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Sadiya Ansari is the bestselling author of In Exile: Rupture, Reunion, and my Grandmother's Secret Life (House of Anansi, 2024).She's also award-winning journalist. Her work — including essays, features, Q&As and book reviews — has appeared in the Guardian, VICE, the Globe…
Sadiya
Ansari
Vernon
Natalie Appleton is an award-winning Canadian writer living in the Okanagan. She is a graduate of the University of Regina School of Journalism and the MA in Creative Writing (Narrative non-fiction) program at City University London, UK.
In her former life as a journalist, she…
Vernon
Natalie
Appleton
North York, Ontario
Rona Arato Rona has been a writer and editor for over 25 years. Her work has appeared in magazines and newspapers in Canada and the United States. Rona holds a degree in Elementary Education from U.C.L.A. She has taught elementary school classes in Los Angeles and Toronto, adult…
North York, Ontario
Rona
Arato
TERREBONNE
I was Born in Montreal. Bachelor’s degree in Psychology, certificate in radio and television animation with several certificates in sales and marketing. Author of the book: Des Poules dans ma Cour (Chickens in my backyard) published at Ecososiété in May 2020. I…
TERREBONNE
Louise
Arbour
Whitehorse
Charmaine Arjoonlal (aka Charmaine Traynor-Ruitenberg) is a first generation South Asian/Portuguese Canadian author and social worker who lives with her husband and two rescue dogs in Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada. She’s grateful to reside on the Traditional Territories of the…
Whitehorse
Charmaine
Arjoonlal
North Vancouver
Théodora Armstrong is a fiction writer, poet, and photographer. Her first collection of short fiction, Clear Skies, No Wind, 100% Visibility, was a finalist for the Danuta Gleed Literary Award for Fiction, and the Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize. Her award-winning stories have…
North Vancouver
Théodora
Armstrong
Montréal
Nelson
Kate Armstrong is the award-winning author of her memoir The Stone Frigate: The Royal Military College’s First Female Cadet Speaks Out published in 2019 and named as winner of the 2020 Ontario Historical Society Alison Prentice Award for best book on women’s history…
Nelson
Kate
Armstrong
Toronto
Vancouver
Bill Arnott is the bestselling author of A Perfect Day for a Walk, A Season on Vancouver Island, the Gone Viking travelogues, and other award-winning books of nonfiction, fiction, and poetry. Recipient of a Fellowship at London’s Royal Geographical…
Vancouver
Bill
Arnott
Ottawa
xwesam
Jenn Ashton is a multi-award-winning Sḵwx̱wú7mesh author, visual artist, and filmmaker. Her book of short stories, People Like Frank and Other Stories from The Edge of Normal (TidewaterPress 2020), was a finalist for the Indigenous Voices Award 2021, and her short story '…
xwesam
Jenn
Ashton
Brantford
Catherine Astolfo retired after a very successful 34 years in education. She can recall writing fantasy stories for her classmates in Grade Three, so she started finishing her books the day after her retirement became official. Catherine's short stories and poems have been…
Brantford
Catherine
Astolfo
North Cowichan
Martha Attema was born in Friesland (The Netherlands). In 1981, she moved to Canada with her husband and three children. She draws ideas from family experiences in her historical Fiction novels about WWII, folk tales and legends of her native…
North Cowichan
Martha
Attema
Cobourg
Toronto
Jass Aujla is the Canadian South-Asian author of debut suspense-thriller, NEXT OF TWIN. In addition to her twisty novels, Jass’ poetry and microfiction have appeared in over ten bestselling anthology publications worldwide, including Hidden In Childhood (from Literary…
Toronto
Jass
Aujla
Gatineau
Catherine Austen writes books for children and teens, short stories for adults, and reports for corporate clients. Her novels have won the CLA Young Adult Book Award, the Sunburst Award, the QWF Prize for Children’s Literature, and the Hackmatack Children’s Choice Award. Her…
Gatineau
Catherine
Austen
Toronto
Jennilee Austria-Bonifacio is an author, community worker, public speaker, and the founder of Filipino Talks—an initiative that builds bridges between Filipino families and Canadian school boards. Inspired by her work with newcomer youth, she finished writing programs at…
Toronto
Jennilee
Austria-Bonifacio
Rossland
Originally from Toronto, Louise Aziz Sidley lives in Rossland, an old mining town situated in the Monashee Mountains and traditional Sinixt Territory. Her paternal grandparents fled to Canada from Syria in the early 1900's. She earned an MFA in creative writing from…
Rossland
Louise
Aziz Sidley
