Member Directory
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Ladysmith and Nanoose Bay
Ladysmith and Nanoose Bay
Shelley A. Leedahl is a prolific multi-genre writer who divides her time between Ladysmith and Nanoose Bay, BC. The most recent of her thirteen books are Go (poetry, Radiant Press, Regina); The Moon Watched It All (children's illustrated, Illustrator Aino Anto, Red Deer Press); …
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Waterloo
Waterloo
Mark was bitten by the writing bug at a young age, and he has always enjoyed storytelling. His first published short story appeared in 1992, the same year he began his career in bookselling.
Under the name Mark Leslie, he has published more than twenty-five full length books.…
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Kitchener
Kitchener
Robin Lefler lives near Toronto with her family and two anxious canines. Over the course of a career in tech, she has travelled the globe but generally prefers to be at home, where she can easily locate coffee, wine and high-quality waffles. Reasonable Adults is her debut novel.
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London
London
Catharine Leggett's short stories have appeared in such publications as Event, Room, The Antigonish Review, Best New Writing, and in journals, anthologies, and online publications throughout Canada and the United States. Her work has been broadcast on CBC radio. A novel, The Way…
Saskatoon
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Terrace
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Victoria
Victoria
MARK LEIREN-YOUNG is an author, screenwriter, playwright, satirist, performer and environmentalist. His book about Moby Doll: The Killer Whale Who Changed the World won the 2016 Science Writers and Communicators Award. He has three new children's books - Orcas Everywhere, Orcas…
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Carlisle
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Edmonton
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Vernon
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Halfmoon Bay
Halfmoon Bay
Rosella Leslie is the author of three published novels and six nonfiction books, including the award-winning, co-authored, Stain Upon the Sea and Bright Seas, Pioneer Spirits. She has published numerous articles in magazines and local newspapers and edited two published books.…
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Vancouver
Winnipeg
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Toronto
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Courtenay
Courtenay
With a Canadian military father, Kim spent her childhood living in various parts of Canada and Europe. She and her husband, Mike Simpson, served twenty-year careers in the Canadian Forces. Retiring in the Comox Valley on Vancouver Island, they focussed on raising their two sons…
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Quispamsis
Quispamsis
Kathy-Diane Leveille is a former broadcast journalist with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Her debut literary suspense novel Let the Shadows Fall Behind You (Kunati Books 2009) was followed by Standing in the Whale’s Jaw (Tightrope Books 2013). Kathy-Diane’s short story…
Vancouver
Vancouver
Born London, England 1934; came to Canada 1968, taught English, Creative Writing and Comparative Literature at Carleton University, Ottawa, from 1968 to 1999, now Adjunct Professor. He lived for approximately two years in the Netherlands and three in Germany, and has travelled…
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Winnipeg
Winnipeg
Anna Leventhal’s acclaimed short story collection Sweet Affliction (Invisible Publishing) won the Quebec Writers’ Federation Concordia University First Book Prize and was named a book of the year by CBC Books. It was translated into French by Daniel Grenier and published by …
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Whistler
Whistler
Stella Leventoyannis Harvey is a Greek Canadian author born in Cairo, Egypt. She moved to Calgary as a child with her family. Stella's short stories have appeared in The Literary Leanings Anthology, The New Orphic Review, Emerge Magazine and The Dalhousie Review. Her non-fiction…
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Vancouver
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Winnipeg
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Toronto, ON
Toronto, ON
Myrna Neuringer Levy was born in Brooklyn, New York, received her Bachelor's degree from Barnard College, Columbia University, and her ME.d. degree from the National College of Education in Evanston, Illinois. She lives in Toronto and is a retired teacher/librarian. She has one…