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Robinson, Barbara
Springhill
Barbara
Robinson
Springhill
Barbara Robinson is an author of contemporary and historical romance set against a backdrop of magical realism. She is known for world building that features rich and immersive detail supported by meticulous research and careful observation. She finds inspiration in myths,…
Robinson, Eden
Haisla
Eden
Robinson
Haisla
Eden Robinson is a Haisla/Heiltsuk author who grew up in Haisla, British Columbia.  Her first book, Traplines, a collection of short stories, won the Winifred Holtby Memorial Prize and was a New York Times Notable Book of the Year in 1998.  Monkey Beach, her first…
Robinson, Jennifer
Winnipeg
Jennifer
Robinson
Winnipeg
Jennifer Robinson lives on Treaty 1 land, territory of the Anishinaabeg, Cree, Oji-Cree, Dakota, Dene and Metis nations. She is a psychotherapist and an emerging writer whose creative nonfiction has appeared in The Dalhousie Review, Existere Magazine, Reckon Review and Prairie…
Robinson, Laura Jane
Robinson, Jill
Galiano Island
Jill
Robinson
Galiano Island
Image of J. Jill Robinson
J. Jill Robinson, B.A., M.A. (Calgary), M.F.A. (Fairbanks). Born June 16, 1955 in Langley, B.C. Was married to poet Steven Ross Smith; one son, born 1995, Emmett H Robinson Smith. Writer of fiction both short and long, and of creative non-fiction. Writer-in-Residence, Regina…
Robson, Jennifer
Toronto
Jennifer
Robson
Toronto
Jennifer Robson is the international bestselling author of Somewhere in France, After the War is Over and Moonlight Over Paris. She holds a doctorate in British economic and social history from Saint Antony’s College, University of Oxford, where she was a…
Rode, Ajmer
Vancouver
Ajmer
Rode
Vancouver
A bilingual author of Indian Diaspora Ajmer Rode has published books of poetry, plays, non-fiction and translation in Punjabi and English. His 1000-page book, Leela, co-authored with N. Bharati is considered an important work of twentieth century Punjabi poetry. His works are…
Rodgers, Margaret
Oshawa
Margaret
Rodgers
Oshawa
Margaret
Margaret Rodgers is a writer, artist, and curator. Over COVID she embarked on a coming-of-age memoir titled Maple Park. She is the author of Locating Alexandra (Toronto: ECW, 1995) about Painters Eleven artist and Oshawa resident Alexandra Luke. Her essays, articles and reviews…
RODRIGUEZ, CARMEN
VANCOUVER
CARMEN
RODRIGUEZ
VANCOUVER
Introduction: Bilingual writer, educator and journalist Carmen Rodríguez was born in Chile and moved to Vancouver following the military coup of 1973 in her native country. She has worked as instructor and professor across a range of disciplines – from literature and…
Rogal, Stan
Toronto
Stan
Rogal
Toronto
Stan
Stan Rogal was born in Vancouver, now lives and writes in Toronto. Work has appeared in numerous publication in Canada, the US and Europe. The author of 27 books: 8 novels, 7 story and 12 poetry. He has an MA English from York University. 
Roitman, Gina
St-Colomban
Gina
Roitman
St-Colomban
Gina
Gina Roitman is a novelist, short story writer, biographer, and writing coach. Her work has been featured in anthologies including The New Spice Box, Wherever I Find Myself, and Living Legacies. Since 2018, she has been conducting writing workshops for The Generations After of…
Romanuk, Paul
Toronto
Paul
Romanuk
Toronto
Author of successful Hockey Superstars annual. This annual has been published since 1986 by Scholastic Publishing and has, by their estimates, reached the hands of over 2 million young readers via trade and, primarily, school book clubs across Canada. The book is…
Rona, Zoltan
Thornhill
Rondeau, Meaghan
Vancouver
Meaghan
Rondeau
Vancouver
Canada's least prolific living writer
Rondina, Catherine
Greater Toronto Area
Roomy, David
Vancouver
David
Roomy
Vancouver
M. Esther Harding: "Writing down your dreams is a good way to learn to be a writer."  That was the beginning of David Roomy's unified life's work of writing and Jungian psychotherapy. He is author of several books on Jungian psychotherapy, and so far, one collection of his…
Rooney, Frances
Frances
Rooney
Sometime administrator, librarian, university teacher, social worker, church worship coordinator, senior editor and research officer, Frances Rooney now freelance edits, writes and works with a human resources consulting firm. She lives with her partner, cat and dog in a house…
Rose, Jessica
Hamilton
Jessica
Rose
Hamilton
Jessica Rose is a writer, editor and arts organizer who lives and works in Hamilton, Ontario. A passionate advocate for people and places, she works for a number of not-for-profit organizations focused on literacy, the arts, the environment, health and food security. A…
Rosen, Rachel
TORONTO
Rachel
Rosen
TORONTO
Rachel A. Rosen is the author of Cascade (The Sleep of Reason Book 1) and the co-author of The Sad Bastard Cookbook: Food You Can Make So You Don't Die. She is an activist, graphic designer, and for her sins, a high school teacher. In a previous life, she…
Rosen, Josh
Toronto
Josh
Rosen
Toronto
Josh Rosen is a Toronto-based cartoonist and illustrator. He is the co-creator of graphic novels The Good Fight with author Ted Staunton (Scholastic Canada, 2021), History Comics: World War II with author Kate Hannigan (First Second Books, 2023) and author of the…
Rosenblum, Rebecca
Toronto
Rebecca
Rosenblum
Toronto
Rebecca Rosenblum is the author of two collections of short stories, Once (winner of the Metcalf-Rooke Award) and The Big Dream, both published by Biblioasis, and the novel So Much Love, published by McClelland and Stewart. Her first work of non-fiction…
Rosner, Anna
Toronto
Anna
Rosner
Toronto
Anna Rosner is an award-winning author of two biographies for young readers: Journeyman: The Story of NHL Right Winger Jamie Leach (2020), and My Left Skate: The Extraordinary Story of Eliezer Sherbatov (2022). Her first historical novel, Eyes on the Ice, was published by…
Ross, Gary
Gary
Ross
Gary Ross was born in Toronto in 1948 and graduated from the University of Toronto. He made his living for many years as a magazine writer and editor, and now spends his time writing his own books and editing and publishing other people's books on behalf of Macfarlane, Walter…
Ross, Stephanie
Courtenay
Stephanie
Ross
Courtenay
Guided by the life cultivation practice of Ren Xue, Stephanie Ross writes from a place where inner inquiry meets the living world. Working across poetry, creative nonfiction, and fiction, she draws inspiration from her experiences as a sailor, pilot, and homeschooling mother,…
Ross, Stuart
Will travel.
Stuart
Ross
Will travel.
STUART ROSS is the winner of the 2023 Trillium Book Prize and the 2019 recipient of the prestigious Harbourfront Festival Prize. He is a Cobourg-based fiction writer, poet, editor, translator, and creative-writing instructor. He has been active in the Toronto literary scene…