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Quennec, Linda
Quon, Anna
Halifax
Anna
Quon
Halifax
Anna Quon, a poet and novelist living in Kjipuktuk (Halifax), likes to make paintings and short animated films of her poems. Mixed-race, middle-aged and Mad,  Anna has facilitated writing and creative arts workshops for people with lived experience of mental health diagnoses/…
Raab, Kelley
Ottawa
Kelley
Raab
Ottawa
Kelley is a writer and psychotherapist. She studied in Chicago, earning a Master of Divinity at Chicago Theological Seminary and a Master of Arts at the University of Chicago Divinity School. Later she completed a Ph.D. in religious studies at the University of Ottawa. Her…
Rabbani, Waheed
Grimsby
Waheed
Rabbani
Grimsby
Waheed Rabbani was born in India, near Delhi, and was introduced to Victorian and other English novels, at a very young age, in his father's library. Most of the large number of volumes, had been purchased by his father at 'garage sales' held, by departing British civil service…
Radecki, Barbara
Toronto
Barbara
Radecki
Toronto
Barbara Radecki started her career as an actor, and is probably best known for voicing Sailor Neptune in the original English dub of the popular Sailor Moon series. She has transitioned to writing, with a focus on full-length fiction and screenplays. Her screenplay, Modern…
Rader, Matthew
Radu, Kenneth
Rae, Rowena
Victoria
Rowena
Rae
Victoria
Rowena Rae is an award-winning author of both non-fiction and fiction for young people. Her non-fiction science books are for ages 9 and up and include Why We Need Vaccines and Salmon: Swimming for Survival. She draws on her science education and experience as a field…
Raffan, James
Seeley's Bay
rafi, zarmina
Rahman, Fasihur
Fasihur
Rahman
Fasihur Rahman is an Indian-born Canadian writer. He is the author of Wings of Destiny: Ziaur Rahman Ansari-A Life, a biography that delves into the life of Ziaur Rahman Ansari (1925-1992), who served as a federal minister in the council of ministers of two Indian prime…
Rahman, Bahram
Toronto
Bahram
Rahman
Toronto
Bahram Rahman was born in Kabul, Afghanistan, and grew up during the civil war and the Taliban regime. He came to Canada as a refugee in 2012, and today is a senior policy advisor at the Ministry of Health in Ontario. Bahram’s first picture book, Governor General’s Literary…
Rainey-Strathy, Kait
Kingston
Rakoff, Ruth
Toronto
Ramadan, Danny
Vancouver
Danny
Ramadan
Vancouver
Danny Ramadan is a Syrian-Canadian author and LGBTQ-refugees advocate.  His debut novel, The Clothesline Swing, won multiple awards. His children’s Book Salma the Syrian Chef, continues to receive accolades. Both books were translated to multiple languages.  His short stories…
Ramsay, Heather
Chilliwack
Heather
Ramsay
Chilliwack
Heather Ramsay is seriously concerned about the state of the world and tries to remain calm in the Fraser Valley. She has an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of British Columbia and has worked as a journalist and communications professional. She has published two…
Ramsingh, Priya
Etobicoke
Priya
Ramsingh
Etobicoke
Priya
Priya Ramsingh is the author of Brown Girl in the Room, a novel that was published by Tightrope Books in 2017. Her short story, Pies for Lunch, was shortlisted for best short fiction in 2021, by The Caribbean Writer, an annual literary journal published by the University of…
Rao, Anuradha
Anuradha
Rao
Anuradha Rao is a conservation biologist, writer and facilitator born and raised in the traditional territories of the Anishinabewaki, Attiwonderonk and Haudenosaunee Nations and currently based in unceded Coast Salish Territories. She has worked on research, conservation and…
Rao-Robinson, Anitha
MILTON
Anitha
Rao-Robinson
MILTON
Anitha
Children's author, conservationist and creator of the Kindness Is Everything Podcast Anitha Rao-Robinson received her Bachelor of Commerce from Queen’s University and worked as an accountant for twenty-four years before trading numbers for words. Anitha is passionate about…
Rathinappillai, Namitha
Toronto
Namitha
Rathinappillai
Toronto
Namitha Rathinappillai (she/they) is a fat, disabled, queer, Tamil spoken word poet, organizer, and workshop facilitator who entered the poetry community in 2017. She is currently based in Toronto, and was the first female and youngest director of Ottawa’s Urban Legends Poetry…
Rathjen, Cristina
Rayner, Mark A.
London
Mark A.
Rayner
London
Mark A.
Human-shaped, simian-obsessed, robot-fighting, pirate-hearted, storytelling junkie, Mark A. Rayner is an award-winning writer of satirical & speculative fiction. He is the author of five novels, a collection of short humorous fiction, dozens of short stories, and several…
Read, Christine
West Vancouver
Christine
Read
West Vancouver
Hailing from small-town Ontario, Chris Read has worked as a piano teacher, camp counsellor, waitress, math tutor, chartered accountant, finance director, treasurer, and executive director. She is married and a mother to two grown children, one of whom has ADHD. After many years…
Read, Janet
Toronto
Janet
Read
Toronto
Janet Read was born in Toronto.  She has an MA in the philosophy of art focusing on Merleau-Ponty and Ricoeur and phenomenology.  Her novel Wilberforce Street is set in the historical black settlement in Oro Township in Simcoe County Ontario.  It is accompanied by a teacher's…
Reaume, Marilyn
Hamilton
Marilyn
Reaume
Hamilton
Marilyn
Marilyn is an educator, children's author and poet.  She has written 4 children's poetry books ("The Village Series") and conducted presentations on poetry in several elementary schools.