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Nuttall-Smith, Ben
White Rock
Ben
Nuttall-Smith
White Rock
Ben
Ben Nuttall-Smith taught Music, Theatre, Art, and Language until he retired in 1991. He now lives in White Rock, near Vancouver B.C. Past President of the Federation of British Columbia Writers, Ben’s poems and short stories have appeared in numerous anthologies and online…
Nyoka, Gail
Slocan Park
Gail
Nyoka
Slocan Park
Gail Nyoka's written works and oral stories span the globe: Britain, Canada, Zimbabwe, Ghana, Egypt; and they encompass historical and the emerging present times. An award-winning playwright, she writes for theatre, radio and oral performance, as well as being a novelist for…
O'Callaghan, Shelley
O'Connor, Dianne
O'Connor, Heather M.
Peterborough
Heather M.
O'Connor
Peterborough
HEATHER M. O’CONNOR is an award-winning children's author and freelance journalist based in Peterborough, Ontario. Her debut picture book FAST FRIENDS (Scholastic Canada) won the Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Award and was the 2022 TD Grade One Book Giveaway title. FRIENDS FIND A WAY…
O'Connor, Edward
O'Keeffe, Frank
Calgary
Frank
O'Keeffe
Calgary
Frank was born in Dublin, Ireland, and began his writing career there while in fourth grade. One day Frank’s regular teacher was ill, and his class was combined with another. In order to keep this large group of students quiet, the teacher offered a prize of sixpence for the…
O'Reilly, Gillian
Gillian
O'Reilly
Gillian O’Reilly has been interested in words ever since she ate the dust jacket off the Shorter Oxford English Dictionary when she was 11 months old.  She is the author of two non-fiction books for young readers and is currently working on fiction and picture book projects. …
O'Rourke, Nancy
Nancy
O'Rourke
Based in Montréal/Tiohtià:ke, Nancy O’Rourke is a writer of essays, memoirs, and poetry. With a PhD in sociology, specializing in human rights and social justice, she has written widely on issues affecting the rights of women and children. An emerging writer, she has won several…
Ohi, Debbie
Toronto
Debbie
Ohi
Toronto
Debbie Ridpath Ohi is the award-winning author and illustrator of Where Are My Books?, I Want To Read All The Books, and Sam & Eva (Simon & Schuster). She has helped create over 30 books, most of which are for young people. Her illustrations appear in books by Judy Blume…
Ohi, Ruth
Toronto
Ruth
Ohi
Toronto
Ruth
Ruth Ohi is the illustrator of over 60 books, 23 of which she is also the author. Her latest are “Blanket” (Groundwood Books) and “Choose Kindness” (Scholastic Canada). Other author/illustrated books include “Scribble”, “No Help Wanted!” and the Fox and Squirrel Series (all…
Okihiro, Lara
Lara
Okihiro
Lara is a writer, researcher, and educator who grew up in a diverse, working-class neighbourhood in Toronto, close to her Japanese Canadian grandparents and often visiting her Anglo-Irish Canadian grandmother on her rural Ontario farm. Though she did not like reading as a kid,…
Okot Bitek, Juliane
Okun Hill, Debbie
Debbie
Okun Hill
Debbie
Debbie Okun Hill has been writing for over 35 years. She began her writing career as a journalist with a community newspaper in rural Manitoba then moved towards a profession in public relations with The Winnipeg Art Gallery, Lakehead University in Thunder Bay and Fanshawe…
Olding, Susan
Victoria
Susan
Olding
Victoria
Susan
Susan Olding is the author of Big Reader: Essays, shortlisted for the CAA Fred Kerner Award and Trade Nonfiction Book of the Year at the Alberta Book Awards, and Pathologies: A Life in Essays, selected by 49th Shelf and Amazon.ca as one of 100 Canadian books to read in a…
Olesen, Dave
Hoarfrost River
Dave
Olesen
Hoarfrost River
Born 1957 Illinois.  Grew up in Crystal Lake Illinois. Attended University of Montana, Missoula and Northland College, Wisconsin. B.A. Humanities / Northern Studies. Pilot since 1982. Outward Bound Instructor 1979 - 1985. Immigrated to Canada 1987, Canadian Citizenship 1991.…
Oliphant, John
Vancouver
John
Oliphant
Vancouver
I am most well-known for my definitive biography of English occultist, Edward Arthur Wilson, but have since worked as an editor for the leading corporate communications company in Hong Kong. I have also worked as the ghostwriter for two major nonfiction works and I currently…
Oliva, Peter
Peter
Oliva
Peter Oliva writes mostly fiction. To support that habit, he has worked as a cook's flunkie, a Santa Claus (in Japan), and a dog trainer. In 1994 he opened a bookstore, called Pages on Kensington, where he ran a reading series and hosted 600 author events in six years before…
Oliver, Alexandra
Burlington
Alexandra
Oliver
Burlington
Alexandra
Alexandra Oliver was born in Vancouver, BC. She is the author of three collections published through Biblioasis: Meeting the Tormentors in Safeway (2013; recipient of the Pat Lowther Memorial Award), Let the Empire Down ( 2016), and Hail, the Invisible Watchman (2022). Her…
Ondaatje, Michael
Onstad, Katrina
Opacic, George
Qualicum Beach
George
Opacic
Qualicum Beach
George was co-founder of the magazine that is currently called “Recreational Flyer”. He was the main contributor of articles and fictional stories, as well as the Editor. While traveling on business during his career, George wrote numerous short stories and many filmscripts,…
Orchard, Treena
London
Treena
Orchard
London
Treena Orchard is an anthropologist, author, and activist who researches sexuality, gender, and the politics of health among marginalized groups and within the context of her own life. She is currently an Associate Professor & Undergraduate Chair in the School of Health…
Orford, Emily-Jane
North Gower
Emily-Jane
Orford
North Gower
Emily-Jane Hills Orford is a country writer, living just outside the tiny community of North Gower, Ontario, near the nation’s capital. With degrees in art history, music and Canadian studies, the retired music teacher enjoys the quiet nature of her country home and the…
Oron, Judie
Halifax
Judie
Oron
Halifax
Judie Oron is a Canadian/Israeli journalist who was born in Montreal, moved to Israel in 1967 and returned to Canada in 2004. She was a feature writer at ‘The Jerusalem Post,’ including a four year stint as a weekly columnist. Later, she directed the newspaper’s charitable Funds…