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Le Bel, Pauline

Bowen Island

Pauline

Le Bel

Bowen Island

Pauline has been spinning songs and stories ever since she graduated with a Bachelor of Music in Voice in 1975 from the University of Alberta. She is an award-winning screenwriter, award-winning novelist, a playwright, journalist, editor, recently published poet, and…

Leach, Sara

Whistler

Sara

Leach

Whistler

Sara Leach is the author of nine books for children, including Duck Days, illustrated by Rebecca Bender. Its companion book, Slug Days, was a finalist for a Foreword Indie Book Award for Juvenile Fiction and nominated for the Chocolate Lily Book Award. Penguin Days was a Bank…

Leatherdale, Mary Beth

Leavey, Peggy

Trenton, ON

Peggy

Leavey

Trenton, ON

Born in Toronto, Peggy Dymond Leavey received her formal education in nine different schools between Winnipeg and Fort Chambly, Quebec. Today she lives near Trenton, Ontario with her husband. She has three grown children.A love of local history led to many freelance articles,…

LeBlanc, Amy

Calgary

Amy

LeBlanc

Calgary

Amy LeBlanc recently completed her PhD in English and creative writing at the University of Calgary. She was the Managing Editor at Canthius from 2022-2025 and now sits on the Board of Directors. Amy’s debut poetry collection, I know something you don’t know (…

LeBlanc, Judy

Fanny Bay

Judy

LeBlanc

Fanny Bay

Judy LeBlanc's most recent book is a memoir, Permission to Land, published by Caitlin Press in winter, 2024. This follows The Broken Heart of Winter, her debut novel also published by Caitlin Press in winter, 2023. A collection of short stories was published by…

Leck, James

Dartmouth

James

Leck

Dartmouth

James Leck was born in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia in 1973. At the time his hobbies included eating, sleeping and pooping his pants. Since then, much has changed. Besides working as a teacher in Canada, Japan and Kuwait he enjoys travelling. He has had the good fortune to visit…

Leckie, Dale

Calgary

Dale

Leckie

Calgary

Dale's two books have both been extended best sellers. His recent book, The Scenic Geology of Alberta: A Roadside Touring and Hiking Guide, has topped the best seller lists across the province since it came out in April. Dale’s first book Rocks, Ridges, and…

Lecuyer, Joanne

Gatineau

Joanne

Lecuyer

Gatineau

Joanne Lecuyer is an independent author of children's books. Since 2010, Joanne has channeled her love of magic, fairies, elves, witches, dragons, and even vampires into positive fantasy chapter and picture books for kids and the young at heart. Her stories are full of…

Lee, Sheun

Windsor

Sheun

Lee

Windsor

Sheun Lee, a clinical pharmacist with a Doctor of Pharmacy degree from Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan, is also an accomplished children’s picture book author writing in Cantonese, English, French, and Mandarin. Hailing from Canada and a heritage Cantonese speaker,…

Lee, Y S

Kingston

Y S

Lee

Kingston

Y S Lee’s debut picture book, Mrs. Nobody (Groundwood Books), is inspired by a real-life imaginary friend who lived at her house for two very dramatic years. Her fiction includes The Agency tetralogy (Candlewick Press), which was translated into six languages and won the…

Lee, Jen

Jen

Lee

Jen Sookfong Lee’s first novel, The End of East (Knopf Canada, New Face of Fiction 2007), spans almost the entire 20th century and delves into the underside of Chinese Canadian history through the eyes of the Chan family. The National Post calls The End of East “impressive, both…

Lee, Edward Y. C.

Toronto

Edward Y. C.

Lee

Toronto

Edward Y. C. Lee was born in Montreal. He is a former arbitrator and lawyer. His fiction and creative non-fiction have been published in the Toronto Star, the Globe and Mail, and in various literary magazines. His radio documentary, Tiger Balm and Batman Comics, was produced by…

Lee, David

HAMILTON

David

Lee

HAMILTON

As of 2022 David Neil Lee is finishing up his YA "Midnight Games" trilogy, all published by Poplar Press/Wolsak & Wynn: The Midnight Games (2015), The Medusa Deep (2021) and The Great Outer Dark (2022). This year his Véhicule book Stopping Time: Paul Bley…

Lee, Day's

Brossard

Day's

Lee

Brossard

Day’s Lee wrote the script for her first documentary about her family’s Chinese-Canadian restaurant entitled Meet and Eat at Lee’s Garden for which she was also producer and director. It premiered on the CBC program Absolutely Canadian on November 14, 2020. The documentary is…

Lee, Dennis

Dennis

Lee

Dennis Lee was born in 1939 in Toronto, where he writes full time. Known for adult and children's poetry, as a song lyricist, and a literary editor.

LEE, SHERRY

Leedahl, Shelley A.

Ladysmith and Nanoose Bay

Shelley A.

Leedahl

Ladysmith and Nanoose Bay

Shelley A. Leedahl is a prolific multi-genre writer who divides her time between Ladysmith and Nanoose Bay, BC. The most recent of her thirteen books are Go (poetry, Radiant Press, Regina); The Moon Watched It All (children's illustrated, Illustrator Aino Anto, Red…

Leeder, Jessica

Lefebvre, Mark Leslie

Waterloo

Mark Leslie

Lefebvre

Waterloo

Mark was bitten by the writing bug at a young age, and he has always enjoyed storytelling. His first published short story appeared in 1992, the same year he began his career in bookselling.Under the name Mark Leslie, he has published more than twenty-five full length books. He…

Lefler, Robin

Kitchener

Robin

Lefler

Kitchener

Robin Lefler lives near Toronto with her family and two anxious canines. Over the course of a career in tech, she has travelled the globe but generally prefers to be at home, where she can easily locate coffee, wine and high-quality waffles. Reasonable Adults is her debut…

Leggett, Catharine

London

Catharine

Leggett

London

Catharine Leggett's short stories have appeared in such publications as Event, Room, The Antigonish Review, Best New Writing, and in journals, anthologies, and online publications throughout Canada and the United States. Her work has been broadcast on CBC radio. A novel, The Way…

Lehmann, Alan

Terrace

Alan

Lehmann

Terrace

Alan began writing fiction in 2013. He lives in northwestern British Columbia with his wife and their regal, red-haired cat. Alan is the author of three novels (Hamlet the Novel, Inca Sunset, and Denver Aquarius), and is hoping to release his fourth novel (Death…

Smiths Cove

Victoria

Victoria

MARK LEIREN-YOUNG is an author, screenwriter, playwright, satirist, performer and environmentalist. His book about Moby Doll: The Killer Whale Who Changed the World won the 2016 Science Writers and Communicators Award. He has three new children's books - Orcas Everywhere,…