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Scott, Liana M

Oakville

Liana M

Scott

Oakville

I am a semi-retired freelance writer. I am a daughter, sister, wife, mother, and grandmother who has faced the challenges of mental illness since childhood. I recently discovered I have aphantasia (inability to visualize). Despite my aphantasia - or perhaps because of it - I…

Scott, Susan

Waterloo

Susan

Scott

Waterloo

Susan Scott is a Great Lakes writer and editor working at the crossroads of story, spirit, self, and culture. She has midwifed dozens of books and essays and has been editing with The New Quarterly (tnq.ca) since 2009. Collaborations with artists, activists, and scholars…

Trenton

Ellis Scott was born in the UK and grew up in Canada. He has published nine short stories in literary journals, including The Iowa Review, Yolk, and The Fiddlehead. His first short story was nominated for a 2020 Pushcart Prize. Night Terminus is his first novel and will be…

Toronto

Toronto

Richard Scrimger has written for print media and television, but is best known for his 20+ books for adults and children. He’s won a few awards, been translated into a few more languages, and led workshops on several continents. Recent novels feature a hero who is obnoxious but…

Hamilton

St. Catharines

St. Catharines

Barbara K. Seeber, professor and writer, lives in Niagara and is at work on a memoir. She teaches English Literature at Brock University, including courses on Jane Austen, eighteenth-century fiction, and Animal Studies. Her current favourite course is "The Lives of Dogs." She is…

Seesequasis, Coltrane

Gatineau

Coltrane

Seesequasis

Gatineau

Coltrane Seesequasis is a young fantasy writer of Indigenous heritage who grew up in Gatineau, Quebec. He first began his writing journey on long bus rides to school where he would alleviate the boredom by daydreaming of fantastical worlds, noble heroes, and unwavering villains…

Laura Sergeant (she/her) spent her twenties playing electric guitar on North American stages and spent subsequent decades as a Social Work specialist in the field of child and youth mental health. She’s been published in Canadian and American literary journals. Her work has been…

Sevestre, Paula

Ohsweken

Paula

Sevestre

Ohsweken

Indigenous Author and Master of Transformative Knowledge for Wellness Book: The False Healer: A Trilogy. As an Indigenous Author and Master of Transformative Knowledge for Wellness, Paula Sevestre has been led to explore and integrate Wholeness Medicine. This simply means, by…

Sewell, John

John

Sewell

John Sewell is a lawyer by training, but has spent most of his working life involved in different aspects of local politics: Toronto city councillor 1969-84, Mayor of Toronto 1978-80; community organizer and activist 1966-present; urban affairs columnist for The Globe and Mail…

Sgroi, Renée M.

Greater Toronto Area

Renée M.

Sgroi

Greater Toronto Area

Renée M. Sgroi (she/her) writes poetry, fiction and non-fiction. Her second poetry collection, In a Tension of Leaves and Binding (Guernica Editions) was on the 2024 CBC Books fall and November preview lists and in 2025 was shortlisted for an International Rubery Award. A third…

Shaben, Carol

Vancouver

Carol

Shaben

Vancouver

Carol Shaben is an award-winning author and journalist. Her first book, Into the Abyss, was a national bestseller, selected as a Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers pick, a BBC Radio 4 Book of the Week, and an Amazon.com Bestseller and Editor's Choice. Carol’s…

Shaheen, Wali Alam

Wali Alam

Shaheen

Wali Alam Shaheen is considered "one of the top-ranking modern poets in the Urdu-speaking world," especially known for his "uncommon brilliance and linguistic innovation" (Ariel in Dawn, Karachi, April 12, 1984). He is the author of seven volumes of poetry: Rag-e-Saaz,…

Shane Denter, Beka

Ottawa

Beka

Shane Denter

Ottawa

Beka Shane Denter is a Canadian features writer and author currently based in Denmark. Living abroad for more than twenty-five years has inspired her career. She has had wonderful opportunities to collaborate with several publications and platforms including CBC radio…

Marysville

Edmonton

Edmonton

Theresa Shea is the author of three novels: Dog Days of Planet Earth (ECW, Fall 2026), The Shade Tree (Guernica Editions, 2021), and The Unfinished Child (Brindle & Glass, 2013). An alum of McGill, Queen's, and the University of Alberta, she…

Shearly, Elizabeth F.

Ottawa

Shelley, Casey

Saint John

Casey

Shelley

Saint John

Casey Shelley is an author based in Saint John, New Brunswick. She has collected several degrees, including a Bachelor of Arts in English Literature from the University of New Brunswick, a Bachelor of Education from the University of New Brunswick and a Master of Education in…

Burnaby

Ottawa

Ottawa

'Off Centre' (Oberon 2004) Caroline Shepard’s debut collection of short fiction was short listed for the 2005 Danuta Gleed Award. Her first novel, 'Unlit Spaces' (Friesen Press, 2014) was nominated for the Whistler Independent Book Awards. Caroline spent her childhood in…