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Earnshaw, Gabrielle

Gabrielle

Earnshaw

Gabrielle

Gabrielle Earnshaw is the official biographer for Henri Nouwen, a Dutch Catholic priest and spiritual teacher. Her forthcoming book Becoming Henri: The Authorized Biography of Henri Nouwen will be published by St. Martin's Essentials, MacMillan, New York (release date:…

Easton, Sharon

Nanaimo

Sharon

Easton

Nanaimo

Sharon Easton is among the first generation of Jews born after the Holocaust in Canada. Her birthplace was rural Nova Scotia, where her grandparents and mother immigrated after they fled their home in Lithuania; arriving in Canada six weeks before World War II officially began.…

Echlin, Kim

Toronto

Kim

Echlin

Toronto

Kim Echlin is a novelist. She teaches creative writing at the University of Toronto and has held Writer-in-Residence positions at the Toronto Public Library and McMaster University. She is a board member of PEN International and is active in international scholarship programs.…

Eddy Woods, Trisia

Trisia

Eddy Woods

Trisia Eddy Woods (she/her) is the author of A Road Map for Finding Wild Horses (Turnstone Press), which received a 2025 High Plains International Book Award. A former editor for Red Nettle Press, Trisia’s writing has appeared in a variety of literary journals, chapbooks, and…

Edelson, Miriam

Toronto

Miriam

Edelson

Toronto

Miriam Edelson is a neurodivergent social activist, settler, writer and mother living in Toronto, Canada. Her literary non-fiction, personal essays and commentaries have appeared in The Globe and Mail, Toronto Star, various literary journals including Dreamers Magazine,…

Edgar, Patti

Calgary

Patti

Edgar

Calgary

Patti Edgar is a writer and educator. Her short prose has been published in Queen's Quarterly, Grain, FreeFall, The Dalhousie Review, The Antigonish Review, Blank Spaces, The Nashwaak Review, and Prairie Fire. She also contributed an essay to the anthology Waiting (…

Edmonston, Phil

Phil

Edmonston

Born in Washington D.C. on May 26, 1944. Has dual citizenship. Served as an army infantry medic for 3 years in Panama. Former MP from Quebec. Writen over 95 books, most best-sellers in English or French. Now writing 5 books a year. Latest U.S. book got a great review from NY…

Edwards, Caterina

Edmonton

Caterina

Edwards

Edmonton

My last novel, The Sicilian Wife was named a Best Book of 2015 by The National Post, who described it as “a masterful tale of family, murder, and the inescapable pull of the past.” The literary noir received rave reviews in Canada, the U.S. and Sicily; a French edition, L’Epouse…

Edwards, Sophie

Kagawong

Sophie

Edwards

Kagawong

sophie anne edwards (she/her/settler) is an interdisciplinary artist and writer based on Manitoulin Island (Mnidoo Mnising). She came to geography circuitously (PhD/ABD Geography, Queens U) via an Interdisciplinary Masters (Laurentian U), poetics via her environmental art…

Edwards, Frank B

Westport

Frank B

Edwards

Westport

(Author, editor, publisher) Frank B. Edwards switched from magazine publishing to books early in his career — and then launched his own kids book company with illustrator/author John Bianchi. Bungalo Books and Pokeweed Press. Together they created 40 children's titles that sold…

Edwards, Peter

Toronto

Peter

Edwards

Toronto

Peter Edwards is the organized crime reporter for The Toronto Star and the bestselling author of seventeen non-fiction books and one young adult novel. His books have been published in four languages. Edwards is a member of Top Left Entertainment, a production development…

Eide, Krista

Vancouver

Krista

Eide

Vancouver

Krista Eide’s short fiction and creative non-fiction have appeared in journals across Canada, and the anthology Back Where I Came From (Book*hug Press, 2024). She lives on unceded Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh lands (Vancouver), where she is the managing editor of EVENT…

Eisenstein, Paula

Gagetown

Paula

Eisenstein

Gagetown

Paula Eisenstein is a novelist and poet living in Gagetown New Brunswick

Elcock, Michael

Victoria

Michael

Elcock

Victoria

Michael Elcock was born in Forres, Scotland and grew up in Edinburgh and West Africa. He emigrated to Canada when he was twenty-one and worked in pulp mills, in the woods as a faller, on west coast fishing boats, and as a ski instructor. Along the way he earned a B.A. and M.Ed.…

Elder, R. Bruce

Toronto

R. Bruce

Elder

Toronto

R. Bruce Elder is a filmmaker, writer, and software developer. A prolific filmmaker (he has made over sixty hours of films), which have been screened at New York’s Museum of Modern Art and Millennium Film Workshop, Berlin’s Kino Arsenal, Paris’s Centre Pompidou, the San…

Ellis, Deborah

Simcoe, ON

Deborah

Ellis

Simcoe, ON

Deb was born and raised in small town Ontario, she has a high school diploma, and took up writing because she was so anti-social. She's still ani-social, but now it's called 'artistic temperment'. She's an old anti-war activist, and gives lots of school talks on the arts and…

Ellis, Sarah

Sarah

Ellis

Sarah Ellis was born in Vancouver in 1952. She earned a B.A. at the University of British Columbia. in 1973, and her MLS in 1975, and an M.A. at Simmons College, Boston in 1980. She writes a column on Canadian children's books for Hornbook magazine, and works part-time as a…

Ells, Louise

Louise

Ells

Louise Ells grew up beside the Ottawa River, then combined random jobs (chef, caregiver, co-pilot on a submarine) with years of travel. The author of Notes Towards Recovery, a thematically-linked short story collection, Louise earned her PhD in Creative Writing from Anglia…

Elrick, Michelle

Halifax

Michelle

Elrick

Halifax

Michelle Elrick is the author of the books Then/Again and To Speak, and the chapbooks Photon Touch and remember the old log house. She is also an established poetry-film-maker, with recent releases "The __ Place," "Ditches" and "Trace" gaining audiences on CBC television,…

Elza, Daniela

Vancouver

Daniela

Elza

Vancouver

Daniela Elza lived on three continents before immigrating to Canada in 1999. Her sixth poetry collection Scar/city (McGill-Queen’s University Press, 2025) is a finalist for the 2026 George Ryga Award (given for work showing outstanding social awareness).…

Halifax, NS

Halifax, NS

Sarah Emsley’s debut novel, The Austens, brings to life the story of Jane Austen’s friendship with her sister-in-law Fanny Austen, who lived in Nova Scotia with her naval captain husband during the years when Jane was writing Pride and Prejudice and other novels that would…

English, John

KINGSTON

John

English

KINGSTON

Lt. Col.-Dr. John A. English retired from the Canadian army in 1993 with 37 years of service and regimental affiliation with the King’s Own Calgary Regiment, the Queen's Own Rifles, and Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry. He also served on exchange with the Queen’s Own…

English , Sharon

Urbania, Nova Scotia

Sharon

English

Urbania, Nova Scotia

Sharon English’s books include the novel Night in the World (May 2022), and two collections of short stories, Uncomfortably Numb and Zero Gravity. Zero Gravity was long-listed for the Giller Prize, short-listed for the ReLit Award, and was a Globe & Mail Best 100 title of…

English-Cooper, Mary

white rock

Mary

English-Cooper

white rock

Educator, writer and presenter. Author of The Peter Robinson Experiment.