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Toronto
Rosemary McCracken is the author of the Pat Tierney mystery series: Safe Harbor, Black Water, Raven Lake and Uncharted Waters. A finalist for Crime Writers of Canada's Unhanged Arthur Award, the Debut Dagger and the Derringer Award, Rosemary's short stories have appeared in…
Toronto
Rosemary
McCracken
Victoria
Marilyn McCrimmon was a secondary/post-secondary counsellor in Victoria, B.C. for more than 30 years, and has been a freelance writer for more than 40 years. She has published countless feature articles on a wide variety of topics (fitness, health, sport, profiles, travel, etc…
Victoria
B. Marilyn
McCrimmon
Toronto
Regina
Anne McDonald’s latest book, Miss Confederation: The Diary of Mercy Anne Coles, is the chronicle of a young unmarried woman’s experiences in the social whirlwind of Confederation. Anne is an award-winning author whose novel, To the Edge of the Sea won the Saskatchewan First Book…
Regina
Anne
McDonald
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Toronto
Kathleen McDonnell has had a decades-long career writing fiction, non-fiction and plays for both adult and young audiences.
Toronto
Kathleen
McDonnell
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Victoria
Allie McFarland is the author of Disappearing in Reverse (UCalgary Press, 2020) and Pretty Delicate (AOS 2023). She completed her MFA in Writing at the University of Saskatchewan, where she wrote her SSRHC-funded and award-nominated thesis, Pretty Delicate. Allie received the Dr…
Victoria
Allie
McFarland
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Victoria
I was born in the Ottawa Valley, but grew up in Arizona. I am a certified elementary educator, a freelance editor, and the author of numerous award-winning books for kids. Waiting for the Whales and Jessie's Island are two of my titles that have been in print for over 30 years…
Victoria
Sheryl
McFarlane
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Vancouver
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Hamilton
Robert McGill was born in Wiarton, Ontario and grew up there. His first novel, The Mysteries, was named one of the top five Canadian fiction books of the year by Quill & Quire. His second novel, Once We Had a Country, was longlisted for the Encore Award. His newest novel is…
Hamilton
Robert
McGill
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Nelson
Métis author of 'Stark Nakid' (2014) a soft-boiled detective novel set in Nelson BC.
Nelson
Sean
McGinnis
Guelph
In autumn 2023, Ken McGoogan published Searching for Franklin: New Answers to the Great Arctic Mystery. In keeping with his pre-pandemic habits -- he survived shipwreck off Dar es Salaam, chased the ghost of Lady Franklin to Van Diemen’s Land, and placed a John Rae memorial…
Guelph
Ken
McGoogan
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Toronto
Jerrold McGrath is a cultural theorist and writer interested in how cultural practices can invite people to make a home in a world confronted with rising authoritarianism, climate damage, and rapid technological change.
He is the research lead and founder at UKAI Projects and…
Toronto
Jerrold
McGrath
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Robin McGrath was born in Newfoundland. She earned a doctorate from the University of Western Ontario and for 22 years did research in the Canadian Arctic on Inuit Literature and culture. She now lives in Goose Bay, Labrador and is a full-time writer.
Robin
McGrath
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Port Hood
Donnie McIlhone is a teacher and writer living in Port Hood, Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia. He enjoys writing fiction that reads like non-fiction. Donnie is a graduate of McGill University, The University of Calgary and Gonzaga University. He has taught English Literature and…
Port Hood
Donnie
McIlhone
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Meaghan McIsaac is the author of several books for young readers, including Movers,
which was a Shining Willow Finalist for the Saskatchewan Young Readers’ Choice
Awards, and Boil Line and Alien Road for Orca Book's Currents line of Hi-Lo fiction. Her novel middle grade novel…
Meaghan
McIsaac
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Penticton
Susan McIver was born in Hutchinson, Kansas and moved with her family to Southern California as a small child. After graduating from the University of California at Riverside, she earned a PhD at Washington State University. She was a professor at the University of Toronto with…
Penticton
Susan
McIver
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Charlottetown
Sharon McKay was born in l954, grew up in Montreal and graduated from York University with a BA. She is married to David MacLeod. Together they have two sons and three grandchildren. Throughout her career, she has worked in magazines, newspapers, radio, film and written both…
Charlottetown
Sharon
McKay
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Don McKay has published eight books of poetry, including Birding, Or Desire (1983), Night Field (1991), and Apparatus (1997). He has received a number of awards. Since 1975 he has served as editor and publisher with Brick Books, and taught Creative Writing and English at the…
Don
McKay
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Hamilton
Emma McKenna is a mutlidisciplinary writer and author of Chenille or Silk: Poems (Caitlin Press, 2019). She holds a PhD in English and Cultural Studies from McMaster University, and has published articles in Sexualities, Hypatia: Journal of Feminist Philosophy, Women: A Cultural…
Hamilton
Emma
McKenna
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