Amy LeBlanc is a PhD student in English and creative writing at the University of Calgary. Amy's debut poetry collection, I know something you don’t know, was published with Gordon Hill Press in March 2020 and was long listed for the 2021 ReLit Award and selected as a finalist…

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 New…

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 Rivers: Geological…

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 chapters and picture books for kids and the young at heart. Her stories are full of…

I am a writer, doctor and teacher of medicine. Throughout my career, I have split my time between North and South — practicing as a fly-in physician for isolated communities in the Canadian Arctic and working with actors, instructors, and students while designing curriculum and…

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.

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…

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 and the…

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 Deer Press); …

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.…

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 novel.

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…

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 is a Highway)…

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, Orcas…

BONNIE L. LENDRUM Bonnie Lendrum began writing fiction during a stretch when she lost five people she loved—her best friend, father, father-in-law, and two other friends. It was a tumultuous time that exposed her to a health care system she thought she knew well. As a…

Kathryn 君妍 Lennon is a poet, editor and publisher. She writes to make sense of her connections to place, migration, identity, language, and food. She is also the co-creator, co-editor, and co-publisher of Hungry Zine.