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Purdy, Kris
Toronto
Kris
Purdy
Toronto
Kris Purdy is a former musician, singer-songwriter and public broadcaster. She spent a big chunk of her growing up years in Tucson, Arizona but Canada has always been home. She has a Masters in Social Anthropology from the University of Toronto and received a diploma in jazz…
Pyves, Richard
Pickering
Richard
Pyves
Pickering
Rick Pyves is a published author, avid historian and genealogist and grew up in Montreal, Quebec. Rick is a graduate of Concordia (Sir George Williams) University and McGill University and holds both a Bachelor of Science and a Masters in Business Administration in Marketing.…
Quaife, Darlene
Quan, Lily
Nanaimo
Lily
Quan
Nanaimo
Lily
Lily Quan is the author of the Middle Grade book adaptation of Disney and Pixar's movie, Turning Red. She is also an editor and literary programmer, and currently makes her home on beautiful Vancouver Island. Lily is represented by Jennifer Chen Tran of Folio Literary…
Quartermain, Meredith
Meredith
Quartermain
Meredith
Meredith Quartermain was born in Toronto, grew up in the Kootenays, BC, and now lives in Vancouver. She has degrees in English and Law from UBC. She has taught English at UBC and Capilano College, and has enjoyed leading writing workshops at TIA House, Naropa Summer Writing…
Quartermain, Peter
Peter
Quartermain
Peter
Thanks to the capable Erín Moure and her Zat-So Productions, my memoir Growing Dumb: An Autobiography of an English Education is now in print. It's a gentle investigation of perplexity in a boys' world in WW II, the story of a boy uprooted from conventional life and stuck in a…
Quattrocchi, Marina
Smiths Falls
Marina
Quattrocchi
Smiths Falls
Marina Quattrocchi (prononced qua-trow-chee) grew up in Smiths Falls, Ontario, a beautiful town on Rideau Lake, in the Ottawa Valley. Here began the nightly dreaming adventures that became the source of her first book. Marina is a former photojournalist with a Bachelor of…
Quennec, Linda
Quon, Anna
Halifax
Anna
Quon
Halifax
Anna Quon, a poet and novelist living in Kjipuktuk (Halifax), likes to make paintings and short animated films of her poems. Mixed-race, middle-aged and Mad,  Anna has facilitated writing and creative arts workshops for people with lived experience of mental health diagnoses/…
Raab, Kelley
Ottawa
Kelley
Raab
Ottawa
Kelley is a writer and psychotherapist. She studied in Chicago, earning a Master of Divinity at Chicago Theological Seminary and a Master of Arts at the University of Chicago Divinity School. Later she completed a Ph.D. in religious studies at the University of Ottawa. Her…
Rabbani, Waheed
Grimsby
Waheed
Rabbani
Grimsby
Waheed Rabbani was born in India, near Delhi, and was introduced to Victorian and other English novels, at a very young age, in his father's library. Most of the large number of volumes, had been purchased by his father at 'garage sales' held, by departing British civil service…
Radecki, Barbara
Toronto
Barbara
Radecki
Toronto
Barbara Radecki started her career as an actor, and is probably best known for voicing Sailor Neptune in the original English dub of the popular Sailor Moon series. She has transitioned to writing, with a focus on full-length fiction and screenplays. Her screenplay, Modern…
Rader, Matthew
Radu, Kenneth
Rae, Rowena
Victoria
Rowena
Rae
Victoria
Rowena Rae is an award-winning author of both non-fiction and fiction for young people. Her non-fiction science books are for ages 9 and up and include Why We Need Vaccines and Salmon: Swimming for Survival. She draws on her science education and experience as a field…
Raffan, James
Seeley's Bay
rafi, zarmina
Rahman, Bahram
Toronto
Bahram
Rahman
Toronto
Bahram Rahman was born in Kabul, Afghanistan, and grew up during the civil war and the Taliban regime. He came to Canada as a refugee in 2012, and today is a senior policy advisor at the Ministry of Health in Ontario. Bahram’s first picture book, Governor General’s Literary…
Rahman, Fasihur
Fasihur
Rahman
Fasihur Rahman is an Indian-born Canadian writer. He is the author of Wings of Destiny: Ziaur Rahman Ansari-A Life, a biography that delves into the life of Ziaur Rahman Ansari (1925-1992), who served as a federal minister in the council of ministers of two Indian prime…
Rainey-Strathy, Kait
Kingston
Rakoff, Ruth
Toronto
Ramadan, Danny
Vancouver
Danny
Ramadan
Vancouver
Danny Ramadan is a Syrian-Canadian author and LGBTQ-refugees advocate.  His debut novel, The Clothesline Swing, won multiple awards. His children’s Book Salma the Syrian Chef, continues to receive accolades. Both books were translated to multiple languages.  His short stories…
Ramsay, Heather
Chilliwack
Heather
Ramsay
Chilliwack
Heather Ramsay is seriously concerned about the state of the world and tries to remain calm in the Fraser Valley. She has an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of British Columbia and has worked as a journalist and communications professional. She has published two…
Ramsingh, Priya
Etobicoke
Priya
Ramsingh
Etobicoke
Priya
Priya Ramsingh is the author of Brown Girl in the Room, a novel that was published by Tightrope Books in 2017. Her short story, Pies for Lunch, was shortlisted for best short fiction in 2021, by The Caribbean Writer, an annual literary journal published by the University of…
Rao, Anuradha
Anuradha
Rao
Anuradha Rao is a conservation biologist, writer and facilitator born and raised in the traditional territories of the Anishinabewaki, Attiwonderonk and Haudenosaunee Nations and currently based in unceded Coast Salish Territories. She has worked on research, conservation and…