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Reid, DC
Reid-Benta, Zalika
Toronto
Zalika
Reid-Benta
Toronto
ZALIKA REID-BENTA is a Toronto-based writer. Her debut novel River Mumma was shortlisted for the 2024 Trillium Book Award and was listed as one of the best fiction books of 2023 on numerous platforms, such as CBC Books, Kobo Books, and The Walrus. River Mumma received…
Reilly, Jim
Calgary
Jim
Reilly
Calgary
Jim Reily is a storyteller, musician, and educator. He is the author of four books: the fictional Bass Player, along with biographies of three of today’s most influential and impactful musical instrument designers, StickMan: The Story of Emmett Chapman & the Instrument He…
Reimer, Nikki
Calgary
Nikki
Reimer
Calgary
Nikki Reimer is a poet, non-fiction writer, and multi-disciplinary artist. Reimer’s fourth book of poetry, No Town Called We, published by Talon Books in fall 2023, was longlisted for both the Raymond Souster and the Pat Lowther Memorial Awards. GRIEFWAVE.com, a multimedia…
Reimers, Camila
Ottawa
Camila
Reimers
Ottawa
They say that Chile is a country of poets and that all its inhabitants want to be writers. I was born in Chile but left the country in 1975. I lived in Venezuela for five years and then came to Canada in 1980. It is in this country that I published my first novel. From that…
Reineberg Holt, Faye
Calgary
Faye
Reineberg Holt
Calgary
Faye
Calgarian Faye Reineberg Holt loves word and history. As a writer, researcher, and editor, she is fascinated by the stories and history of Western Canada, but writing remains her first love. She has published 13 books of non-fiction, co-authored a travel book, written a…
Reinhardt-Simpson , Autumn
Edmonton
Autumn
Reinhardt-Simpson
Edmonton
Autumn Reinhardt-Simpson is a PhD candidate in Religious Studies at the University of Alberta where she examines ritual and liturgical change during the English Reformation through the lenses of gender and materiality. Autumn has many secondary research interests, especially the…
Rempel, Al
Prince George
Al
Rempel
Prince George
 Al Rempel’s books of poetry are Sprocket, Undiscovered Country (Mother Tongue Publishing, 2019), This Isn't the Apocalypse We Hoped For (Caitlin Press, 2013),  Understories (Caitlin Press, 2010) and two chapbooks: Four Neat Holes (Leaf Press, 2016) and The Picket…
René, Colleen
Toronto
Colleen
René
Toronto
Colleen René is a Nova Scotia-raised Toronto-based writer. Her work has appeared in journals across Canada and her short story All That’s Left won Dalhousie University’s James DeMille Short Story Prize in 2016. Her short story Growing Pains was long-listed…
Revelle, Richard
Napanee
Richard
Revelle
Napanee
II was born in Smith Falls Ontario. When I actually had to work for a living it was for Northern Telecom and Nortel for 30 years, retiring in 2002. I am a Native Algonquin person, belong to the Ardoch Algonquin First Nation. My early years were spent in Wilton an…
Reyes, Cynthia
Clarington
Cynthia
Reyes
Clarington
I write children's books, memoirs, short stories and the occasional poem.  Some of my books have won awards. Most have done well in the marketplace. I'm also an avid blogger. Yet, I'm still learning about how to tell compelling stories that touch the reader's…
Reynolds, Lisa
Lisa
Reynolds
Lisa Reynolds is an internationally published writer of poetry and short stories with translations in Farsi, Italian, Mandarin, and Spanish. She is the 2023 recipient of The Ontario Poetry Society's Ted Plantos Memorial Award and the author of Pearls of Rain (Beret Days Press,…
Rhenisch, Harold
Rhyno, Greg
GUELPH
Greg
Rhyno
GUELPH
Greg
Greg Rhyno’s first novel To Me You Seem Giant was nominated for a ReLit Award and an Alberta Book Publishing Award. His fiction has appeared in a number of journals including Hobart, Riddle Fence, PRISM International, and The Quarantine Review. He completed an MFA at the…
Ricci, Nino
Nino
Ricci
Born in Leamington, Ontario to parents from the Molise region of Italy, Nino Ricci completed studies at York University in Toronto, at Concordia University in Montreal, and at the University of Florence, and has taught extensively both in Canada and abroad, including two years…
Ricci-Thode, Vanessa
Waterloo
Vanessa
Ricci-Thode
Waterloo
Vanessa
Vanessa is a word sorceress — an SFF author and editor — who loves a good story. She’s a NaNoWriMo veteran, a Halloween enthusiast, and a bookish geek who loves dragons, dogs, astronomy, travel and good tequila.
Riccio, Giovanna
Toronto
Giovanna
Riccio
Toronto
Giovanna Riccio is a University of Toronto graduate with a major in philosophy. She is the author of  one chapbook and two poetry collections. Her poems, essays and book reviews have appeared in national and international anthologies and journals including Exile…
Rice, Waubgeshig
Sudbury
Waubgeshig
Rice
Sudbury
Waubgeshig Rice is an author and journalist from Wasauksing First Nation on Georgian Bay. His first short story collection, Midnight Sweatlodge, was inspired by his experiences growing up in an Anishinaabe community, and won an Independent Publishers Book Award in 2012. His…
Rice, Bruce
Regina
Bruce
Rice
Regina
Bruce
Bruce Rice is the previous Saskatchewan Poet Laureate, an essayist, and editor living in Regina, Saskatchewan, on Treaty 4 Territory and the Métis homeland. He grew up in Prince Albert and returned to the province after ten years in the Maritimes. Bruce holds a B.A. from Saint…
Richards, Harriet
Saskatoon
Harriet
Richards
Saskatoon
Harriet Richards’ creative reality was as a visual artist until an obstinate painting insisted on becoming a short story. Since then, she’s published three books of fiction. Her work has been featured on CBC Radio, and published in literary journals in Canada and Wales; and her…
Richardson, Mark
Richardson (Fay S Lapka), Faith
Port Alberni
Faith
Richardson (Fay S Lapka)
Port Alberni
Faith Richardson can’t remember a time when she was not fascinated by stories. A confirmed  ‘bookaholic,’ early favorites were the Enid Blyten ‘Adventure’ series, the Nesbit stories, and later  the novels of Rosemary Sutcliff, Ursula Le Guin, Madeleine L’Engle and L. M…
Richter, Lisa
Toronto
Lisa
Richter
Toronto
Lisa
Lisa Richter (she/her) is a poet, writer and educator. She is the author of two full-length collections of poetry, Closer to Where We Began (Tightrope Books, 2017) and Nautilus and Bone (Frontenac House, 2020), winner of the National Jewish Book Award for…
Riess, Kelly-Anne
Kelly-Anne
Riess
Kelly-Anne Riess is an award-winning freelance journalist and poet who lives in Regina. Her work has appeared in the Globe and Mail, the Montreal Gazette, the Vancouver Sun and other newspapers across the country. She has travelled across North America working on…
Riordon, Michael
Picton
Michael
Riordon
Picton
A writer and documentary-maker, I live with my partner in rural eastern Ontario, Canada.  It’s a half-wild place, where I find the view clearer than in the surge and tumult of the mainstream. From here I generate books and articles, audio, video and film documentaries,…