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Krawczyk, Jason

toronto

Jason

Krawczyk

toronto

Finding high-school physics exceedingly difficult, Jason Krawczyk decided to pursue his passion for filmmaking. After shooting numerous music videos, commercials, and shorts, Jason directed his first feature-length project, "The Briefcase." In 2015 Jason wrote and directed…

Kress, Adrienne

Toronto

Adrienne

Kress

Toronto

Adrienne Kress is an actor and writer with an honours BA in theatre from the University of Toronto and is a graduate of LAMDA’s post-graduate classical acting programme in the UK. She’s the author of over a dozen award winning and internationally published children’s…

Krol, Malgosia

Victoria

Malgosia

Krol

Victoria

“I believe that we were all born to expand, not to shrink. That creative expression connects our individual lived experiences to the collective human experience; that storytelling is integral to our shared humanity; and art is a universal language that speaks to the worlds…

Krossing, Karen

Toronto

Karen

Krossing

Toronto

Karen Krossing wrote comics and poetry as a kid and dreamed of becoming a published writer. Today, she is the author of many books for young readers, including picture books My Street Remembers, One Tiny Bubble and Sour Cakes, and novels Monster vs. Boy, Punch Like a Girl,…

Krueger, Lesley

Toronto

Lesley

Krueger

Toronto

Lesley Krueger is an award-winning writer who has published novels, non-fiction and short stories as well as working as a filmmaker. Her sixth novel, Far Creek Road, will be published in the fall of 2023 by ECW Press in both Canada and the U.S. Her previous novel…

Salt Spring Island

Salt Spring Island

Connie Kuhns has a forty-year history as an essayist, journalist, photographer and broadcaster. Her essay Strange Women (Geist 95), about women in Vancouver's early punk scene, was a finalist for a National Magazine Award. Last Day in Cheyenne (Geist 84) was named a 'Notable…

Kuriata, Chris

St. Catharines

Chris

Kuriata

St. Catharines

Chris Kuriata lives in and often writes about the Niagara Region. His short fiction has appeared in publications in Canada, the US, the UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, and Japan. His novel Sacrifice of the Sisters Lot is published by Palimpsest Press.

Kurunc, Handan

Handan

Kurunc

Handan Oral Kurunc is the author of İDA – Roots in Cloaks (2020) and Mavi At (2014). Her love of magical realism and speculative fiction inspired her to write İda – Roots in Cloaks. She loves travelling with her favourite people, learning new languages, and meeting other…

Kusugak, Michael

Arnes

Michael

Kusugak

Arnes

MICHAEL KUSUGAK grew up in Naujaat (Repulse Bay), NWT (now Nunavut). During his childhood, his family travelled by dog sled, living a traditional Inuit lifestyle. He is the author of nine children’s books, including A Promise Is A Promise; Baseball Bats for Christmas; Hide and…

Kutsukake, Lynne

Toronto

Lynne

Kutsukake

Toronto

Lynne Kutsukake is a novelist and short story writer. Her debut novel, The Translation of Love, won the Canada-Japan Literary Award and the Kobo Emerging Writer Prize for Literary Fiction. She was a finalist for the Writers’ Trust McClelland and Stewart Journey Prize…

Ottawa

Ottawa

Joan Kuyek is an author, community organizer and researcher living in Ottawa. She was a co-founder of MiningWatch Canada and continues to support communities affected by mining. Before moving to Ottawa, she was a community organizer and facilitator living in Sudbury.

Kyi, Tanya Lloyd

Vancouver

Tanya Lloyd

Kyi

Vancouver

I've written more than 30 books for middle-grade and young-adult readers. I write both fiction and non-fiction, often choosing topics related to science, pop culture, or social history — or a combination of the three. I love tales about rogue scientists, obsessed adventurers,…

Kyle, Barbara

Guelph

Barbara

Kyle

Guelph

Barbara Kyle is the author of the bestselling Thornleigh Saga series of historical novels and of acclaimed thrillers. Over half a million copies of her books have been sold worldwide. Barbara wrote the screenplay for the feature film "Saving Dinah," available on Amazon Prime.…

Laberge, Marie-Andree

Marie-Andree

Laberge

Born and bred in la belle province and now a resident of Chicago, AIMÉE LABERGE has worked in the field of broadcast television as an art director in Montreal, Toronto, and London before publishing her first novel, Where the River Narrows (Harper Collins Canada 2003). Les…

Labonte-Smith, Cathalynn Cindy

Gibsons

Cathalynn Cindy

Labonte-Smith

Gibsons

Cathalynn Cindy Labonté-Smith grew up in Southwestern Alberta and moved to Vancouver, BC, to complete her Bachelor of Fine Arts in Creative Writing at the University of British Columbia (UBC). After graduation, she worked as a freelance journalist until present. She became…

Etobicoke

Etobicoke

I have been building my voice online for eight years with humor in Slackjaw, Belladonna Comedy, Greener Pastures, and more. My personal essays are scattered online like fairy dust and appear in four published anthologies. I was awarded an honorable mention at The Memoirist’s…

Lafleche, Andrew

Eganville

Andrew

Lafleche

Eganville

ANDREW JOHN LAFLECHE (born Andrew John Bradford: 24 June 1986) is the award-winning poet and novelist from St. Catharines, Ontario. A military veteran, he served under Operation Enduring Freedom during the Afghanistan War. Following his duty as an infantry soldier in the…

Lahey, Anita

Ottawa

Anita

Lahey

Ottawa

Anita Lahey’s latest books are the poetry collection While Supplies Last (Véhicule Press, 2023) and Fire Monster (Palimpsest Press, 2023), a graphic novel-in-verse co-authored with Pauline Conley. Her memoir The Last Goldfish: a True Tale of Friendship (Biblioasis, 2020), was…

Bethany Lake is a playwright, novelist, and freelancer from Nova Scotia, Canada. As a playwright, she has had three of her plays produced in Halifax with Demasquer Theatre. Her play, No Animal, has been published in The Furious Gazelle, a literary magazine based in New…

Lakoseljac, Bianca

Tiny

Bianca

Lakoseljac

Tiny

Bianca Lakoseljac (née Planinčić) is an award-winning author of two novels, Stone Woman (2016) and Summer of the Dancing Bear (2012); a collection of stories, Bridge in the Rain (2010); and a collection of poetry, Memoirs of a Praying Mantis (2009). She holds an MA and…