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Yearington, Tim

Kingston, North Bay, Mattawa, Ottawa River Valley, Madawaska Highlands.

Tim

Yearington

Kingston, North Bay, Mattawa, Ottawa River Valley, Madawaska Highlands.

I am a Metis writer/author currently living in Kingston, Ontario. I am an adoptee and I grew up in North Bay, Ontario. After struggling from identity loss in my early adult years, later in life I actually learned that my Metis ancestral territory is the Mattawa and…

YEE, PAUL

Toronto

PAUL

YEE

Toronto

Paul Yee was born in Saskatchewan, grew up in Vancouver, but has lived in Toronto since 1988. He studied history at U.B.C., worked as an archivist, and did volunteer work in Vancouver's Chinatown, the source of much of his writing.

Yin, Anna

Mississauga

Anna

Yin

Mississauga

From Chinese culture-rooted landscape to new and welcoming Canadian landscape, Anna Yin has found her home in poetry and authored seven poetry collections and four books of translations. She won the 2005 Ted Plantos Memorial Award, three MARTYs, two scholarships from USA and…

Toronto

Toronto

Susan Yoon is a writer of books for kids. She draws inspiration from her family and friends, as well as small creatures and life’s quirky details. She is the author of Waiting for Tomorrow, and Gwendolyn and the Light, and her essays have appeared in The Globe and Mail…

Young, Tamla T.

Scarborough

Tamla T.

Young

Scarborough

Tamla T. Young, OCT, B.A. (Hons). B.Ed, M.Ed is an award-winning social justice educator, author, and multipotentialite. Essentially, she is a jill-of-all-trades who is on a journey to master at least one. For now, her focus is on writing for children. Her debut picture…

Young, Dianne

Martensville

Dianne

Young

Martensville

I am, in alphabetical order, an editor, a mother, a poet, a retired educational assistant, a widow, and a writer. I was born and raised in Saskatchewan, albeit in many different communities. I now live in Martensville, which is a small city just north of Saskatoon. I have been…

Young, D. Jean

D. Jean

Young

D. Jean Young of Deer Lake, Newfoundland enjoys encouraging talent in young people and old. As a Chartered Financial Planner she helps people create personal financial independence, step by step. As a volunteer, she has worked with Wolf Cubs, Sunday school classes, Junior…

Younge-Ullman, Danielle

Toronto

Danielle

Younge-Ullman

Toronto

Danielle Younge-Ullman is the award-winning author of the young adult novels, HE MUST LIKE YOU, EVERYTHING BEAUTIFUL IS NOT RUINED, and LOLA CARLYLE’S 12 STEP ROMANCE, and the adult novel, FALLING UNDER. Danielle’s work has been published internationally, and nominated for…

Yoxall, Blair Palmer

Blair Palmer

Yoxall

Blair Palmer Yoxall (he/him/his) is an award-winning writer, author, and poet of Métis and settler parentage from Alberta. His fiction and poetry fiction have appeared in Glass Buffalo, The Fiddlehead, and Carving Space: The Indigenous Voices Awards Anthology, and his fiction…

Yuan-Innes (writing as Melissa Yi), Melissa

Melissa

Yuan-Innes (writing as Melissa Yi)

Melissa Yi, also known as Melissa Yuan-Innes, escapes from her work as an emergency physician by writing her way into different worlds, from a Chinese Cinderella to the critically acclaimed Hope Sze medical thrillers to her bestselling memoir, The Most Unfeeling Doctor in the…

Yuen, Isaac

Isaac

Yuen

A first-generation Hong Kong-Canadian, Isaac is the co-author of the The Sound Atlas: A Guide to Strange Sounds across Landscapes and Imagination with Michaela Vieser, published by Reaktion Books. His solo nature essay collection, Utter, Earth: Advice on Living in a More-Than-…

Zalkind, Ben

Calgary

Ben

Zalkind

Calgary

Ben Zalkind lives and works in Calgary, Canada. A Salt Lake City native and naturalized Western Canadian, Ben is happiest outdoors, where he can cycle, drink coffee, and adventure with his wife and fellow traveller. Honeydew is his debut novel.

Zaman, Farida

Toronto

Farida

Zaman

Toronto

Farida Zaman is an illustrator for 16 books and author illustrator of 3 books- “ALIYA’S SECRET- A STORY OF RAMADAN” (Owl Books) 2023 “MEENA CAN’T WAIT” (Orca Books) - spring 2024. Recently Farida has signed 2 more book deals with OWL BOOKS publish dates…

Zand, Chro

Toronto

Chro

Zand

Toronto

Chro is a Kurdish Canadian freelance writer who currently lives in Toronto. She is the author of, Chro Is My Name, her memoir published in 2021. Her story of Chro Is My Name, is included in the School of Continuing Studies program in the University of Toronto…

Winnipeg

Winnipeg

Richard was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba and has lived in various cities in North America but settled back in his home town in 2002. He earned a Bachelor of Commerce (Honours) from the University of Manitoba. His first book, Hiding Scars, is a historical fiction novel and was…

Montreal

Toronto

Toronto

Toronto

Toronto

Liann Zhang is an award-winning and bestselling Chinese Canadian author. After a short stint as a skincare content creator, she graduated from the University of Toronto with a degree in psychology and criminology. Her debut novel, Julie Chan Is Dead has been translated into…

Toronto

Victoria

Victoria

Alex is the author of “Becoming Coastal – Twenty-five years of exploration and discovery of the BC Coast by paddle, oar and sail” and numerous magazine articles about boats, boatbuilding and the people who sail them. Alex has been an avid outdoorsman and sailor all his adult…

Zimmermann, Werner

Guelph

Werner

Zimmermann

Guelph

Author of At the Pond (Scholastic 2019) , Snow Day (Scholastic 1999) and the Alphonse series of books, Werner also illustrates for other authors: Helaine Becker ( 2014 Libris Award winner 2010 Porcupine in a Pine Tree) and Jean Little (2003 Mr Christie Award winner…