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Susan Ketchen was born in Nanaimo, B.C. and pursued an alarming number of careers, including several years running her own counselling practice, before returning to her early interest in writing. Her first novel was published in 2009, and was followed by stand-alone sequels in…
Susan
Ketchen
Thornhill
Saad Omar Khan was born in the United Arab Emirates to Pakistani parents and lived in the Philippines, Hong Kong, and South Korea before emigrating to Canada. He is a graduate of the University of Toronto and the London School of Economics and has completed a certificate in…
Thornhill
Saad Omar
Khan
Toronto, ON
Rukhsana was born in Lahore, Pakistan and emigrated to Canada at the age of three. She began writing for community magazines and went on to write for Adam's World children's videos. Rukhsana is a member of SCBWI. She lives in Toronto with her husband and family.
Toronto, ON
Rukhsana
Khan
Toronto
Rajni Mala Khelawan is an Indo-Fijian Canadian writer and researcher. She has given numerous inspirational speeches and public readings in Canada and in the Fiji Islands. In addition to being a visiting writer at the University of South Pacific, Fiji Islands in 2011, Khelawan…
Toronto
Rajni Mala
Khelawan
Toronto
Joelle Kidd is a writer, editor and journalist who lives in a book-filled basement in Toronto. Her short fiction and essays have been published in outlets including The Walrus, Catapult, Prairie Fire, THIS Magazine, and PRISM International. She is an MFA candidate at the…
Toronto
Joelle
Kidd
Calgary
Monica Kidd is the author of seven books of poetry, fiction and non-fiction. She grew up in rural Alberta, then studied ecology and zoology at the University of Calgary. She followed with a MSc in evolutionary biology at Queen's University. After two summers of working as a…
Calgary
Monica
Kidd
Edmonton
Alexis Kienlen is a poet, journalist, fiction writer, book reviewer, and creative writing teacher whose work has appeared in numerous publications across Canada. Born in Saskatoon, Alexis currently lives in Edmonton, Alberta. She holds an Honours degree in International Studies…
Edmonton
Alexis
Kienlen
Halifax
I am an Inglis professor (emerita) in the School of Journalism, Writing & Publishing at the University of King's College, Halifax where I taught for 24 years. Currently, I am a Senior Fellow and resident at Massey College, University of Toronto where I produce The JCR: A…
Halifax
Kim
Kierans
Bracebridge
Christina Kilbourne (she/her) is an award-winning author of adult, young adult, and middle grade fiction.
Her books have won several readers choice awards over the years, including a Manitoba Young Readers Choice Award, a Snow Willow Award, and a Red Cedar Award. She has also…
Bracebridge
Christina
Kilbourne
Montreal
Nancy Kilpatrick is an award-winning author who has published 23 novels, 1 non-fiction book, over 250 short stories, 10 collections of her short fiction, plus comic books, a graphic novel, and she has edited 15 anthologies. Her work is traditionally published but she has also…
Montreal
Nancy
Kilpatrick
Surrey
Michelle is the author of the middle-grade novel, Running Through Sprinklers. A former journalist for BBC in London, Michelle now works in the film industry; her directorial debut, The Tree Inside, which she also wrote and starred in, played at film festivals across North…
Surrey
Michelle
Kim
Halifax
STEPHEN KIMBER is an award-winning writer, editor and broadcaster. He is the author of 13 books, including two novels and nine works of nonfiction:
Bitcoin Widow: Love, Betrayal and the Missing Millions (HarperCollins, 2022) (with Jennifer Robertson);
Alexa! Changing the Face…
Halifax
Stephen
Kimber
Lacombe
Fran Kimmel writes and teaches in central Alberta. After graduating from the University of Calgary with a degree in Sociology, she has held an eclectic assortment of jobs including Boys and Girls Club director, youth worker, career counsellor, proposal writer, communications…
Lacombe
Fran
Kimmel
Ottawa
Wellesley
Saskatoon
Kurt Kirchmeier is a Saskatchewan-based author and photographer who writes strange and fantastical stories for readers of all ages. His short stories and poems have appeared in more than fifty magazines and anthologies around the world. His coming-of-age horror novel THE ABSENCE…
Saskatoon
Kurt
Kirchmeier
Barrie, ON
Heather Kirk has written professionally for over 40 years, producing newspaper and magazine articles, scholarly papers, radio scripts, translations, poetry, short stories, and novels. She has also taught writing for about 30 years in colleges and universities. Some of her books…
Barrie, ON
Heather
Kirk
Toronto
Toronto
Sharon Kirsch is a writer of fiction, creative non-fiction, and journalism whose literary passions range from companion beaver to celebrated hustlers to buried treasure. She was born and raised in Montreal, where The Smallest Objective, her award-winning memoir and family …
Toronto
Sharon
Kirsch
New Westminster
Jónína Kirton is a Red River Métis/Icelandic poet. She graduated from the Simon Fraser University’s Writer’s Studio in 2007, where she is now an instructor. Although she acknowledges and is thankful for the teachings offered through academic institutions, she leans heavily into…
New Westminster
Jónína
Kirton
Edmonton
Curriculum Vitae - Literary
Education
University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario - L.L.B. (J.D.) in 1983.
Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut - Bachelor of Arts in English (Honours) in 1980.
St. Albert High School, St. Albert, Alberta - Matriculation in 1976.
Legal career…
Edmonton
Jeananne Kathol
Kirwin
Winnipeg
I was born in Winnipeg and grew up in Manitoba's interlake. I completed high school and university in Winnipeg where I then taught high school English. Following retirement I taught English language in Lithuania and Kharkiv, Ukraine. I also taught English language and literature…
Winnipeg
Sarah
Klassen
Nelson
Ross Klatte was born in Minneapolis and raised on a Minnesota family farm. After service in the U.S. Navy and obtaining a degree in journalism from the University of Minnesota, he worked as a reporter and editor in Chicago and Detroit before emigrating with his wife to Canada…
Nelson
Ross
Klatte
Marilyn Kleiber, born in South Africa, but raised primarily in Canada, has been writing since childhood. She is an instructor in writing skills, an author, and a mentor to a variety of other scribblers. Everything she teaches as an instructor, she has used in her own works. Her…
Marilyn
Kleiber
