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Chen, Leilei 莫译

Edmonton

Chiang, Sylv

Pickering

Sylv

Chiang

Pickering

SYLV CHIANG (she/her) is the author of several award-winning children's books. As a teacher, she wrote her middle-grade series, Cross Ups, to convince her video game-loving students to put down their controllers long enough to read a novel. The inspiration for her first picture…

Childs, Lucian

Toronto

Lucian

Childs

Toronto

LUCIAN CHILDS is a fiction writer whose debut novel, Dreaming Home (Biblioasis 2023), won the Fred Kerner Book Award and was shortlisted for the Rakuten Kobo Emerging Writer Prize in literary fiction. He is a contributing editor of Lambda Literary…

Chimbganda, Tapo

Wainfleet

Tapo

Chimbganda

Wainfleet

Dr. Tapo Chimbganda is a Canadian-based writer, educator, and nonprofit leader whose work bridges storytelling, psychoanalytic thought, and Black feminist cultural critique. She is the author of #blacklove: Reflections of Love in Black Relationships (Lexington Books, 2019) and…

Chislett, Nancy

Winnipeg

Nancy

Chislett

Winnipeg

Nancy Chislett is an avid traveler, having visited almost 50 countries on six continents. She also plays classical music on piano and composes a little jazz. Career-wise, she has worked as a high school teacher and as a university administrator of an international student…

Choi, Ann Yu-Kyung

Toronto

Ann Yu-Kyung

Choi

Toronto

Originally from South Korea, Ann Yu-Kyung Choi is a Toronto-based author and educator. Her novel, Kay’s Lucky Coin Variety, was a Toronto Book Awards finalist and One of CBC Books 12 Best Canadian Debut Novels of 2016. Her published essays explore issues around cultural and…

Chomiak, Stacey

Chilliwack

Stacey

Chomiak

Chilliwack

Stacey Chomiak (she/her) is an artist, author and LGBTQ+ speaker. She writes and illustrates kids books that represent the queer community. Her YA illustrated memoir STILL STACE: MY GAY CHRISTIAN COMING-OF-AGE STORY published in 2021. She illustrated RAINBOW BOY AND THE PRIDE…

Vancouver

Vancouver

Kevin Chong is the author of seven books, most recently the novel The Double Life of Benson Yu. He was born in Hong Kong and raised in Vancouver, where he presently lives with his family. He is an associate professor at the University of British Columbia Okanagan. He reads…

Chopra , Ishaa Vinod

Toronto

Ishaa Vinod

Chopra

Toronto

Ishaa Vinod Chopra is the author of ‘Finding Order in Disorder’, a memoir exploring her journey with bipolar disorder, domestic abuse and art therapy while exploring therapeutic coping strategies of Dance, Art, Yoga, and ‘Mad Poetry.’ Ishaa is pursuing a Thesis for a Master of…

Vancouver

Vancouver

Hello, this is Sung Ming, or you can call me Gilbert Malcolm, a pen name in memory of GM Sproat who was the BC Indian Reserve Commissioner in late nineteenth century. He was considered as a pioneer in developing collaborative relationships with the indigenous communities. I got…

Chrismas, Robert

Winnipeg

Robert

Chrismas

Winnipeg

Bob Chrismas, PhD, writes prolifically on justice issues. Bob is a Staff Sergeant in his 34th year with the Winnipeg Police Service. He completed his Master of Public Administration (MPA) at the U. of Winnipeg and U. of Manitoba in 2009 (distinction) and Doctorate…

North Saanich

North Saanich

TIMOTHY CHRISTIAN graduated as a Commonwealth Scholar from King’s College, Cambridge. He served as a law professor and Dean at the Faculty of Law at The University of Alberta and a visiting professor in Japan and Taiwan. Christian read A Moveable Feast in the cafes of Aix-en-…

Christou, Theodore

Kingston

Theodore

Christou

Kingston

Dr. Theodore Christou is a Professor of Social Studies and History Education at Queen’s University as well as the Associate Dean of Graduate Studies in the Faculty of Education. Theodore is a poet, historian, and philosopher of education. As an interdisciplinary education…

Church, Dana L

Waterloo

Dana L

Church

Waterloo

Dana is a trained scientist who is passionate about making science accessible for both children and adults. She is the author of four nonfiction books: The Beekeepers: How Humans Changed the World of Bumble Bees (Scholastic Focus, 2021) Animal Minds: What Are They…

Cichosz, Maria

Toronto

Maria

Cichosz

Toronto

Maria Cichosz is a novelist and scholar of art, theory, drug cultures, and the history of ideas. She holds a Ph.D. in Modern Thought & Literature from Stanford University where she was recently a Humanities & Sciences Postdoctoral Dean’s Fellow. Maria…

Ottawa

Ottawa

A nonconformist, having fought censorship in literature in his former totalitarian homeland of Czechoslovakia, he has had two of his book-length manuscripts destroyed, himself having been persecuted and eventually sentenced to a two-year prison term. Embraced by freedom offered…

Cioni, Maria

Toronto

Maria

Cioni

Toronto

Maria was born and educated in Calgary, Alberta. She received her doctorate from Cambridge University and has published in her research area of British sixteenth century socio-legal history. Her story of family, cultural identity and Calgary, Spaghetti…

Circelli, Carmela

Toronto

Carmela

Circelli

Toronto

Carmela Circelli was born in southern Italy and grew up in Montreal. She moved to Toronto in 1976 to study philosophy. She has been teaching on contract in the Philosophy and Humanities department of York University since 1990. She also has a private paractice as a…

Clancy, Scott

Cobourg

Scott

Clancy

Cobourg

Major General (ret) Scott Clancy OMM MSM CD Major General (ret) Clancy served in multiple squadrons of the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) in the Canadian Armed Forces as a tactical helicopter pilot. As a Director General on the RCAF staff his responsibilities…

Clare, Kerry

Toronto

Kerry

Clare

Toronto

KERRY CLARE is the author three novels Asking for a Friend (out now from Doubleday Canada), Waiting for a Star to Fall and Mitzi Bytes, and editor of The M Word: Conversations About Motherhood. A National Magazine Award-nominated essayist, and editor of Canadian books website…

Clark, Pam

Calgary

Pam

Clark

Calgary

Pam’s passion for history and social justice inspires her poetry, short stories, articles and novels. She has mentored writers through the Canmore Shoe Project, Writers Guild of Alberta Borderlines’ Program and as a Story Coach with Alexandra Writers Center. Her novel, Kalyna (…