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Yoon, Susan
Toronto
Susan
Yoon
Toronto
Susan Yoon is a writer of books for kids. She draws inspiration from her family and friends, as well as small creatures and life’s quirky details. She is the author of Waiting for Tomorrow, and Gwendolyn and the Light, and her essays have appeared in The Globe and Mail…
Young, Dianne
Martensville
Dianne
Young
Martensville
I am, in alphabetical order, an editor, a mother, a poet, a retired educational assistant, a widow, and a writer. I was born and raised in Saskatchewan, albeit in many different communities. I now live in Martensville, which is a small city just north of Saskatoon. I have been…
Young, Janine Alyson
Sunshine Coast
Janine Alyson
Young
Sunshine Coast
Janine Alyson
Janine Alyson Young's debut short story collection Hideout Hotel (Caitlin Press 2014) was shortlisted for the Danuta Gleed Award, and her work has appeared in Event Magazine and the anthology Boobs: Women Explore What It Means to Have Breasts. She…
Young, D. Jean
D. Jean
Young
D. Jean Young of Deer Lake, Newfoundland enjoys encouraging talent in young people and old. As a Chartered Financial Planner she helps people create personal financial independence, step by step. As a volunteer, she has worked with Wolf Cubs, Sunday school classes, Junior…
Young, Astrid
Belleville
Astrid
Young
Belleville
Astrid Young is a freelance writer, author, musician, and triple-certified sommelier living in Prince Edward County. In 2009, she released the Canadian bestseller Being Young: Scott, Neil and Me (Insomniac Press), a chronicle of her life growing up in an iconic Canadian family…
Younge-Ullman, Danielle
Toronto
Danielle
Younge-Ullman
Toronto
Danielle Younge-Ullman is the award-winning author of the young adult novels, HE MUST LIKE YOU, EVERYTHING BEAUTIFUL IS NOT RUINED, and LOLA CARLYLE’S 12 STEP ROMANCE, and the adult novel, FALLING UNDER. Danielle’s work has been published internationally, and nominated for…
Yoxall, Blair Palmer
Blair Palmer
Yoxall
Blair Palmer Yoxall (he/him/his) is an award-winning writer, author, and poet of Métis and settler parentage from Alberta. His fiction and poetry fiction have appeared in Glass Buffalo, The Fiddlehead, and Carving Space: The Indigenous Voices Awards Anthology, and his fiction…
Yuan-Innes (writing as Melissa Yi), Melissa
Melissa
Yuan-Innes (writing as Melissa Yi)
Melissa
Melissa Yi, also known as Melissa Yuan-Innes, escapes from her work as an emergency physician by writing her way into different worlds, from a Chinese Cinderella to the critically acclaimed Hope Sze medical thrillers to her bestselling memoir, The Most Unfeeling Doctor in the…
Zaghal, Ashraf
Zalkind, Ben
Calgary
Ben
Zalkind
Calgary
Ben Zalkind lives and works in Calgary, Canada. His debut novel, Honeydew, will be published by Radiant Press in October 2025.   A Salt Lake City native and naturalized Western Canadian, Ben is happiest outdoors, where he can cycle, drink coffee, and adventure…
Zaman, Farida
Toronto
Farida
Zaman
Toronto
Farida Zaman is an illustrator for 16 books and author illustrator of 3 books- “ALIYA’S SECRET- A STORY OF RAMADAN” (Owl Books) 2023  “MEENA CAN’T WAIT” (Orca Books) - spring 2024. Recently Farida has signed 2 more book deals with OWL BOOKS publish dates…
Zand, Chro
Toronto
Chro
Zand
Toronto
Chro is a Kurdish Canadian freelance writer who currently lives in Toronto.  She is the author of, Chro Is My Name, her memoir published in 2021. Her story of Chro Is My Name, is included in the School of Continuing Studies program in the University of Toronto…
Zarankin, Julia
Zaric, Richard
Winnipeg
Richard
Zaric
Winnipeg
Richard
Richard was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba and has lived in various cities in North America but settled back in his home town in 2002. He earned a Bachelor of Commerce (Honours) from the University of Manitoba. His first book, Hiding Scars, is a historical fiction novel and was…
Zeman, Ludmila
Montreal
Zeman-Spaleny, Linda
Toronto
Zhang, Ling
Zier-Vogel, Lindsay
Toronto
Zimmerman, Alex
Victoria
Alex
Zimmerman
Victoria
Alex is the author of “Becoming Coastal – Twenty-five years of exploration and discovery of the BC Coast by paddle, oar and sail” and numerous magazine articles about boats, boatbuilding and the people who sail them. Alex has been an avid outdoorsman and sailor all his adult…
Zimmermann, Werner
Guelph
Werner
Zimmermann
Guelph
Author of  At the Pond (Scholastic 2019) , Snow Day (Scholastic 1999) and the Alphonse series of books, Werner also illustrates for other authors: Helaine Becker ( 2014 Libris Award winner 2010  Porcupine in a Pine Tree) and Jean Little (2003 Mr Christie Award winner…
Zonta, Patricia
Zorn, Alice
Montreal
Alice
Zorn
Montreal
Alice Zorn lives in Montreal. Her collection of short fiction, Ruins & Relics, was shortlisted for the 2009 Quebec Writers' Federation First Book Prize. In 2011 she published a novel, Arrhythmia, with NeWest Press. Her second novel, Five Roses, appeared with Dundurn Press in…
Zub, Jim
Toronto
Jim
Zub
Toronto
Jim Zub is a writer, artist and art instructor based in Toronto, Canada. Over the past twenty years he’s worked for a diverse array of publishing, movie and video game clients including Marvel, DC Comics, Disney, Capcom, Hasbro, Cartoon Network, and Bandai-Namco. He juggles his…
Zubatiuk, Kurt
Zuehlke, Mark
Victoria
Mark
Zuehlke
Victoria
A full-time writer since 1981, Mark Zuehlke has emerged in recent years as one of Canada’s leading new writers of military history. A prolific writer, he is the author of more than twenty books and before turning his attention primarily to book writing in 1992 had published…