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Knight, Chelene

Harrison Hot Springs

Chelene

Knight

Harrison Hot Springs

Chelene Knight is the author of the Braided Skin (Mother Tongue 2015) the memoir Dear Current Occupant, winner of the 2018 Vancouver Book Award, and long-listed for the George Ryga Award for Social Awareness in Literature. Her novel, Junie (Book*hug 2022) is winner of the 2023…

Valerie Jean Knowles was born and raised in Montreal, Quebec. She obtained a B.A. (Honours, history) from Smith College, Northampton, Mass, and an M.A. (history) from McGill University before embarking on a career as a history instructor, archivist, and writer. She moved to…

Kogawa, Joy

Joy

Kogawa

Joy Kogawa was born in Vancouver, B.C. in 1935 and graduated from high school in Coaldale, Alberta where her family was sent after WWII. She lives mainly in Toronto, Ontario.

Koller, Katherine

Edmonton

Katherine

Koller

Edmonton

Katherine Koller writes for stage, screen and page. Her trilogy of Alberta Landworks plays includes Last Chance Leduc, The Seed Savers and Coal Valley and her collection of plays is Voices of the Land: The Seed Savers and Other Plays. Her six-part web documentary, Sustainable Me…

Kolpak, Diana

Courtenay

Diana

Kolpak

Courtenay

Born in Lethbridge, Alberta to a family filled with artists and entertainers, Diana create stories using poetry, fiction, drama, music, clown and photography as her media.Her children's book, Starfall, the whimsical tale of a clown searching for fallen stars, was …

Koncan, Frances

Couchiching First Nation

Frances

Koncan

Couchiching First Nation

Frances Koncan (she/they) is an Anishinaabe and Slovene playwright currently living in Vancouver, British Columbia, within the shared, unceded, ancestral territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations. Originally…

Born in northern Alberta, Anne J. Konrad was raised on a farm in the Fraser Valley, British Columbia and graduated from the University of British Columbia. She married Harvey L. Dyck, and taught in New York City, New Jersey, and Vienna. She did graduate work in history at the…

Toronto

Weyburn

Weyburn

VICTORIA KOOPS never stopped playing make-believe and often writes while wearing a tiara. Her stories are full of epic adventure and swoony romance, and navigate social issues through the power of fandom and geek culture. Her debut novel, WHO WE ARE IN REAL LIFE, will be…

Korman, Gordon

Thornhill, ON

Gordon

Korman

Thornhill, ON

Gordon Korman was born in Montreal on October 23, 1963. He began writing at age 12. He is the author of 23 books for children and young adults. He graduated with a B.F.A. from New York University in 1985. His future plans include more of the same and some screenwriting. He…

Körner, Miriam

Air Ronge

Miriam

Körner

Air Ronge

Miriam Körner, originally from Germany, is an award-winning writer, photographer, illustrator and wilderness guide. She lives in a small cabin surrounded by her sled dogs near La Ronge, Saskatchewan. When she is not exploring the vast wilderness of Canada's Far North by dog team…

Kory, Kristin

Hamilton

Kristin

Kory

Hamilton

Kristin Kory is a Canadian poet and author who discovered her passion for writing as a teenager growing up in Hamilton, Ontario. Her poetry collection, Hungry for Ghosts, was re-released in 2023 by 300 South Media Group. Kristin’s forthcoming book,…

Kosar, Richelle

Toronto

Richelle

Kosar

Toronto

Richelle Kosar began her career as a dramatist. Her first play, Earthbound, was adapted for television and produced by the CBC. Other dramatic works followed, including "The Piano Store" and "The Girls in the Office." Richelle has published two novels, The Drum…

Kostash, Myrna

Edmonton

Myrna

Kostash

Edmonton

Myrna Kostash lives in Edmonton, Alberta where she works full-time as a writer of literary nonfiction - books, magazine articles, and radio documentaries - and as occasional lecturer and teacher of creative writing. She is a past president of the Writers Guild of Alberta and…

Kostiner, Marlee

Montreal

Marlee

Kostiner

Montreal

Marlee Kostiner is an award-winning journalist, writer, editor, and the author of NaMOOste, a playful yoga book that helps kids build social-emotional skills. A passionate advocate for neurodiversity and mental health, Marlee brings these values into all her creative work. In…

Kotsilidis, Leigh

Montreal

Leigh

Kotsilidis

Montreal

Leigh Kotsilidis has written two full-length collections of poetry, Hypotheticals (2011) and Some of Us May Live (forthcoming, Fall 2026), both with Coach House Books. Her poems have also appeared in journals and magazines, including The Malahat Review, Prism international,…

Koulack, David

Winnipeg

David

Koulack

Winnipeg

David Koulack was born in New York City. He earned his B.A. in psychology from Brandeis University, and his M.S. and Ph.D. from Yeshiva University. He taught at Brooklyn College and Washington State University before starting the first sleep and dream laboratory at University of…

Koval, Anne

Sackville

Anne

Koval

Sackville

Anne lives in Sackville, NB, and teaches at Mount Allison University. She has published ekphrastic poetry and a biography Mary Pratt: A Love Affair with Vision is being released by Goose Lane Editions in the fall of 2023.

Kovala, Liisa

Naughton

Liisa

Kovala

Naughton

Liisa Kovala is an award-winning Finnish Canadian author, book coach, and podcaster. Like Water for Weary Souls (House of Karhu 2025) is her second historical novel and recently won a Global Book Award in the Women’s Fiction category. Liisa is the author of Sisu's…

Krakow, Eve

Montréal

Eve

Krakow

Montréal

Eve Krakow is the author of Voice Lessons, A Memoir in Essays (Guernica Editions, 2024). Her stories have appeared in Grain Magazine, The Nasiona, JMWW, Maisonneuve, lichen literary journal, Smithsonian Magazine and Shy: An Anthology. Through her writing, she seeks to…

Krishnaswami, Uma

Victoria

Uma

Krishnaswami

Victoria

Uma Krishnaswami has been writing for young readers for 30 years. Among her many titles are Naming Maya (2024 Phoenix Award) Book Uncle and Me (Crossword Award, Intl. Literacy Association Social Justice Literature Award), Birds on the Brain, Step Up to the Plate Maria Singh (…

Krol, Malgosia

Victoria

Malgosia

Krol

Victoria

“I believe that we were all born to expand, not to shrink. That creative expression connects our individual lived experiences to the collective human experience; that storytelling is integral to our shared humanity; and art is a universal language that speaks to the worlds…

Krossing, Karen

Toronto

Karen

Krossing

Toronto

Karen Krossing wrote comics and poetry as a kid and dreamed of becoming a published writer. Today, she is the author of many books for young readers, including picture books My Street Remembers, One Tiny Bubble and Sour Cakes, and novels Monster vs. Boy, Punch Like a Girl,…