary artist with a vision of impacting the world around her through the transformative power of visual art and storytelling. She spends her days writing poetry and prose, dabbling in photography, and playing with paint, bringing…

Marlatt, Daphne

Vancouver

Daphne

Marlatt

Vancouver

Daphne Marlatt lives in Vancouver, British Columbia. She was born in 1942 in Melbourne, Australia, and immigrated to Canada in 1951 from Malaysia. She studied writing and English at the University of British Columbia (B.A., 1964), and comparative literature at Indiana University…

Marques, Irene

Toronto

Irene

Marques

Toronto

Irene Marques is a bilingual writer (writing in English and Portuguese) and Lecturer at Toronto Metropolitan University in the English Department where she teaches literature, literary theory, and creative writing. She has also taught at the University of Toronto, York…

Marquez, Bicky A.

Kingston

Bicky A.

Marquez

Kingston

Bicky A. Marquez is a Ph.D. in Applied Physics (optics/photonics) from the Bourgogne Franche-Comté University, France (2018), where she worked at the FEMTO-ST Institute on artificial intelligence photonic hardware. She is a research scientist at the Physics Department of…

Marsh, Jessica

Halifax

Jessica

Marsh

Halifax

Jessica’s short stories have appeared in The New Quarterly, The Fiddlehead, Grain and The Sun. Her work has been nominated for The Journey Prize and the National Magazine Awards. With the generous support of two consecutive Canada Council for the Arts grants (2022 & 2023),…

Marshall Flaherty, Kate

Toronto

Kate

Marshall Flaherty

Toronto

Kate offers spontaneous occasional p.o.e.m.s "Poems of the Extraordinary Moment" live and on zoom. She also guides poetry workshops for all ages live and on zoom. See Kate's books, award-winning performance poetry videos, sample poems, and StillPoint Writing and Poetry…

Marshy, Leila

Montreal

Leila

Marshy

Montreal

Montrealer Leila Marshy is of Palestinian-Newfoundland heritage—she can tell a good joke, but it bombs. She has been a filmmaker, a baker, an app designer, a marketer, a farmer, and editor of online culture journal Rover Arts. In 2011, she founded the Friends of…

Martel, Yann

Saskatoon

Yann

Martel

Saskatoon

Yann Martel is the author of a collection of short stories, four novels, and a collection of letters to former Prime Minister Harper. He lives in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.

Martens, Debra

Debra

Martens

Debra Martens has published short stories in print journals such as The New Quarterly and Room, and online with Agnes and True and The Quarantine Review, among others. With years of experience as a book reviewer, and having lived in five countries abroad, she launched and…

Edmonton

Edmonton

Lisa Martin is the author of three full-length collections of poetry, most recently Nighthawks (University of Alberta Press, 2026). Her first novel, A Story Can Be Told About Pain, appeared with NeWest Press in Spring 2025. Creative Writing in Post-Secondary Education: Practice…

Martin, Geoff

Kitchener

Geoff

Martin

Kitchener

GEOFF MARTIN’s essay "The Isabel Letters" won the 2024 Edna Staebler Personal Essay Contest from The New Quarterly. His place-based and environmental essays have been nominated twice for the Pushcart Prize and have appeared in Creative Nonfiction, Literary Review of Canada…

Toronto

Toronto

JJ Martin was born in Manitoba and grew up Catholic in Ontario. He pursued graduate studies at the University of Ottawa in Anthropology of Religion. His business writing has appeared in a variety of online and print publications. His debut novel, 'Father Sweet,' was published in…

Martin, Fay

Minden

Fay

Martin

Minden

Dementia Widow: a memoir about love, death and survival (Iguana Books) launched in March 2026. Fay has also written a bi-weekly columns - Poke, Peel, Pair and Ponder, for the local newspaper since September 2022, and has had several op-eds and opinion pieces published in…

Martin, Dan

Edmonton

Dan

Martin

Edmonton

Dan Martin is a psychotherapist living in Edmonton, Canada. Dan grew up in a family of game guides and outfitters in Northern Alberta. He worked for several years as a field officer for Alberta Forestry, Lands, and Wildlife. When Dan's writings describe wilderness areas and wild…

Martin, C K Kelly

Ottawa

C K Kelly

Martin

Ottawa

Carolyn Martin is the author of several acclaimed novels for young people published under the names C. K. Kelly Martin and Cara Martin. Carolyn was born in Mississauga, Ontario and spent her early years devouring books about Winnie the Pooh, Babar, Madeline, Anne Shirley…