Member Directory
Browse our members’ profiles to learn more about them. Please note: If you're searching for a specific member, it is most effective to search using their first or last name only.
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toronto
toronto
Paul McLaughlin is an award-winning freelance writer, playwright, broadcaster, and author of about a dozen books (many private commissions), hundreds of magazine and newspaper articles, and countless broadcast scripts.
A leading interviewing expert, he has written two books on…
Scarborough
Etobicoke
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Newmarket
Newmarket
Stephanie is the award-winning author of six picture books and one mid-grade novel. She reviewed children’s books for twelve years for Today’s Parent magazine (for which she got to interview the legendary Maurice Sendak!), operated an online bookstore for a few years called…
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Ottawa
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Sooke
Thunder Bay
Thunder Bay
Heather lives with her family on an old homestead on the edge of town overlooking Lake Superior. She studied music in University and paid for her education working as a busker and jazz singer. Upon graduation she launched her first career as a singer/songwriter. It kept her on…
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Toronto
Toronto
Cinders McLeod grew up in Toronto. She picked up the doublebass at eight, played in the Toronto Symphony Youth Orchestra, then moved to England where she studied art and film. After receiving her film degree in London, she became a newspaper, comic book, magazine and conference…
Ottawa
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Kingsville
Kingsville
Margaret is a multimedia creator who writes, paints, produces videos for the YouTube Channel: A Sweet Enough Life, and designs journals for Mansbridge Dunn Publishers. This is what she calls retirement after working in education, business, and library services. She lives in…
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Ottawa
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Burlington, ON
Burlington, ON
Concordia graduate and former creative writing instructor at Sheridan College and Living Arts Centre, Sylvia McNicoll has written 40 internationally published novels for young audiences and given writing workshops and talks across Canada as well as in South Korea and Colombia.…
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Waterloo
Waterloo
David McPherson is the author of 101 Fascinating Canadian Music Facts (2023); Massey Hall (2021) and the acclaimed Legendary Horseshoe Tavern: A Complete History (2017). He is a frequent contributor to GRAMMY.com, the Globe and Mail, and SOCAN’s Words and Music. He lives in…
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Martensville
Martensville
Sally Meadows is an award-winning author, speaker, and singer/songwriter who currently resides in Saskatchewan. Her former work as a scientist, science entertainer, science outreach educator, and teacher has given her a rich background to draw from for her five children's books…