Heather J. Wood was born and raised in Montreal and now makes her home in Toronto. She is the author of the coming of age novel Fortune Cookie, and of Roll With It, a teen-oriented novel about roller derby. She is also the World Fantasy Award nominated editor of the Gods, Memes…

Shelley Wood is a novelist, medical journalist, and editor. Her second novel, The Leap Year Gene will be published in August 2024 by HarperCollins Canada, and as The Leap Year Gene of Kit McKinley in the United States, by Union Square Press. Her debut novel, The Quintland…

Rebecca is an award-winning writer and filmmaker living in Whistler, British Columbia. Her short fiction has been published in Room, The Antigonish Review and Pique Newsmagazine. She has made over 35 short films, which have broadcast on TV and been screened at festivals around…

Patrick Woodcock is the author of 10 books of poetry and countless reviews.  His work has been translated and published in 14 languages.  Since travel is so essential to his work, Mr. Woodcock has lived and worked in such diverse countries as Iceland, Poland, Russia, Bosnia and…

Jane Woods was born in Cleveland, Ohio. She grew up in Montreal and is a graduate of The National Theatre School of Canada. She has worked extensively as a voice actor and a translator. She lives in Toronto. She is the author of the novels: 'The Walking Tanteek' (2014) and '…

I am a writer, and former publishers' rep, bookseller, managing editor, publicist, creative writing teacher and most recently, a lighthouse keeper formerly based on the Lennard Island Lightstation near Tofino, BC from 2008-2021. I have written nine books for adults and children…

Writer, retired teacher, and amateur dancer with MMM (Margaret Morris Method). Donna is available to visit libraries, bookstores and book clubs to discuss her novels, Isadora's Dance and The Age of Privilege, her latest novel. Her audience at the book launches showed plenty of…

Ronald Wright was born in England to a Canadian father and an English mother, and now lives in British Columbia. A novelist, historian and essayist, he has won awards in all three genres, and is published around the world in more than a dozen languages. Before becoming a writer…

Toronto-born writer/poet Megan Wykes (formerly Mueller) worked as a senior editor at Oxford University Press and Harcourt Brace for many years, and wrote freelance, including a stint at ARTNews magazine (New York). Her writing has also appeared in numerous Canadian arts and…

When he was three, Tim ran away from home with a tea cozy on his head. That was in Cheshire, England. He ended up in Kitimat, B.C. He is not sure if these incidents are connected, but he believes fervently that if one is going to become a writer one should keep one's head warm.…

Lucy Yang (she/her) writes and teaches on the traditional and unceded territories of the Coast Salish peoples in British Columbia. Her debut chapbook, Ju, is published in 2024. Her writing is featured in The New York Times, ARC Poetry Magazine, Contemporary Verse 2 and elsewhere…

I am a Metis writer/author currently living in Kingston, Ontario. I am originally from the North Bay and Mattawa area. I am a citizen of the Metis Nation of Ontario. My ancestral territory is the Ottawa River (Kitchizibi) Valley and the Mattawa River Region. This vast, majestic…

Paul Yee was born in Saskatchewan, grew up in Vancouver, but has lived in Toronto since 1988. He studied history at U.B.C., worked as an archivist, and did volunteer work in Vancouver's Chinatown, the source of much of his writing.

From Chinese culture-rooted landscape to new and welcoming Canadian landscape, Anna Yin has found her home in poetry and authored five poetry collections and one collection of translations. She won the 2005 Ted Plantos Memorial Award, two MARTYs, two scholarships from USA and…

Susan Yoon is a writer of books for kids. She draws inspiration from her family and friends, as well as small creatures and life’s quirky details. She is the author of Waiting for Tomorrow, and Gwendolyn and the Light, and her essays have appeared in The Globe and Mail and The…

Astrid Young is a freelance writer, author, musician, and triple-certified sommelier living in Prince Edward County. In 2009, she released the Canadian bestseller Being Young: Scott, Neil and Me (Insomniac Press), a chronicle of her life growing up in an iconic Canadian family…

Janine Alyson Young's debut short story collection Hideout Hotel (Caitlin Press 2014) was shortlisted for the Danuta Gleed Award, and her work has appeared in Event Magazine and the anthology Boobs: Women Explore What It Means to Have Breasts. She has an MFA from UBC’s Creative…

I am, in alphabetical order, an editor, a mother, a poet, a retired educational assistant, a widow, and a writer. I was born and raised in Saskatchewan, albeit in many different communities. I now live in Martensville, which is a small city just north of Saskatoon. I have been…

Danielle Younge-Ullman is the award-winning author of the young adult novels, HE MUST LIKE YOU, EVERYTHING BEAUTIFUL IS NOT RUINED, and LOLA CARLYLE’S 12 STEP ROMANCE, and the adult novel, FALLING UNDER. Danielle’s work has been published internationally, and nominated for…

Blair Palmer Yoxall (he/him/his) is an award-winning writer, author, and poet of Métis and settler parentage from Alberta. His fiction and poetry fiction have appeared in Glass Buffalo, The Fiddlehead, and Carving Space: The Indigenous Voices Awards Anthology, and his fiction…