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Wolf-Heffner, Lori

Waterloo

Lori

Wolf-Heffner

Waterloo

Lori Wolf-Heffner is the author of the young adult series Between Worlds and the sweet romance series Love on Belmont. She was an inaugural member of the Canadian National Tap Team, wrote and submitted a Star Trek novel in her teens (it was rejected—she…

Wolfe, Kym

Kym

Wolfe

A versatile writer and engaging speaker. Writes for business, lifestyle, arts and culture, and alumni publications/organizations. Author of 5 non-fiction books focused on London regional history and heritage.

Wolff, Elana

Elana

Wolff

Elana Wolff grew up and was educated in Toronto. She has taught English as a Second Language at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem and is currently teaching ESL at the York University English Language Institute. Her first collection of poetry, Birdheart, was published by…

Wong, Sandra SG

Edmonton

Sandra SG

Wong

Edmonton

Sandra SG Wong (she/her) writes fiction across multiple genres, including the cross-genre Lola Starke series and Crescent City short stories. An author, mentor, speaker, and community organizer, Sandra publishes as an indie author as well as with traditional publishers.Her…

Wong, Rita

Vancouver

Rita

Wong

Vancouver

Rita Wong lives and works on unceded Coast Salish territories, also known as Vancouver, where she attends to questions of water justice, decolonization, ecology and climate justice. Co-editor of the anthology Downstream: Reimagining Water with Dorothy Christian,…

Wong, Sherry

CALGARY

Sherry

Wong

CALGARY

Born and raised in China, Sherry Wong moved to Canada in the late 80s to pursue her master’s degree. Since 2012, she wrote under both her real name and a pen name, Tong Ge, and have published poems, prose, and short stories (both in English and in Chinese) in the North America,…

Wood, TP

Westville

Wood

Westville

TP Wood graduated from McMaster University with an Honours Degree in English and History. He has been editor of three weekly newspapers, and two corporate publications, has written executive speeches, screenplays, and thirty years of personal journals. He is an active member of…

Wood, Shelley

Shelley

Wood

Shelley Wood is a novelist, medical journalist, and editor. Her second novel, The Leap Year Gene was published August 2024 by HarperCollins Canada, and as The Leap Year Gene of Kit McKinley in the United States, by Union Square Press. Her debut novel, The Quintland Sisters…

Wood, Maggie L.

London, ON

Maggie L.

Wood

London, ON

Maggie L. Wood was born and raised on Prince Edward Island, where she honed her imagination skills playing Medieval Barbies and writing and illustrating her own "Sword & Sorcery" comic books. As an adult, she landed a wonderful part-time job working at an independent…

Wood, Heather

Toronto

Heather

Wood

Toronto

Heather J. Wood was born and raised in Montreal and now makes her home in Toronto. She is the author of the coming of age novel Fortune Cookie, and of Roll With It, a teen-oriented novel about roller derby. She is also the World Fantasy Award nominated editor of the Gods, Memes…

Wood Barrett, Rebecca

Whistler

Rebecca

Wood Barrett

Whistler

Rebecca is an award-winning writer and filmmaker living in Whistler, British Columbia. Her short fiction has been published in Room, The Antigonish Review and Pique Newsmagazine. She has made over 35 short films, which have broadcast on TV and been screened…

Woodcock, Patrick

Iqaluit

Patrick

Woodcock

Iqaluit

Patrick Woodcock is the author of 10 books of poetry and countless reviews. His work has been translated and published in 14 languages. Since travel is so essential to his work, Mr. Woodcock has lived and worked in such diverse countries as Iceland, Poland, Russia,…

Woods, Jane

Jane

Woods

Jane Woods was born in Cleveland, Ohio. She grew up in Montreal and is a graduate of The National Theatre School of Canada. She has worked extensively as a voice actor and a translator. She lives in Toronto. She is the author of the novels: 'The Walking Tanteek' (2014) and '…

Woodward, Caroline

New Denver

Caroline

Woodward

New Denver

I am a writer, and former publishers' rep, bookseller, managing editor, publicist, creative writing teacher and most recently, a lighthouse keeper formerly based on the Lennard Island Lightstation near Tofino, BC from 2008-2021. I have written nine books for adults and children…

Wootton, Donna

Cobourg

Donna

Wootton

Cobourg

Writer, retired teacher, and amateur dancer with MMM (Margaret Morris Method). Donna is available to visit libraries, bookstores and book clubs to discuss her novels, Isadora's Dance and The Age of Privilege, her latest novel. Her audience at the book launches showed …

Wouters, Teresa

Grande Prairie

Teresa

Wouters

Grande Prairie

Teresa Wouters is a Métis author with an education, entertainer, and entrepreneur background. She is the author of the novel, Creeboy, written especially for reluctant readers. A study novel guide for this book will be available for the Fall, 2025 school year. Upcoming…

Wright, Ronald

Ronald

Wright

Ronald Wright was born in England to a Canadian father and an English mother, and now lives in British Columbia. A novelist, historian and essayist, he has won awards in all three genres, and is published around the world in more than a dozen languages. Before becoming a writer…

Wykes, Megan

Toronto

Megan

Wykes

Toronto

Toronto-born writer/poet Megan Wykes (formerly Mueller) worked as a senior editor at Oxford University Press and Harcourt Brace for many years, and wrote freelance, including a stint at ARTNews magazine (New York). Her writing has also appeared in numerous Canadian arts and…

Wylie, Betty Jane

Toronto, ON

Betty Jane

Wylie

Toronto, ON

I´m not a dead white guy. I´m a living old white female writer, a prolific unknown, have been for years. I love plays best but I have a large collection of OOP books, mostly first editions, with one or two exceptions, the major one being Beginnings: A Book for Widows which…

Wynne-Jones, Tim

Tim

Wynne-Jones

When he was three, Tim ran away from home with a tea cozy on his head. That was in Cheshire, England. He ended up in Kitimat, B.C. He is not sure if these incidents are connected, but he believes fervently that if one is going to become a writer one should keep one's head warm.…

Vancouver

Vancouver

Lucy Yang (she/her) writes and teaches on the traditional and unceded territories of the Coast Salish peoples in British Columbia. Her debut chapbook, Ju, is published in 2024. Her writing is featured in The New York Times, ARC Poetry Magazine, Contemporary Verse 2 and…

Yasuda, Anita

Caledon

Anita

Yasuda

Caledon

Anita Yasuda is a Canadian writer of South Asian descent with an Honours Bachelor of Arts from Victoria College, the University of Toronto and an AMI Montessori certification. She is a verse novelist and children's picture book author of UP, UP, EVER UP! JUNKO TABEI: A…

Yearington, Tim

Kingston and also Kitchizibi Metis Territory (Ottawa/Mattawa River)

Tim

Yearington

Kingston and also Kitchizibi Metis Territory (Ottawa/Mattawa River)

I am a Metis writer/author currently living in Kingston, Ontario. I am originally from the North Bay and Mattawa area. I am a citizen of the Metis Nation of Ontario. My ancestral territory is the Ottawa River (Kitchizibi) Valley and the Mattawa River Region.…

YEE, PAUL

Toronto

PAUL

YEE

Toronto

Paul Yee was born in Saskatchewan, grew up in Vancouver, but has lived in Toronto since 1988. He studied history at U.B.C., worked as an archivist, and did volunteer work in Vancouver's Chinatown, the source of much of his writing.