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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…

Winnipeg

Winnipeg

Nora Decter is a writer and teacher living on Treaty 1 territory in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Her first novel, How Far We Go and How Fast, won the 2019 Kobo Emerging Writer Award. She was the 2024-2025 writer-in-residence at the Winnipeg Public Library, where she worked with a record…

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…

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 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 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…

Montreal

Montreal

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…

DeLuca, Marjorie (M.M.)

Winnipeg

Marjorie (M.M.)

DeLuca

Winnipeg

I was born in Durham City UK, then attended the University of London, and studied psychology before becoming a teacher and moving to Winnipeg I studied Advanced Creative writing with Pulitzer prizewinning author, Dr. Carol Shields, then became a professional novelist and…

Demchuk, David

St. John’s

David

Demchuk

St. John’s

"A master of bowel-loosening terror" (Globe & Mail), David Demchuk has been writing for stage, print and other media for more than forty years. His debut horror novel The Bone Mother, published in 2017, was nominated for the Scotiabank Giller Prize, the Amazon First…

deMeulles, Richard

Sudbury

Richard

deMeulles

Sudbury

I am a writer and a builder. For over thirty-years I’ve helped harness the power of employees. I’ve led people in needs-identification initiatives, in building data-collection systems and in designing educational products. I’ve also built an organization from the ground up and…

DEMPSEY, SANDRA

TORONTO

SANDRA

DEMPSEY

TORONTO

With a keen sense of drama and a formidable wit, Sandra Dempsey writes complex plays inhabited by articulate, richly drawn and emotional characters.Uncomprimising and vital ~ powerful, compassionate and impassioned.Sandra is a popular performance-reader of her works.

den Hartog, Kristen

Toronto

Kristen

den Hartog

Toronto

Kristen den Hartog is a novelist and non-fiction writer whose novels have won the Alberta Trade Fiction Book of the Year and been shortlisted for the Toronto Book Award and the Trillium Award. She is the co-author (with her sister Tracy Kasaboski) of two non-fiction books:…

Denman, KL

Delta

Denman

Delta

K.L. Denman began writing Young Adult fiction after reading the books of some talented authors and discovering the wonders of this fascinating genre. Her own children were teens at the time and between them, their friends, and her own memories, inspiration was plentiful. …

Denoon, Anne

Toronto

Anne

Denoon

Toronto

Anne Denoon was born long ago in Toronto. She studied art history at the University of Toronto in the 1960s, and again in the late 1970s, finally completing her degree in 1980. In the 1960s she worked at a travel agency in London, England, as a gallerina at the Carmen Lamanna…

Deon, Brian

Nelson

Brian

Deon

Nelson

Brian d'Eon's writing pursuits have been forged largely in the fires of live theatre where, for thirty years, he has participated, as an actor, director and playwright. Four of his stage plays have been produced locally and one in St. John’s, Newfoundland. In recent years, Brian…

Deringer, C Ingrid

Katepwa Beach

C Ingrid

Deringer

Katepwa Beach

Born in Saskatchewan, Ingrid Deringer returned to her roots a few years ago and now lives in Katepwa Beach after having lived on the East Coast, West Coast and everywhere in between. Born into a large family with enough fire in her astrological chart to light up the night sky,…

Desai, Sara

VICTORIA

Sara

Desai

VICTORIA

New York Times and USA Today Bestselling author Sarah Castille has written over 20 books under two pen names. As Sarah Castille, she writes sizzling contemporary romance and romantic suspense. As Sara Desai, she writes romantic comedy and cozy mystery. Sarah's books have…

Desforges, Jaclyn

Hamilton

Jaclyn

Desforges

Hamilton

JACLYN DESFORGES is the author of Danger Flower (Palimpsest Press/Anstruther Books), one of CBC's picks for the best Canadian poetry of 2021. She's also the author of a picture book, Why Are You So Quiet? (Annick Press, 2020), which was nominated for a Chocolate Lily Award.…

Deverell, William

Pender Island

William

Deverell

Pender Island

Bill Deverell was a journalist for seven years while working his way through university, graduating in law in 1963. As a trial lawyer he both defended and prosecuted and was counsel in over a thousand criminal trials including thirty murder cases. His fields of practice also…