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Ottawa
Kelley is a writer and psychotherapist. She studied in Chicago, earning a Master of Divinity at Chicago Theological Seminary and a Master of Arts at the University of Chicago Divinity School. Later she completed a Ph.D. in religious studies at the University of Ottawa. Her…
Ottawa
Kelley
Raab
Grimsby
Waheed Rabbani was born in India, near Delhi, and was introduced to Victorian and other English novels, at a very young age, in his father's library. Most of the large number of volumes, had been purchased by his father at 'garage sales' held, by departing British civil service…
Grimsby
Waheed
Rabbani
Toronto
Barbara Radecki started her career as an actor, and is probably best known for voicing Sailor Neptune in the original English dub of the popular Sailor Moon series. She has transitioned to writing, with a focus on full-length fiction and screenplays. Her screenplay, Modern…
Toronto
Barbara
Radecki
Victoria
Rowena Rae is an award-winning author of both non-fiction and fiction for young people.
Her non-fiction science books are for ages 9 and up and include Why We Need Vaccines and Salmon: Swimming for Survival. She draws on her science education and experience as a field…
Victoria
Rowena
Rae
Seeley's Bay
Toronto
Bahram Rahman was born in Kabul, Afghanistan, and grew up during the civil war and the Taliban regime. He came to Canada as a refugee in 2012, and today is a program manager at the Ministry of Health in Ontario. Bahram’s first picture book, Governor General’s Literary Award…
Toronto
Bahram
Rahman
Fasihur Rahman is an Indian-born Canadian writer. He is the author of Wings of Destiny: Ziaur Rahman Ansari-A Life, a biography that delves into the life of Ziaur Rahman Ansari (1925-1992), who served as a federal minister in the council of ministers of two Indian prime…
Fasihur
Rahman
Kingston
Toronto
Vancouver
Danny Ramadan is a Syrian-Canadian author and LGBTQ-refugees advocate.
His debut novel, The Clothesline Swing, won multiple awards. His children’s Book Salma the Syrian Chef, continues to receive accolades. Both books were translated to multiple languages.
His short stories…
Vancouver
Danny
Ramadan
Chilliwack
Heather Ramsay is seriously concerned about the state of the world and tries to remain calm in the Fraser Valley. She has an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of British Columbia and has worked as a journalist and communications professional. She has published two…
Chilliwack
Heather
Ramsay
Etobicoke
Priya Ramsingh is the author of The Elevator (Palimpsest Press, Oct. 2024) and Brown Girl in the Room, (Tightrope Books, 2017).
Her short story, Pies for Lunch, was shortlisted for best short fiction in 2021, by The Caribbean Writer, an annual literary journal published by the…
Etobicoke
Priya
Ramsingh
Anuradha Rao is a conservation biologist, writer and facilitator born and raised in the traditional territories of the Anishinabewaki, Attiwonderonk and Haudenosaunee Nations and currently based in unceded Coast Salish Territories. She has worked on research, conservation and…
Anuradha
Rao
MILTON
Children's author, conservationist and creator of the Kindness Is Everything Podcast
Anitha Rao-Robinson received her Bachelor of Commerce from Queen’s University and worked as an accountant for twenty-four years before trading numbers for words. Anitha is passionate about…
MILTON
Anitha
Rao-Robinson
Toronto
Namitha Rathinappillai (she/they) is a fat, disabled, queer, Tamil spoken word poet, organizer, and workshop facilitator who entered the poetry community in 2017. She is currently based in Toronto, and was the first female and youngest director of Ottawa’s Urban Legends Poetry…
Toronto
Namitha
Rathinappillai
London
Human-shaped, simian-obsessed, robot-fighting, pirate-hearted, storytelling junkie, Mark A. Rayner is an award-winning writer of satirical & speculative fiction.
He is the author of five novels, a collection of short humorous fiction, dozens of short stories, and several…
London
Mark A.
Rayner
West Vancouver
Hailing from small-town Ontario, Chris Read has worked as a piano teacher, camp counsellor, waitress, math tutor, chartered accountant, finance director, treasurer, and executive director. She is married and a mother to two grown children, one of whom has ADHD. After many years…
West Vancouver
Christine
Read
Toronto
Janet Read was born in Toronto. She has an MA in the philosophy of art focusing on Merleau-Ponty and Ricoeur and phenomenology. Her novel Wilberforce Street is set in the historical black settlement in Oro Township in Simcoe County Ontario. It is accompanied by a teacher's…
Toronto
Janet
Read
Hamilton
Marilyn is an educator, children's author and poet. She has written 4 children's poetry books ("The Village Series") and conducted presentations on poetry in several elementary schools.
Hamilton
Marilyn
Reaume
Toronto
Judy Rebick is an author and activist. Formerly the CAW Sam Gindin Chair at Ryerson University in Toronto, Judy is currently writing full time. In addition, she is on the media panel for CBC Radio's Q and is a popular speaker. Judy worked as a broadcaster and journalist…
Toronto
Judy
Rebick
Fredericton
Corey Redekop is a publicist and author. He currently resides in the wet climes of New Brunswick where, between bouts of anger over climate inconsistencies, he contemplates working on his third novel.
Fredericton
Corey
Redekop
Squamish
Jan Redford was raised in Yukon, NWT, and the Ottawa Valley, but after high school, she bolted for the Rockies to climb, kayak and ski. She financed her fun by waitressing, tree planting, ski patrolling, and instructing climbing. After her two kids were born, she went to the…
Squamish
Jan
Redford
