Jen Sookfong Lee’s first novel, The End of East (Knopf Canada, New Face of Fiction 2007), spans almost the entire 20th century and delves into the underside of Chinese Canadian history through the eyes of the Chan family. The National Post calls The End of East “impressive, both…

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…

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.…

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…

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…

Alan began writing fiction in 2013. He lives in northwestern British Columbia with his wife and their regal, red-haired cat.  Alan is the author of three novels (Hamlet the Novel, Inca Sunset, and Denver Aquarius), and is hoping to release his fourth novel (Death…

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,…

BONNIE L. LENDRUM Bonnie Lendrum began writing fiction during a stretch when she lost five people she loved—her best friend, father, father-in-law, and two other friends. It was a tumultuous time that exposed her to a health care system she thought she knew well. As a…

Kathryn 君妍 Lennon is a poet, editor and publisher. She writes to make sense of her connections to place, migration, identity, language, and food. She is also the co-creator, co-editor, and co-publisher of Hungry Zine.   

John Lent was born in Antigonish, Nova Scotia in 1948; he grew up in Edmonton, Alberta. He studied at the University of Alberta from 1965-71, concentrating in his graduate studies on Modernist art movements and experiments with form. He was taught by the noted Canadian novelist…

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.…

Alex Leslie has published two collections of short stories and two collections of poetry, as well as a chapbook of microfictions. Alex's collection of short stories are We All Need to Eat (Book*hug 2019) was shortlisted for a BC Book Prize for fiction and the Kobzar…

Luba Lesychyn (le-si-shin) is the author of Theft Between the Rains and Theft By Chocolate. In Theft Between the Rains, an amateur sleuth and museum employee finds herself pulled into international art theft intrigue when masterpieces missing since WWII start…

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…

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…

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…

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.…

Allan Levine was born and raised in Winnipeg. He attended the University of Manitoba receiving a bachelor of arts (1977) and a certificate in education (1983), and also received a MA (1979) and PhD (1985) in history from the University of Toronto. From 1984 to 2012 he…

Shar Levine is an internationally award-winning, best selling author of hands-on science books for children. She also designs science toys. Shar writes with her best friend, Leslie Johnstone. Shar and Leslie shared the Eve Savory Award for Science Communication from the BC…