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Haskins, Maria
Delta
Maria
Haskins
Delta
Maria Haskins is a Swedish-Canadian writer and reviewer of speculative fiction. She is also a senior columnist and non-fiction editor at Ruadán Books. She was born and grew up in Sweden, and debuted as a writer there. Currently, she’s located just outside Vancouver with two kids…
Hastings-James, Margaret
Margaret
Hastings-James
Margaret Hastings-James is a writer in Halifax, Nova Scotia. She began writing in a small Inuit community in Northern Quebec . She moved to Paris in 1994 and lived there for 12 years, studying under British author, Julian Gloag. She also did many work shops on script writing and…
Hatcher-Smith, Claire
Victoria
Claire
Hatcher-Smith
Victoria
Originally from the UK, Claire Hatcher-Smith now lives surrounded by sea on Vancouver Island, with her husband, their teenage son and a Korean rescue dog. As well as writing, Claire is a speech and language therapist and runs groups for autistic tweens and teens, focusing on…
Hathaway, Luke
Halifax
Luke
Hathaway
Halifax
Luke Hathaway is an internationally-acclaimed poet, lyricist/librettist, and theatre-maker. He is a founding and core member of ANIMA and of the Fractal Arts Collective.  Of Hathaway’s 2022 book The Affirmations, Times critic Graeme Richardson writes: ‘…
Hausner, Beatriz
Toronto
Beatriz
Hausner
Toronto
Beatriz Hausner has published several poetry collections, including The Wardrobe Mistress (2003), Sew Him Up (2010), Enter the Raccoon (2012), Beloved Revolutionary Sweetheart (2020) and She Who Lies Above (2023), as well as many…
Hawkin, Wendy
Coquitlam
Wendy
Hawkin
Coquitlam
Wendy
Wendy Hawkin is an author/publisher with Blue Haven Press.As W. L. Hawkin, she publishes the Hollystone Mysteries, a mystery/thriller/urban fantasy series that features a coven of Vancouver witches who solve murders using ritual magic and a little help from the gods. As a genre-…
Hawkins, Vanessa
Pennfield
Vanessa
Hawkins
Pennfield
A life-long lover of horror, Vanessa wrote her first story when she was in grade five. It was titled Mutilated and warranted a trip to the school guidance counsellor. With over a dozen publications under her belt, Vanessa is not only a proud mom, but a bestselling…
Haworth-Attard, Barbara
London
Barbara
Haworth-Attard
London
Barbara
Barbara Haworth-Attard was born in Kitchener, Ontario and now lives in London, Ontario with her husband. Her fondest memories of childhood are of her weekly Saturday visits to the library, a tradition carried on to date. While always possessed with the writing bug, it was…
Hawtrey, Penelope
Penelope
Hawtrey
Penelope
Penelope writes fiction, non-fiction, short stories, and poetry. She is the author of two books in the Dragon in the Mirror series (one children’s and a YA fantasy) and a stand-alone adult fantasy book. Her publications in literary journals include the Furious Gazelle, the…
Hay, Elizabeth
Ottawa
Elizabeth
Hay
Ottawa
  Elizabeth Hay is the Giller Prize-winning author of six novels, including Late Nights on Air, His Whole Life, and A Student of Weather. Her memoir All Things Consoled won the Hilary Weston Writers’ Trust Prize for Non- Fiction; her story…
Hayes, Elaine
White Rock
Elaine
Hayes
White Rock
Elaine Hayes studied creative writing at the University of Calgary (2007; B.A. in English with a concentration in Creative Writing) and the Humber School for Writers. Her short stories and essays have been published in numerous magazines and anthologies, including (M)othering…
Hayes, Diana
Salt Spring Island
Diana
Hayes
Salt Spring Island
Diana Hayes was born in Toronto in 1955 and has lived on the east and west coasts of Canada. She studied at the University of British Columbia and Victoria, receiving a B.A. and M.F.A. in Creative Writing. She was Poetry Editor for Prism international while at U.B.C. from ’80…
Haynes, Elizabeth Jane
Calgary
Elizabeth Jane
Haynes
Calgary
Elizabeth Jane
Elizabeth’s fiction and non-fiction have appeared magazines including Alberta Views, The New Quarterly, The Malahat Review, Prism, Room and many anthologies, most recently This Place a Stranger: Canadian Women Travelling Alone (Caitlin Press), Shy: an anthology, Waiting and You…
Haynes, Diane
BURNABY
Diane
Haynes
BURNABY
Diane has been writing professionally for over 30 years. An award-winning freelance writer and the author of an award-winning novel series, she was the speechwriter for international human rights lawyer Stephen Toope during his tenure as president of the University of British…
Hayter, Charles
Toronto
Charles
Hayter
Toronto
Charles Hayter is a physician and award-winning writer based in Toronto, Canada. Prior to entering medical school, he studied English and Drama at Queen’s University and obtained a Masters in Drama at the University of Calgary. He received his M.D. from Queen’s University and…
Hayton, Christine
LASALLE
Christine
Hayton
LASALLE
Christine lives in Windsor, Ontario with her family. She is an avid reader, but her true love is writing. She enjoys literary, classics, horror, and contemporary fiction. Her retirement from the world of accounting and business management, turned into a full-time writing…
Hearne, Shivaun
Heartfield, Kate
Ottawa
Kate
Heartfield
Ottawa
Kate Heartfield writes novels, novellas, stories and games. Her works include the historical fantasy novel The Embroidered Book (2022), and the Alice Payne time travel novellas (2018/2019). Her debut novel Armed in Her Fashion (2018) won Canada’s Aurora Award. She also writes…
Heath, Terrence
Hébert, Michelle
Halifax
Michelle
Hébert
Halifax
Michelle
Michelle Hébert has turned the most difficult times in her life into stories that challenge, inspire, and remind us of the shared humanity that makes life sparkle. She has an MFA in creative non-fiction from the University of King’s College, and degrees and experience in…
Hecht, Mark
Cobble Hill
Heffernan, Virginia
Toronto
Virginia
Heffernan
Toronto
Virginia
Virginia Heffernan is a former geoscientist with an MSc from the University of Toronto’s School of the Environment and an MFA from the University of King's College. Her articles appear in publications such as CIM Magazine, …
Heffron, Dorris
Toronto
Dorris
Heffron
Toronto
Dorris
Born in Noranda, Quebec, Dorris Heffron has an Honours B.A.and M.A. in Literature and Philosophy from Queen's University, Canada. Heffron lived in Oxford, England from 1968-1980 where she was a tutor for Oxford University and The Open University, giving courses in…
Hegele, Sydney
Toronto
Sydney
Hegele
Toronto
Sydney
Sydney Hegele (formally Sydney Warner Brooman) is the author of The Pump (Invisible Publishing 2021). They are the winner of the 2022 ReLit Literary Award for Short Fiction and a finalist for the 2022 Trillium Book Award. Their poetry chapbook The Last Thing I Will See Before I…
Hegerat, Betty Jane
Calgary
Betty Jane
Hegerat
Calgary
Betty Jane Hegerat is a Calgary writer, social worker, and teacher. She has studied at the University of Alberta, University of Calgary, Sage Hill, the Banff Centre, and completed a MFA Creative Writing through UBC's low residency program in 2008.