Member Directory
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Winnipeg
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…
St. John’s
Toronto
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: The…
Delta
Edmonton
Edmonton
From Montreal,living in Edmonton since 1993, Dolly Dennis is a published author whose work has appeared on stage, in literary journals, newspapers, corporate newsletters, anthologies and the CBC. She has also been on the short-list for an Alberta literary Award. Her first novel…
Toronto
Nelson
Katepwa Beach
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,…
VICTORIA
Hamilton
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.…
Pender Island
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…
Vancouver
Vancouver
Maggie de Vries is a writer for children and adults and a Lecturer in UBC's Creative Writing Program. She travels extensively, speaking at conferences and doing workshops and author readings for children and adults. Maggie was children's book editor at Orca Book Publishers from…
Etobicoke, Ontario
Etobicoke, Ontario
Olga M. Dey-Bergmoser Thompson was born in Holland, grew up in Germany and was a voracious reader with a keen interest in poetry, swimming, and languages. Trained as a multilingual translator, she did a lot of travelling and, in 1963, settled with her family in Toronto.…
Traditional and unceded territories of the Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh Nations || Vancouver ||
Traditional and unceded territories of the Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh Nations || Vancouver ||
Preeti Kaur Dhaliwal (she/her) is a critical race feminist, writer, former lawyer, educator and facilitator who grew up on the traditional, present and future territories of the Semiahmoo, Katzie, Kwikwetlem, Kwantlen, Qayqayt, Tsawwassen and Musqueam First Nations (also known…
Toronto
Toronto
ANGEL DI ZHANG is a Canadian author. She was educated in the joint BA-MIA program at Columbia University, and is a painter and an internationally exhibited fine art photographer.
Her debut novel THE LIGHT OF ETERNAL SPRING published with Random House Canada on April 25, 2023.…
Thunder Bay
Thunder Bay
Doug Diaczuk is an author, journalist, and photographer living in Thunder Bay, Ontario. He has a master’s degree in English Literature from Lakehead University. His work has been published in Geist, Quill and Quire, and Subterrain. In 2015, Doug won the 38thannual 3-Day Novel…
Toronto
Toronto
Mary Lou Dickinson's fiction has been published in the University of Windsor Review, Descant, Waves, Grain, Northern Journey, Impulse, Writ, The Fiddlehead, Canadian Woman Studies and broadcast on CBC Radio. Her writing was also included in the anthology, We Who Can Fly: Poems,…
Victoria
Victoria
Zoe Dickinson is a poet and bookseller from Victoria, British Columbia. Her poetry is rooted in the Pacific coastline, with a focus on local ecology and human relationships with nature. She has been published in literary journals such as Existere, Prairie Fire, and Contemporary…
Toronto
Toronto
Alessia Dickson is the award winning author of The Crystal Chronicles series for teens. Alessia is a youth empowerment advocate working to inspire students to find their creative voice and reach their full potential. She lives in Toronto, Ontario, where she she frequents cozy…
Scarborough
Scarborough
Barbara Dickson is a sought-after professionally-trained public speaker, local historian, and author in both fiction and non-fiction. She has been entertaining and educating audiences for over twenty years. She lives in Scarborough, Ontario. Diagnosed with multiple sclerosis…
Owen Sound
London
