Member Directory
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Etobicoke
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Vernon
Vernon
Michelle Doege holds an MFA in Creative Writing in poetry and mixed genre from Augsburg College (2016), Minneapolis. Her debut book of poems, Root of Light, explores borders and migrations, but also, ancestors, sexuality, crossing internal borders to live our truest, bold selves…
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Town of the Blue Mountains
Town of the Blue Mountains
Sean Patrick Dolan is a retired teacher and guidance counsellor. Since 2000, he has written professionally for the education community. He has worked on textbook teams at the Oxford University Press, has written columns and features for Canadian School Counsellor magazine, and…
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Hamilton
Hamilton
Alexander C. Dolinin is a Canadian writer of Russian origin. He writes both in English and in Russian.He was born and raised in Leningrad (now St. Petersburg) in the former Soviet Union, where he earned an MA in Iranian philology from the State University of Leningrad. After…
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Ottawa
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White Rock
White Rock
A published academic in psychology and a university instructor, Patricia's pioneering work in Morita Therapy, a Japanese Psychotherapy, has been published internationally. Later she turned her focus to fiction-writing. Drawing from the rich cultural mix of the East Coast, her…
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Cambridge
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Montreal
Montreal
Ceilidh Michelle is an author from rural Nova Scotia. Her first novel, Butterflies Zebras Moonbeams, published with Palimpsest Press, was shortlisted for the Hugh MacLennan Award for Fiction. Her second book, a work of nonfiction called Vagabond, was published by Douglas &…
Kingston
Kingston
Sue Donaldson (aka Susan Cliffe) is an author, animal advocate, and research associate in the Department of Philosophy, Queen's University. She was born in Ottawa in 1962, and has lived most of her life in Eastern Ontario. She studied at Queen’s (B.A. Hon), University of Toronto…
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London
Ottawa
Ottawa
Born in Montreal, Rita Donovan completed an undergraduate degree at Concordia University (Loyola) in Montreal, and a Master's degree at the University of Alberta in Edmonton. She has lived in Montreal, Kitchener, Edmonton, Ottawa, and Germany. She has also taught writing courses…
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Richard W. Doornink was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1958, moved to Yorkton, Saskatchewan with his family in 1966, and lived there until 1969 when they moved to Toronto, Ontario. Richard received his Bachelor of Arts from York University, with a major in film and video, and a…
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St Catharines
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Edmonton (Amiskwacywaskihegan)
Edmonton (Amiskwacywaskihegan)
Candas Jane Dorsey was born and still resides in Edmonton, Alberta.
She writes across genre boundaries, writing poetry, fiction, main-stream and speculative, short and long form, arts journalism and arts advocacy. Dorsey has also written television and stage scripts, magazine…
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Golden Lake
Oakville
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Summerland
Summerland
Angela Douglas is a Canadian author who lives in the Okanagan with her husband and kids. Her debut novel and psychological thriller, EVERY FALL, is being published by Rising Action Publishing Collective in January 2025. She is a member of International Thriller Writers, Crime…
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Toronto
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Toronto
Toronto
Philippa Dowding is a Governor-General award-winning children's author, a copywriter, poet, and musician based in Toronto. As a copywriter, she has won several magazine industry awards for Maclean's, Today's Parent, Chatelaine, Zoomer, Canada's History, and more. Her poetry and…
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Sidney
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Dawson City
Dawson City
Dan Dowhal, (rhymes with "howl" or "towel") is the author of three novels, Skyfisher and Flam Grub, and his most recent, Bury Your Horses published in 2020 by Dundurn Press. Born and raised in Toronto's Queen West district, Dan holds a Journalism degree from Ryerson University,…
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Kingston, ON
Kingston, ON
Mary Alice Downie was born in Illinois to Canadian parents and grew up in Toronto. She graduated from the University of Toronto in English, despite spending most of her time at The Varsity. She had the usual range of jobs: steno pool, editorial assistant for a medical journal,…