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Ottawa
Albert M. Jabara was born in Lebanon on August 17, 1947, in a village directly opposite Mount Haramoon. He moved to Canada, where he held his first job at age 13 to support himself, his mother, and his younger brother and sister.
Mr. Jabara attended schools intermittently and…
Ottawa
Albert
Jabara
Burnaby
Quinn Tyler Jackson has been a silkscreen printer’s apprentice, a bookseller’s assistant, a gas pumpist, a freelance editor, a literary agent, a researcher, a Chief Architect, and is currently a Chief Scientist (Mathematics). Jackson is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, a…
Burnaby
Quinn
Jackson
Vancouver
Melanie is the author of such middle-grade/young-adult suspensers with Orca Book Publishers as The Big Dip and Death Drop, as well as the Dinah Galloway Mystery Series. For Medusa's Scream, a Canadian Children's Book Centre Best Book, Middle Readers, 2018, Melanie was a TD-CCBC…
Vancouver
Melanie
Jackson
Toronto
Marni Jackson is a Toronto writer and author who has won numerous National Magazine Awards for her articles and social commentary. Her work has appeared in publications that include Rolling Stone, the London Sunday Times, The Walrus, Maclean’s and Brick magazine, and her three…
Toronto
Marni
Jackson
Surrey
Taslim Jaffer is a freelance writer, editor and writing instructor. She holds an MFA in Creative Nonfiction from University of King's College and has been teaching expressive writing and memoir in community and rehabilitative settings since 2015. Taslim is currently working on…
Surrey
Taslim
Jaffer
North Vancouver
Saleh Jaibat is a poet, researcher, and author who was born in Haifa, Palestine in 1945. He holds both Jordanian and Canadian nationalities, has travelled to over 50 different countries, and speaks Arabic, English, and Czech. Saleh has a Bachelor Degree in Business Management…
North Vancouver
Saleh
Jaibat
Mississauga and Toronto
Peter Jailall, retired teacher, storyteller and poet has read his work in schools, libraries and universities across Canada and in the Caribbean. An avid supporter of human rights and social justice, he expresses his compassion and passion for human values through poetry and…
Mississauga and Toronto
Peter
Jailall
Mahak Jain writes fiction and poetry for young people and adults. She is the author of three picture books: Maya (illust. by Elly MacKay), winner of the 2017 South Asia Book Award and a Kirkus Best Book of the Year; Bharatanatyam in Ballet Shoes (illust. by Anu Chouhan), a 2023…
Mahak
Jain
Vancouver
Franke James is an activist, artist and author of four books. She’s fought City Hall to build a green driveway (and won); been blacklisted by the Canadian Government for her climate change art—and turned their silencing into international news. Her latest book, Freeing Teresa: A…
Vancouver
Franke
James
Ottawa
Sheila James is an award winning author and videographer, produced playwright and has performed, composed and recorded original music for stage, screen and broadcast. Her work explores the “other” or “outsider” as she brings a critical anti-racist, feminist and queer perspective…
Ottawa
Sheila
James
Dieppe
C.J. Masson is the nom de plume of Ann Jamieson. Born in Singapore and educated in Canada and New Zealand, her career included work in the political sphere and the Public Service of Canada. Now retired, she lives in Diepp, NB. He latest book - "Voices in the Fire" - is a…
Dieppe
Ann
Jamieson
Calgary
I am a writer and freelance editor and writer based out of Treaty 7 territory (Calgary, AB) with experience in proofreading, copyediting, and line/content editing. I specialize in substantive/developmental editing in speculative fiction, creative nonfiction, academic essays, and…
Calgary
Audrey
Jamieson
Toronto
Mary Janigan is a journalist who has written extensively about Canadian public policy, including politics and economics, for the Toronto Star, Maclean’s and the Globe and Mail. She won the prestigious Hyman Solomon Award for policy analysis, and the National Newspaper Award for…
Toronto
Mary
Janigan
Caitlin Jans is co-founder of The Poetry Marathon, an international writing event. Her work has appeared in numerous anthologies and literary journals including: The Adroit Journal, Rust + Moth, Barrow Street Journal, and Killer Verse. Her work has been nominated multiple times…
Caitlin
Jans
Orangeville
Liz began riding a motorcycle on her family farm when she was sixteen. She could not have imagined how transformative her two-wheeled experiences would be, or how powerful a teacher motorcycling was. In 2003, she left a career in Corporate Human Resources and Training and…
Orangeville
Liz
Jansen
Fredericton, NB
Mark Anthony Jarman is the author of Touch Anywhere to Begin, Czech Techno, Knife Party at the Hotel Europa, My White Planet, 19 Knives, New Orleans Is Sinking, Dancing Nightly in the Tavern, and the travel book Ireland’s Eye. His novel, Salvage King Ya!, is on Amazon.ca’s list…
Fredericton, NB
Mark Anthony
Jarman
Calgary
Aldona Jaworska was born and raised in Poland and came to Canada as a refugee in 1990.
She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Canadian Studies and Communication and Culture (2012, University of Calgary) and a Master’s of Arts degree in Communication and Culture (2014, U of C).…
Calgary
Aldona
Jaworska
Toronto
Certified book ghostwriter, book editor working with aspiring nonfiction authors to develop their ideas into viable manuscripts. • Manuscript assessment and recommendations • Ghostwriting, line editing • Author coaching • Book proposals • Book Selling Plans Specialties:…
Toronto
Sandra
Jean-Louis
Midland
Prior to turning to writing full time in 2009, Peter spent his career in corporate communications in Toronto running agencies handling marketing, advertising, branding, public relations and production of multimedia content, including websites and social media elements. Clients…
Midland
Peter
Jennings
Toronto
Toronto
Marvyne Jenoff’s fifth book, a poetry collection, came out in March, 2022 with Silver Bow Publishing. Called Climbing the Rain, it includes poems that span her 60-year literary career as well as her recent poems of love and age.
Marvyne Jenoff was born in Winnipeg and began…
Toronto
Marvyne
Jenoff
Yellowknife
Cathy Jewison is a short story writer living in Yellowknife, NWT. A collection of her Yellowknife stories, The Ugly Truck and Dog Contest and Other Tales of Northern Life, was published by Borealis Press of Ottawa in 2009. Cathy has worked as a newspaper reporter, copy editor,…
Yellowknife
Cathy
Jewison
Windsor & Toronto
Karl Jirgens was born in Toronto. He is Professor Emeritus (U. Windsor). He served as editor/publisher of Rampike magazine (1979-2016). The Rampike digital archive is free to the public c/o U Windsor's Leddy Library (all copyrights remain with contributors); https://scholar.…
Windsor & Toronto
Karl
Jirgens
