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Ortiz Moore, Antolina

Montreal

Antolina

Ortiz Moore

Montreal

Antolina Ortiz Moore was born in Mexico City, where she lived before moving to Canada over twenty five years ago. She considers herself a citizen of the world. From an early age, she developed a strong interest in writing, photography, and travel. While in Mexico, she founded…

Osborne, James

Vernon

James

Osborne

Vernon

James Osborne is a writer and book editor with more than 30 years experience. He is a former senior editor for a national news service and has edited books of fiction, non-fiction and memoirs. He is also a bestselling novelist and author of more than 120 short…

Osmond, Rosalie

Lunenburg

Rosalie

Osmond

Lunenburg

Rosalie Osmond is a writer and lecturer who was educated at institutions in three countries (Acadia University, Bryn Mawr College, and Cambridge University) and has spent her life divided between the two sides of the Atlantic. She has taught English literature in universities in…

Ostrowski, Margaret

Vancouver

Margaret

Ostrowski

Vancouver

I was born up the west coast in Ocean Falls BC but my formative years were in Port Credit Ontario. I am a retired lawyer and a retired registered psychologist. My book "Lost Legacies", just released in August 2024, focuses on our immigration past. I weave a lot…

Ottoni, Christine

Toronto

Christine

Ottoni

Toronto

Christine Ottoni is a writer based in Toronto. Her short fiction has appeared in the pages of untethered, The Nashwaak Review, The Alaska Quarterly Review, Riddle Fence, Exile Literary Quarterly, and PRISM international. She was short-listed for PEN Canada's nomination to the…

Oughton, John

John

Oughton

John

Born in Guelph, Ontario, John has lived in Egypt, Iraq and Japan and then settled in Toronto. He has a BA and MA in English from York U., and non-credit writing courses at the jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics, where he worked closely with Allen GInsberg and Anne…

Ownman, Paul

Paul

Ownman

Paul Ownman has been an educator, coach, and parent for over thirty-five years. His father, who was a welder, had a wonderful gift for writing which greatly influenced Paul. However, it was a pig farmer from Johnson township that really got the ball rolling when he…

Page, Kathy

Kathy

Page

Born in London, England, Kathy Page now lives in BC. She gained her BA at York (England) and her MA in writing from the University of East Anglia. A versatile writer, Page has a long-standing interest in complex characters who struggle with their own natures and…

Pagé, Lucie

Toronto

Lucie

Pagé

Toronto

After graduating from Theatre Performance at Humber, Lucie received top honours in English and French Literature at UofT and somehow ended up working in I.T. She subsequently attended Norman Jewison’s Canadian Film Centre as a screenwriting resident. Since then,…

Pal, Rajinderpal

Toronto

Rajinderpal

Pal

Toronto

Rajinderpal S. Pal is a writer and performer based in Toronto. Pal's debut novel, However Far Away, was published by House of Anansi in August 2024 and was long-listed for CBC's Canada Reads 2025. Pal’s first collection of poetry, pappaji wrote poetry in a language i cannot…

Born in Chennai, India, Uma Parameswaran (nee Ganesan) was educated at Jabalpur (B.A.), Nagpur (Dip journalism and M.A), Indiana University (M.A. creative writing), and Michigan State University (Ph.D). Married to a mathematician, she has lived in Winnipeg since 1966. She joined…

Parchewsky, Carol Ann

Calgary

Winnipeg

Winnipeg

Cheryl Parisien is a Red River Métis writer who lives in Winnipeg, Manitoba, in Treaty 1 territory. Her ancestors lived on the river lots of St. Norbert and her roots stretch back to the beginning of the Métis homeland. Loosely based on her family’s history, The Unweaving is her…

John Parr wass born in Chicago, June 18, 1928. He now lives in Winnipeg with his wife, Joan. He has two daughters, Kristin and Louise. He graduated from the University of Manitoba, and taught English for a number of years, most recently at Red River Community College. He is…

Partridge, Shawna

Sudbury

Shawna

Partridge

Sudbury

Shawna Diane Partridge was born and raised in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario. She now resides in Sudbury, Ontario, where she is an English professor. Her first book, Rule of Seconds, was published in 2016, by Latitude 46 Publishing and shortlisted for the Northern Lit…

Paruzel-Gibson, Natalia

Burlington

Natalia

Paruzel-Gibson

Burlington

Natalia Paruzel-Gibson grew up backstage in the theaters and art galleries in Poland. Her mom’s passion for the arts inspired Natalia to write and create. After emigrating to Canada, Natalia was recognized by the Turzanski Foundation with a Young Talent Award for writing…

Passfield, John

Cayuga

John

Passfield

Cayuga

John Passfield was born in St. Thomas, Ontario, Canada, and continues to reside in Southern Ontario, near Cayuga, with his family. He is interested in exploring the development of the novel as an art-form, and has written many novels, planning notebooks and journals in his…

Patel, Saakshi

Vancouver

Saakshi

Patel

Vancouver

Saakshi Patel was born and raised in Bombay.She is currently making poems at The Writer's Studio by Simon Fraser University’s School of Continuing Studies.Saakshi earned an MA in Poetry with Distinction from Queen's University Belfast, where she was awarded the Seamus Heaney…

Patel, Nisha

Edmonton

Nisha

Patel

Edmonton

Nisha Patel is an award-winning queer poet & artist. She is the City of Edmonton’s Poet Laureate, and the 2019 Canadian Individual Slam Champion, and the 2021 Regional Writer in Residence with the Strathcona County Library. She is a recipient of the Edmonton Artists’ Trust…

Pateman, Annette

Thunder Bay

Annette

Pateman

Thunder Bay

I was born in south London, England to Jamaican parents and into a large family I always enjoyed literature and poetry and was an avid reader growing up. I have lived in since 2012. My father was a great oral storyteller and would tell stories of life growing up in…

Paterson, Pamela

Kingston

Pamela

Paterson

Kingston

Pamela Paterson, MS, CBAP, PMP, (pamthewriter.com) is a writer based in Kingston, Ontario. Pamela is a best-selling author and senior IT consultant specializing in business analysis and project management. She has also been a published author since she was 10 years old, writing…

Patkau, Karen

Toronto

Karen

Patkau

Toronto

Karen Patkau was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Her mother wrote a telling note on a photo of her at 10 months old, – “Here is Karen looking at a book. She enjoys books, especially those with animals in them.” Karen started drawing at the age of three. In public school she was…