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Morrison , Geoffrey D.

Vancouver

Geoffrey D.

Morrison

Vancouver

Geoffrey D. Morrison's debut novel, Falling Hour, was published in February, 2023 with Coach House Books. It was nominated for the 2024 Dublin Literary Awards and has been shortlisted for the 2024 Ethel Wilson Prize. He is also author of the chapbook Blood-Brain…

Morse, RG

Kaslo

Morse

Kaslo

RG Morse is an author, publisher, artist, and broadcaster. Morse left academia in the mid-1970s to launch a career in publishing and writing. He went on to found several successful publishing companies, including Reidmore Books, the Indigenous Learning Company, and Oz New Media…

Morton, Mark

Kitchener

Mark

Morton

Kitchener

Mark Morton, author of The Headmasters and Cupboard Love: A Dictionary of Culinary Curiosities (nominated for a Julia Child Award), is also the author of three other nonfiction titles, The End: Closing Words for a Millennium (winner of the Alexander…

Moscovitch, Philip

Halifax

Philip

Moscovitch

Halifax

I am the author of Adventures in Bubbles and Brine, a book that looks at the lively history and culture of fermentation in Nova Scotia. Moosewood Cookbook author Mollie Katzen calls it a ”beautifully written book – at once a travel memoir, a weave of personal histories, and an…

Moser, Elise

Tiohtià:ke/Montreal

Elise

Moser

Tiohtià:ke/Montreal

Elise Moser (she/her) is the author of books, short stories, and book reviews, has edited several anthologies, and was the founding literary editor of the online arts and culture magazine, The Rover. She is a freelance writer and editor and has been a mentor. She has served on…

Moss, Peggy

Toronto

Peggy

Moss

Toronto

Peggy is the author of Say Something, Our Friendship Rules, and One of Us. Schools have developed plays, music videos and "Say Something Days" using the books, which have sold more than 100,000 copies. Peggy's essays, poems and short stories have appeared…

Mossallanejad, Ezat

Toronto

Ezat

Mossallanejad

Toronto

Ezat Mossallanjed holds Ph.D. degree in Political Economy He has been working with refugees and traumatized (including LGBTI) clients since the year 1980. He joined the Canadian Centre for Victims of Torture (CCVT) as a Director on the Board in 1992 and a staff Counselor in 1997…

Moulton, donalee

Halifax

donalee

Moulton

Halifax

donalee Moulton is a professional writer and editor based in Halifax, N.S. As a professional journalist, donalee’s byline has appeared in more than 100 print and online publications throughout North America and beyond. These include The National Post, Chatelaine, Maclean…

Cambridge

Claire Mowat was born and educated in Toronto and is a graduate of Ontario College of Art. Originally she was a graphic designer, but switched to writing during the 1960s when she lived in Newfoundland. This led to her first book, The Outport People. Her second book Pomp and…

Muir, Roslyn

Burnaby

Roslyn

Muir

Burnaby

Roslyn Muir is a novelist, screenwriter, and writing instructor. Born in Scotland, she grew up in Vancouver, Canada, and often uses the similar landscapes of both countries in her stories. Roslyn is an award winning screenwriter who writes YA stories, family drama, and thrillers…

Mulder, Michelle

Victoria

Michelle

Mulder

Victoria

Michelle is an award-winning author of many books for children, both fiction and non-fiction, including The Vegetable Museum, Home Sweet Neighbourhood, and Every Last Drop. A dynamic presenter, Michelle enjoys sharing stories of kids who seize life's opportunities. When not…

Mulhallen, Karen

Old Toronto

Karen

Mulhallen

Old Toronto

Karen Mulhallen has published numerous books, including three anthologies, a travel-fiction memoir and twenty books of poetry. She published over one hundred and fifty issue the literary magazine Descant and is currently working on a new collection of poems, a book of…

Mulholland, David

Ottawa

David

Mulholland

Ottawa

I was born in Kingston, Ontario, Canada, and raised in the Ottawa Valley town of Arnprior. I've lived in Ottawa since 1970. I began my writing career as an advertising copywriter in private radio. I went on to work as a researcher, story editor and interviewer for CBC Public…

VANCOUVER

VANCOUVER

Jane Munro is a Canadian poet, writer and educator. Jane Munro’s eighth poetry collection is False Creek (Harbour Publishing, 2022). It follows her prose memoir, Open Every Window (Douglas & McIntyre, 2021), and Glass Float, (Brick Books, 2020).…

Munsch, Robert

Robert

Munsch

Robert Munsch was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania into a family of nine kids and ended up studying to be a priest. That did not work out, and he ended up working in daycare. That did not work out, and he ended up teaching at the University of Guelph. He started telling stories…

Murphy, Michael

Halifax

Michael

Murphy

Halifax

Michael Murphy is the author of A Description of Blazing World (Freehand Books, 2011). He also releases music under the name Michael Terrance.

Murphy, Colleen

Colleen

Murphy

Colleen Murphy is a two-time recipient of the Governor General’s Literary Award for Drama, and the Carol Bolt Award for Outstanding Play, for Pig Girl in 2016, and The December Man / L'homme de décembre in 2007. Other plays include The Society For The Destitute…

Murphy, Matthew

Montréal

Matthew

Murphy

Montréal

Matthew Murphy was born and raised in Sudbury, Ontario, and now lives in Montreal. Margaret Atwood deemed his debut novel, A Beckoning War (Baraka Books, 2016), a "creditable first novel", and Quill & Quire praised it as "the product of an amazing new talent". In addition,…

Montreal

Born February 3, 1934, at Maberly, Newfoundland. Education: BA (Ed), 1954; BA, 1966; MA in folklore, 1972; all from Memrial University of Newfoundland in St. John's. Taught English and mathematics in various outports and towns in Newfoundland. Taught English, 1972-1989, at Cabot…

Murray, Terry

Toronto

Terry

Murray

Toronto

Terry Murray has been a medical journalist for more than 40 years. She has held staff positions on Canadian Family Physician and the Medical Post; been a consultant for the World Health Organization; and done freelance writing for medical and general interest…

Murtagh, Sue

Halifax, Nova Scotia

Sue

Murtagh

Halifax, Nova Scotia

Sue Murtagh lives in Halifax, Nova Scotia. A graduate of the Alistair MacLeod mentorship program and the Humber School for Writers, her writing has appeared in The Nashwaak Review, Grain, carte blanche, the Humber Literary Review, yolkliterary.ca, and…