Sean was born and grew up in Montreal, Quebec. After receiving a B.Ed. and a B.A, he taught just about everything from English and Math to Astronomy and Geography. Before settling in Ontario, Sean and his wife, Sylvia, travelled extensively throughout North America and Europe,…

Aidan Cassie studied animation and earned a media arts degree at the Emily Carr University of Art and Design and Edinburgh College of Art. While spending a year in Provence she finished her debut picture book, Sterling, Best Dog Ever. Now that she's not…

Cecil Castellucci is the Eisner nominated, Shuster award winning and New York Times Bestselling author of novels and graphic novels. Titles include, Shade, the Changing Girl, Boy Proof, The Plain Janes, Soupy Leaves Home, Female Furies, Star Wars Hyperspace, Shifting Earth, Odd…

Paul Cavanagh came to international attention when he was named the world’s first Lit Idol at the London Book Fair in the UK. Because he lives in London Ontario, he’s adopted the moniker Not That London Writer. He’s published three novels. They include After Helen (his award-…

Cassandra (“Cassie”) Caverhill writes about memory and life’s subtle textures. Her work has appeared in The Malahat Review, The Louisville Review, Reed Magazine, Short Reads, and many others. She obtained her MFA in poetry from Bowling Green State University and volunteers as a…

Ann Cavlovic’s debut novel "Count on Me" is published by Guernica Editions (2025). Her fiction and creative non-fiction have appeared in CBC First Person, Event, The Fiddlehead, The Globe and Mail, Grain, Little Bird Stories, PRISM international,…

Jane writes about women on the brink of transformation. Her debut novel, Patterson House, takes place in Toronto, the city in which she grew up. She has edited two anthologies with E. D. Morin—Impact: Women Writing After Concussion and Writing Menopause: An Anthology of Fiction…

ABOUT THE WRITER MIHAELA CD Mihaela CD was born in Romania. She emigrated to Canada many  years ago with her family and settled in Montreal.She always loved poetry, painting and music but she really started writing poetry books after a strong shock, when she lost her…

Paco Cédric is an independent, self-published author. He is a craftsman of words and a creator of resonant stories. Through captivating narratives, he brings to life a multitude of voices, characters, and faces from elsewhere, rooted in memory and embodying the struggles,…

Stephanie Cesca is a writer and editor living in Toronto. A former journalist in both Canada and Europe, she holds an English degree from Western University, a journalism degree from Toronto Metropolitan University and a Certificate of Creative Writing from the University of…

Sam Chaiton is a Toronto author and playwright, a dancer and long-time social justice advocate. His first book, co-authored with Terry Swinton, was the international non-fiction bestseller Lazarus and the Hurricane, which became a basis for the Norman Jewison film The…

Aashisha is an introverted thrill-seeker who takes weird leaps of faith and moonlights as a brand strategist and content marketing professional. Technically she has degrees in engineering and business, but she identifies better as a chaos chaser, dream spinner and a passport-…

Lyse Champagne's short story collection, The Light That Remains, was shortlisted for the 2017 Danuta Gleed LIterary Award for best first short story collection.  The stories are set in Turkey, Ukraine, China, France, Cambodia and Rwanda and chronicle the lives of six…

Marty Chan writes books for kids, stage plays for adults, and social media posts for fun. He's published over 24 books for kids including Dragon on the Loose, which was shortlisted for the Silver Birch Express Award, and The Mystery of the Graffiti Ghoul, which won the Diamond…

Gillian Chan was born in England and came to Canada in 1990. A graduate of the University of East Anglia, she taught in high schools for ten years and wrote in secret. Her move to Canada gave her the impetus to write full-time.

Andrea Chandler is a retired political science professor. She is the author of five books, including Canada and Eastern Europe 1945-1991: Meeting in the Middle  (Budapest, Hungary: Central European University Press, 2024).  Her most recent book, Fomenting Friendship:…

Janie Chang is a bestselling author of historical fiction. Many of her novels incorporate stories drawn from family history and often include elements of fantasy. She grew up listening to stories about life in a small Chinese town in the years before the Second World War and…

Ellen Chang-Richardson is an award-winning poet, hybrid genre writer, judicial assistant, and editor of Taiwanese and Chinese Cambodian descent. They are the author of Blood Belies, shortlisted for the 2025 Gerald Lampert Memorial Award, five solo poetry chapbooks, and the co-…

After 10 books of poetry for adults, a satirical novel that foretold the rise of a Trump & Company, and literally hundreds of published letters in Canadian and American newspapers, Ron is now a children's author. His most recent kids' book is Robots in the Diner, a Becky…