Olga M. Dey-Bergmoser Thompson was born in Holland, grew up in Germany and was a voracious reader with a keen interest in poetry, swimming, and languages. Trained as a multilingual translator, she did a lot of travelling and, in 1963, settled with her family in Toronto.…

Preeti Kaur Dhaliwal (she/her) is a critical race feminist, writer, former lawyer, educator and facilitator who grew up on the traditional, present and future territories of the Semiahmoo, Katzie, Kwikwetlem, Kwantlen, Qayqayt, Tsawwassen and Musqueam First Nations (also known…

ANGEL DI ZHANG is a Canadian author. She was educated in the joint BA-MIA program at Columbia University, and is a painter and an internationally exhibited fine art photographer. Her debut novel THE LIGHT OF ETERNAL SPRING published with Random House Canada in 2023. …

Doug Diaczuk is an author, journalist, and photographer living in Thunder Bay, Ontario. He has a master’s degree in English Literature from Lakehead University. His work has been published in Geist, Quill and Quire, and Subterrain. In 2015, Doug won the 38thannual 3-Day Novel…

Mary Lou Dickinson's fiction has been published in the University of Windsor Review, Descant, Waves, Grain, Northern Journey, Impulse, Writ, The Fiddlehead, Canadian Woman Studies and broadcast on CBC Radio. Her writing was also included in the anthology, We Who Can Fly:…

Zoe Dickinson is a poet and bookseller from Victoria, British Columbia. Her poetry is rooted in the Pacific coastline, with a focus on local ecology and human relationships with nature. She has been published in literary journals such as Existere, Prairie Fire, and Contemporary…

H. Leighton Dickson grew up in the wilds of the Canadian Shield, where her neighbours were wolves, moose, deer and lynx. She studied Zoology at the University of Guelph and worked in the Edinburgh Zoological Gardens in Scotland, where she was chased by lions, wrestled deaf…

Barbara Dickson is a sought-after professionally-trained public speaker, local historian, and author in both fiction and non-fiction. She has been entertaining and educating audiences for over twenty years. She lives in Scarborough, Ontario.   Diagnosed with multiple…

Alessia Dickson is the award winning author of The Crystal Chronicles series for teens. Alessia is a youth empowerment advocate working to inspire students to find their creative voice and reach their full potential. She lives in Toronto, Ontario, where she she frequents cozy…

Born in New York City back when it was legitimately dangerous, Christina Ann-Marie DiEdoardo has been fascinated with history, particularly the tales of those society sees as outlaws, since she could first open a book. A dual citizen of Canada and the United States, she can…

Rebecca Diem writes hopeful speculative fiction and poetry. Her work can be found on Reactor and Write Magazine, and she is the author of the indie steampunk series Tales of the Captain Duke. She is currently finishing her first full-length novel and working on a postpartum…

JoAnn Dionne holds an Honours BA in English from McGill University and an MFA in Writing from the University of Victoria. Her first book, Little Emperors: A Year with the Future of China, was a finalist for the City of Victoria Butler Book Prize and short-listed for the…

Christopher DiRaddo is the author of the novels The Family Way (2021), shortlisted for the F.G Bressani Literary Prize, and The Geography of Pluto (2014). His essays and short stories have appeared in First Person Queer: Who We Are (So Far), Here & Now: An…

Author, journalist, and photographer Hadani Ditmars has reported from Lebanon, Israel/Palestine, and Iraq, often examining the human costs of sectarian strife as well as cultural resistance to war, occupation and embargo.Currently, Hadani is a co-editor at the New…

Sean Dixon grew up in a family of 12, including his 8 siblings, parents and a grandmother, through several Ontario towns, predisposing him to tell stories about groups of people thrown together in common cause. His debut novel, The Girls Who Saw Everything, was named one of…

Heather Dixon is a writer with a deep passion for stories that explore the complexities of motherhood and family secrets, but she'll never say no to the charm of heartfelt romance. She is the author of three novels, including Burlington, Last Summer at the Lake House, and The…

Sandra Djwa, FRSC, CM., is a writer, critic and cultural biographer. A Newfoundlander, she completed a PhD at the University of British Columbia. She taught Canadian literature in the English department at Simon Fraser University from 1968 to 2005 when she retired as J…

Pat Dobie is a writer, editor, and teacher who grew up on the traditional, unceded territory of the Coast Salish peoples (Vancouver, BC). She's a two-time winner of the International 3-Day Novel Contest, a past finalist for the Historical Novel Society’s New Novel…

 As a Canadian author and artist, my involvement in the arts spans five decades. I have served on art councils, boards and juries, and I have been the Director/Curator of a public gallery in Ontario. My artwork and artist’s books have been exhibited in Canada and…

Jillian delights in discovering stories in the everyday. She’s gathered tales through various unofficial and official roles. Jillian has lived in Alberta and Quebec and now lives in Richmond Hill, Ontario, with her incredible husband, their two inspiring children and a cuddly…

Farzana Doctor is a Tkaronto-based author, activist and a psychotherapist. She has written four critically acclaimed novels and a poetry collection. Her latest novel, Seven, which Ms. Magazine described as “fully feminist and ambitiously bold”, …