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Ruprai, Sharanpal
Sharanpal
Ruprai
Sharanpal
Dr. Sharanpal Ruprai (she/her) is an Associate Professor and is the Chair of the Department of Women’s and Gender Studies at the University of Winnipeg. Dr. Ruprai is an internationally recognized writer, her début poetry collection, Seva was shortlisted for the…
Ruskin, Ronald
Toronto
Ronald
Ruskin
Toronto
Ron Ruskin grew up in Toronto and graduated from medical school at Queen's University in Kingston. Always interested in humanities, Ron wrote for the Queen's Journal as an art reporter and published poetry in Quarry. After his MD he took a year off and studied art…
Russell, Jason
London
Jason
Russell
London
I reside in Southern Ontario and I am a full professor at SUNY Empire State University in Buffalo, New York, where I teach History and Labour Studies.  My current research focuses on labour and management in Canada and the United States from the 1940s to the 2000s. My…
Ruth, Elizabeth
Toronto
Elizabeth
Ruth
Toronto
Elizabeth Ruth’s work has been recognized by the Writers’ Trust of Canada Fiction Prize, The Amazon.ca Best First Novel Award, the City of Toronto Book Award, and One Book, One Community Program. The CBC named Elizabeth Ruth one of 10 Canadian Women writers you need to read…
Ruus, Syr
crescent beach
Syr
Ruus
crescent beach
Syr Ruus was born in Tallinn, Estonia, was educated in the United States and has lived in Nova Scotia, Canada for most of her life. She has published a book of short fiction, three novels, a novella and a memoir, with more forthcoming.
Ruvinsky, Maxine
Montreal
Ruzesky, Jay
North Cowichan
Jay
Ruzesky
North Cowichan
Jay Ruzesky's most recent book is In Antarctica: An Amundsen Pilgrimage.  He was raised in the Okanagan Valley and now lives on Vancouver Island. He is the Book Reviews Editor and is on the poetry editorial board of the Malahat Review and teaches at Vancouver Island…
Ryan, Garry
Calgary
Garry
Ryan
Calgary
In 2004, Garry Ryan published his first Detective Lane novel, Queen’s Park. The second, The Lucky Elephant Restaurant, won a 2007 Lambda Literary Award. He has since published seven more titles in the Calgary Herald-bestselling series: A Hummingbird Dance, Smoked, Malabarista,…
Ryan, Tim
Calgary
Tim
Ryan
Calgary
Tim Ryan has published stories in The Write Launch, The Prairie Journal, Prometheus Dreaming, Short Editions, Chaleur Magazine, Alberta Views Magazine and the Short Story Dispenser. His story “Scottie” won the 2017 Alberta Views Annual Short Story contest and was a finalist for…
Ryan, Mike
Millbrook
Rykov, Mary
Toronto
Mary
Rykov
Toronto
When not playing with words or music, Puerto Rican Canadian María (Mary) Helena Auerbach Rykov is a voracious knitter and ardent dandelion enthusiast, cyclist, and foodie. More at https://maryrykov.com.
Sabaye Moghaddam, Maria
Ottawa
Maria
Sabaye Moghaddam
Ottawa
An Ottawa-based writer, storyteller, and arts educator, Maria Saba was born and raised in Iran.  She has published three books of nonfiction (in Farsi) and over a hundred articles, essays, interviews, and stories.  "My First Friend", her short story published in…
Sadler, Judy-Ann
London
Judy-Ann
Sadler
London
Judy-Ann
Judy-Ann Sadler was raised in a big, noisy family on a farm outside of London, Ontario. Ever since she can remember, she has loved to read, write and make things. She feels passionate about sharing stories and crafts with children. She knows that using your imagination and…
Saeed, Jamal
Kingston
Jamal
Saeed
Kingston
Jamal
Jamal Saeed is a Syrian writer who, along with his family, escaped his country's ongoing conflict and emigrated to Canada in December 2016. The Suns' Crazy Girls, his first collection of Shorte stories was published in Arabic in  1993.  Co-author of Yara’s Spring,…
Saidullah, Ahmad
Toronto
Ahmad
Saidullah
Toronto
AHMAD SAIDULLAH's Happiness and Other Disorders: Short Stories was published to critical acclaim in Canada and India in 2008. It was shortlisted for the Danuta Gleed Literary Award and longlisted for the Crossword Vodafone Book Award for global South Asian fiction in 2010. In…
Saikaley, Sonia
Ottawa
Sonia
Saikaley
Ottawa
Sonia Saikaley was born and raised in Ottawa, Canada to a big Lebanese family. The daughter of a shopkeeper, she had access to all the treats she wanted. Her first book, The Lebanese Dishwasher, co-won the 2012 Ken Klonsky Novella Contest. She has two poetry collections Turkish…
Saint-Onge, Kathleen
Toronto
Kathleen
Saint-Onge
Toronto
Dr. Kathleen Saint-Onge is a teacher and independent researcher living in the GTA. She holds an M.Ed. (2011) and Ph.D. (2016) from York University, and she is interested in some of the intersects between psychoanalysis and language, in particular through the work of Freud and…
Saklikar, ReneeSarojini
Vancouver: traditional/unceded territories of the Coast Salish Peoples, including the Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh peoples
ReneeSarojini
Saklikar
Vancouver: traditional/unceded territories of the Coast Salish Peoples, including the Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh peoples
Renée Sarojini Saklikar’s ground-breaking poetry book about the bombing of Air India Flight 182, children of air india, won the Canadian Authors Association Poetry Prize and was shortlisted for the Dorothy Livesay Prize. Her book, Listening to the Bees, co-authored with Dr. Mark…
Salverson, Julie
Kingston
Julie
Salverson
Kingston
Julie Salverson is a playwright, librettist, scholar and non-fiction writer who teaches at Queen’s University's Dan School of Drama and Music, and at the Royal Military College of Canada. She has published essays about the artist as witness, atomic culture, ethics and the…
Sam, Eleanor P.
Toronto
Eleanor P.
Sam
Toronto
Eleanor
Eleanor Sam is a Toronto based novelist, born on a sugar plantation in Guyana, South America, with West and Central African ancestry. Her two novels are The Wisdom of Rain, 2nd edition, Isalea Publishing 2022 and Manor on the Viridian Sea, Isalea Publishing 2023. Eleanor …
Sander-Green, Nadine
Calgary
Nadine
Sander-Green
Calgary
Nadine Sander-Green grew up in Kimberley, B.C. She has spent the past decade living and writing throughout British Columbia, Alberta, the Yukon and Ontario. Nadine completed her MFA from the University of Guelph and now lives in Calgary. Her stories can be found in the…
Sanders, Shelly
Oakville
Shelly
Sanders
Oakville
Shelly discovered her Jewish heritage when she was 18, and didn’t know about her Latvian Jewish roots until just a few years ago, when she found old photos of her great-grandmother taken in Dvinsk, the Yiddish name for Daugavpils, Latvia. Astounded, she started researching the…
Sandiford, Robert Edison
Robert Edison
Sandiford
Born in Montreal, Quebec, to Barbadian parents in 1968, Robert Edison Sandiford is a short story writer, graphic novelist, novelist, freelance editor, and journalist. After obtaining a BA in English Literature from McGill University in 1990, he worked briefly as a clerk for…
Sanford, Janet
Moncton
Janet
Sanford
Moncton
Janet Coulter Sanford enjoyed a 30-year career as a high school English teacher. An avid reader herself, she fostered a love of reading in many students.  Throughout her career, she advocated for Canadian literature in the classroom and championed Canadian writers at every…
Sanford Blades, Susan
Victoria
Susan
Sanford Blades
Victoria
Susan
Susan Sanford Blades (first name: Susan, last name: Sanford Blades) lives on the traditional territory of the lək̓ʷəŋən people–the Songhees and Esquimalt Nations (Victoria, BC). Her debut novel, Fake It So Real, won the 2021 ReLit Award in the novel category and…