Born in Leamington, Ontario to parents from the Molise region of Italy, Nino Ricci completed studies at York University in Toronto, at Concordia University in Montreal, and at the University of Florence, and has taught extensively both in Canada and abroad, including two years…

Vanessa is a word sorceress — an SFF author and editor — who loves a good story. She’s a NaNoWriMo veteran, a Halloween enthusiast, and a bookish geek who loves dragons, dogs, astronomy, travel and good tequila.

Giovanna Riccio is a University of Toronto graduate with a major in philosophy. She is the author of  one chapbook and two poetry collections. Her poems, essays and book reviews have appeared in national and international anthologies and journals including Exile…

Waubgeshig Rice is an author and journalist from Wasauksing First Nation on Georgian Bay. His first short story collection, Midnight Sweatlodge, was inspired by his experiences growing up in an Anishinaabe community, and won an Independent Publishers Book Award in 2012. His…

Bruce Rice is the previous Saskatchewan Poet Laureate, an essayist, and editor living in Regina, Saskatchewan, on Treaty 4 Territory and the Métis homeland. He grew up in Prince Albert and returned to the province after ten years in the Maritimes. Bruce holds a B.A. from Saint…

Faith Richardson can’t remember a time when she was not fascinated by stories. A confirmed  ‘bookaholic,’ early favorites were the Enid Blyten ‘Adventure’ series, the Nesbit stories, and later  the novels of Rosemary Sutcliff, Ursula Le Guin, Madeleine L’Engle and L. M…

Lisa Richter (she/her) is a poet, writer and educator. She is the author of two full-length collections of poetry, Closer to Where We Began (Tightrope Books, 2017) and Nautilus and Bone (Frontenac House, 2020), winner of the National Jewish Book Award for…

Kelly-Anne Riess is an award-winning freelance journalist and poet who lives in Regina. Her work has appeared in the Globe and Mail, the Montreal Gazette, the Vancouver Sun and other newspapers across the country. She has travelled across North America working on…

A writer and documentary-maker, I live with my partner in rural eastern Ontario, Canada.  It’s a half-wild place, where I find the view clearer than in the surge and tumult of the mainstream. From here I generate books and articles, audio, video and film documentaries,…

Scot Ritchie is an award winning author/illustrator who lives in Vancouver. He has written and illustrated numerous children's books, which have been translated into many languages including Chinese, Polish, French and Arabic. Scot has worked with the National Film Board of…

Erika Ritter was born in Regina, Saskatchewan, and educated at McGill University in Montreal and the University of Toronto, specializing in drama. She lives mainly in Toronto, where she works as a playwright, radio dramatist, novelist, humourist, short fiction writer and radio…

Ken Rivard has lived in Calgary since 1976. Born in Montreal, he received his Masters Degree from McGill University. Aside from freelance writing, Ken currently works part-time as a university instructor. He has presented dozens of successful writing workshops at all levels…

Filipino Canadian writer Patria Rivera’s first poetry collection, Puti/White (Frontenac House Media, Calgary, Alberta, 2005), was shortlisted for the 2006 Canadian Trillium Book Award for Poetry. Rivera has also published three other books of poems: The Bride Anthology (…

Raquel Rivera is a writer, artist, performer and author of books for children and teens. Based in Montreal since 1999, she’s published five books for young readers. Prior to this she lived and worked as a copywriter in Washington DC, Kuala Lumpur and Singapore, as well as…

I can’t remember a time without writing. A lifetime ago, I kicked off a journalism career as a copy runner, getting the copy from the newsroom to paste-up in the basement of my local newspaper. Since then, I’ve worked as a writer at daily newspapers, magazines, and online…

Clea Roberts lives in Whitehorse, Yukon on the Takhini River. Her poetry has been translated and published internationally and has been nominated for the League of Canadian Poets Gerald Lampert Award, the ReLit Award and a National Magazine Award. She has received…

Sheilah has been a store clerk, a Bollywood movie extra, an art school model, a chambermaid, a barmaid/tender, riding instructor, a theatre arts administrator, a library assistant, and a teacher of various subjects, primarily, music and English. Generally, fearless. Loves …

Dana Robertson lives in Oshawa, Ontario, Canada. She completed a bachelor’s degree in English Literature and Psychology with Trent University in Peterborough Ontario, followed by a graduate creative writing program with the Humber School for Writers in Toronto, Ontario. Formerly…

Dilys Robertson is the author of many non-fiction books mostly about workplace health and safety. Born in England, she emigrated to Canada in 1976 with her family where she has worked in Ontario and Manitoba.  She now lives in Cobourg Ontario. Awarded a BA degree in English…

Born in the UK and raised in northern British Columbia, Patricia Robertson has lived in Spain, London, Yukon, and elsewhere. Her third fiction collection, Hour of the Crab, was named co-winner of the Margaret Laurence Award for Fiction at the 2022 Manitoba Book Awards. Her first…

J. Jill Robinson, B.A., M.A. (Calgary), M.F.A. (Fairbanks). Born June 16, 1955 in Langley, B.C. Was married to poet Steven Ross Smith; one son, born 1995, Emmett H Robinson Smith. Writer of fiction both short and long, and of creative non-fiction. Writer-in-Residence, Regina…

Jennifer Robinson lives on Treaty 1 land, territory of the Anishinaabeg, Cree, Oji-Cree, Dakota, Dene and Metis nations. She is a psychotherapist and an emerging writer whose creative nonfiction has appeared in The Dalhousie Review, Existere Magazine, Reckon Review and Prairie…