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Dawydiak, Orysia
Union Road
Orysia
Dawydiak
Union Road
Orysia is the firstborn child of Ukrainian immigrants.  She learned to speak English (and several other languages for a short time) while playing with the children of other European immigrants in Sudbury, Ontario.  She began her first novel about horses at age nine but…
de Bruijn, Madeleine
de Kergommeaux, Davin
de Lange, Deborah
Toronto
Deborah
de Lange
Toronto
Deborah E. de Lange is a professor of sustainable international business. After many years in industry, Dr. de Lange obtained her PhD at the University of Toronto and published her PhD dissertation as a book entitled, Power and Influence: The Embeddedness of Nations. She has a…
de Meijer, Sadiqa
Sadiqa
de Meijer
Sadiqa de Meijer's poetry, essays and short stories have been published in Brick, Poetry Magazine, the Walrus, TNQ, and other journals, as well as in several anthologies, including The Next Wave (Palimpsest Press), Villanelles (Everyman's Library), and How To…
de Ronde, Paula
Burlington
Paula
de Ronde
Burlington
Paula
Paula de Ronde was born on the fabled island of Jamaica.  She completed her Master’s degree at the University of Toronto to become a librarian who would work with children, teenagers and adults for almost 30 years. In the process, she rose in the ranks to become a leader at…
De Sa, Anthony
Toronto
Anthony
De Sa
Toronto
Anthony De Sa grew up in Toronto’s Portuguese community. His short fiction has been published in several literary magazines. Anthony's first book, Barnacle Love, was critically acclaimed and became a finalist for the 2008 Scotiabank Giller Prize and the 2009 Toronto Book Award.…
De Santis, Delia
de Waard, Sara
Port Colborne
Sara
de Waard
Port Colborne
Born and raised on the wrong side of the tracks, teacher, author and screenwriter Sara de Waard uses her past to create present and future pieces that comfort, inspire and entertain a wide range of audiences. She hopes to always find ways to give back to her heritage,…
Dean, Leesa
KRESTOVA
Leesa
Dean
KRESTOVA
Leesa Dean is a graduate of the University of Guelph's Creative Writing MFA program and teaches Creative Writing at Selkirk College. Her previous publications include Waiting for the Cyclone, nominated for the 2017 Trillium and ReLit Awards, and the poetry chapbook The Desert of…
Dean, Michael
Toronto
Michael
Dean
Toronto
Michael Dean is a writer living in Toronto. He has been a performance artist and sound poet, having performed across Canada and in Europe. He is one of the founding editors of the writers’ press Underwhich Editions, and was a guest-lecturer at the University of Toronto from 1996…
Deckha, Nitin
Toronto
Nitin
Deckha
Toronto
Nitin Deckha is the author of a collection of short stories, Shopping for Sabzi (2008) and has recently self-published his novel, The Real Estate of Things (2015). His fiction has been published in magazines, edited collections, and chapbooks and he has read his work…
Decter, Ann
Ann
Decter
Born and raised in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Ann Decter moved to Toronto to study, and after sojourns elsewhere--New York City, rural Nova Scotia--settled into Toronto's vibrant women's writing and publishing community. She has a B.A. in history and an M.Ed. in philosophy and over a…
Decter, Michael
Deedrick-Mayne, Laurel
Deeth, Kelli
Toronto
Kelli
Deeth
Toronto
Kelli Deeth’s acclaimed second collection, The Other Side of Youth, published by Arsenal Press, was short-listed for a ReLit Award. Kelli Deeth’s acclaimed first story collection, The Girl Without Anyone, published by HarperCollins, was chosen as one of The Globe and…
DeForge, Michael
Degler, Teri
Teri
Degler
Born in Idaho, Teri Degler received her M.A. from the University of New Mexico and is the author or co-author of eight non-fiction books. She has worked as a freelance writer for several years and her work has appeared in many diverse publications ranging from The Toronto Star…
DeGrass, Jan
Sechelt
Jan
DeGrass
Sechelt
Jan
Jan DeGrass writes in Sechelt, British Columbia, where she is former editor of Sunshine Coast Life magazine. She assists other authors with constructive critique (jandegrass.com.) and by her involvement with the Sunshine Coast Writers and Editors Society. She has received a…
deGroot, Renny
Bewdley
Renny
deGroot
Bewdley
Renny
Renny deGroot is a first-generation Canadian of Dutch parents. Her novels have been shortlisted for the Kobo Emerging Writer Prize, a Whistler Independent Book Award and a Toby Award (for self-published Canadian mystery authors ). They have received several readers’…
DeKelver, Shirley
Sorrento
Shirley
DeKelver
Sorrento
Shirley was born in Calgary, and as an "army brat" travelled and lived in many places.  She worked in Calgary as a Corporate Administrator and Estates and Wills paralegal for over forty years. She retired in 2007 and moved with her husband Don to their "cabin…
Del Bucchia, Dina
Vancouver
Dina
Del Bucchia
Vancouver
Dina Del Bucchia (she/her) is the author of two story collections, Tougher Than the Rest and Don't Tell Me What to Do (Arsenal Pulp Press) and five collections of poetry: Coping with Emotions and Otters, Rom Com (written with Daniel Zomparelli), It's a Big Deal!, You're Gonna…
Del Rizzo, Suzanne
Delaronde-Falk, Deborah L.
Winnipegosis
Deborah L.
Delaronde-Falk
Winnipegosis
Deborah L. Delaronde-Falk lives in central Manitoba along the western shores of Lake Winnipegosis. She honours her Métis heritage by writing and publishing under her maiden name. Deborah’s seventeen published stories, except for Friendship Bay and The Rabbit’s Race, focus on…
DeLeskie, Jennifer
Montreal
Jennifer
DeLeskie
Montreal
Jennifer
Jennifer DeLeskie is a writer based in Tiohtià:ke (Montreal). Her work has appeared or is forthcoming in Prairie Fire, Exile Quarterly, The Dalhousie Review, Beneath Ceaseless Skies, AE Presents: Unréal, The Colored Lens, and elsewhere. She is Prairie Fire's nominee for both the…