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Frayne, Sharon

Niagara on the Lake

Sharon

Frayne

Niagara on the Lake

After a career as an intrepid high school reporter with the Beamsville Express and St. Catharines Standard, Frayne acquired an Honours BA in Visual Art and English Literature, a B.Ed. with specialization in Intermediate/Senior Visual Art and English, and an M.Ed. in Curriculum…

Freeman, Victoria

Toronto

Victoria

Freeman

Toronto

Victoria Freeman is a Canadian author, theatre artist, educator, and public historian. She was born in Ottawa and attended the University of Toronto, where she received her PhD in History in 2010. Her first book, Distant Relations: How My Ancestors Colonized North…

Freeman, Bill

Toronto

Bill

Freeman

Toronto

Born in London, Ontario of a school teacher's family, Bill Freeman gained a PhD from McMaster University in Sociology. Hamilton was his home for a number of years, and he has written extensively about the city and its history. For ten years Bill lived in Montreal and taught at…

Freund, Alexander

Winnipeg

Alexander

Freund

Winnipeg

Alexander Freund is a professor of history at the University of Winnipeg, where he also holds the Chair in German-Canadian Studies. He co-founded the university's Oral History Centre and directed it in the past. He has research and published widely on oral history methodology…

Frey, J.M.

Toronto

J.M.

Frey

Toronto

J.M. is an author, screenwriter, and lapsed academic. With an MA in Communications and Culture, she’s appeared in podcasts, documentaries, and on radio and television to discuss all things geeky through the lens of academia. She also has an addiction to scarves, Doctor Who…

Toronto

Toronto

Kathy Friedman studied creative writing at UBC and the University of Guelph. She has been a finalist for the Trillium Book Award, the Danuta Gleed Literary Award, and the Writers’ Trust Bronwen Wallace Award for Emerging Writers. Her writing has appeared in publications…

Friesen, Patrick

Victoria

Patrick

Friesen

Victoria

Patrick Friesen is a poet, playwright, essayist, lyricist and co-producer of text/music CDs and of text/music Videos. He lives in Victoria, BC on the unceded lands of the Lekwungen people. His most recent publications have been Reckoning (Anvil Press, 2023) and…

Friesen, Bernice

Comox

Bernice

Friesen

Comox

BERNICE FRIESEN grew up in a family of dyslexics, inventors and other divergent minds. Though she began creative life as a visual artist, her books include The Seasons Are Horses, Sex, Death, and Naked Men, and her first novel, The Book of Beasts. It was shortlisted for the…

Fritze, Peter

Toronto

Peter

Fritze

Toronto

Peter Fritze practiced law as a solicitor in an Ontario government agency, partner in a major Toronto law firm and general counsel of a Canadian multinational. He’s now following his love of storytelling by writing suspense mysteries. In April 2014, he self-published The Case…

Frizzell, Colin

Toronto

Colin

Frizzell

Toronto

Colin Frizzell is an internationally published bestselling author and screenwriter. His screenplay, 'Lavender', a psychological thriller, was co-written and directed by Ed Gass-Donnelly. The film premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival. His books (Chill, Just J)…

Ottawa

Ottawa

Mark Frutkin (1948, Cleveland, Ohio) has published nine books of fiction, three books of poetry and three works of nonfiction. His work has appeared in Canada, the U.S., England, Holland, India, Spain, Poland, Russia, South Korea and Turkey. He has written widely on art and…

Fuhr, Laurie Anne

Calgary

Laurie Anne

Fuhr

Calgary

Laurie Anne Fuhr, Multimodal Poet, songwriting musician, and dabbler in fictions, is the author of night flying, published by Frontenac House press and shortlisted for the Robert Kroetsch Award for Innovative Poetry. Her poems also appear in Uncommon Grounds, the first anthology…

Furlong, Dayle

Toronto

Dayle

Furlong

Toronto

Dayle Furlong is the author of the novel Saltwater Cowboys (Dundurn Press), a 2015 Toronto Public Library Dewey Diva Pick, a collection of short-fiction Lake Effect & Other Stories (Cormorant Books) and a collection of poetry entitled Open Slowly (Tightrope Books). Her short…

Fyvie, Erica

Toronto

Erica

Fyvie

Toronto

Erica Fyvie is a writer and editor in Toronto. Her first book, Trash Revolution, published by Kids Can Press, was published in 2018, and her second, Mad for Ads: How Advertising Gets (and Stays) in Our Heads, came out in 2021.

Gabriel, Maryanna

Southern Gulf Islands

Maryanna

Gabriel

Southern Gulf Islands

Maryanna Gabriel lives in the Southern Gulf Islands and is the author of Walking The Camino: On Earth As It Is, from Pottersfield Press. She has a Master’s in Creative Nonfiction from Dalhousie University and is a graduate of the University of Toronto’s Creative Writing…

Gadsby, Alison

Tkaronto

Alison

Gadsby

Tkaronto

I am a first-generation Canadian living in Tkaronto. I hold an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of British Columbia and an HBA from York University in Creative Writing and English. My writing has appeared in various literary magazines, including Blank Spaces Magazine…

Gage, S.R. "Sandy"

Huntsville

S.R. "Sandy"

Gage

Huntsville

BA- McGill University, 1967 (editor-in-chief, McGill Daily '66-'67) M.Phil- Glasgow University, 1969

Gajdics, Peter

Vancouver

Peter

Gajdics

Vancouver

Peter Gajdics (pronounced “Guy-ditch”) is an award-winning writer whose essays, short memoir and poetry have appeared in Quillette, Huffington Post, X-tra, Maclean's, Advocate, New York Tyrant, The Gay and Lesbian Review / Worldwide, Cosmonauts Avenue, and Opium, among…

Gakunzi, Willy

Willy

Gakunzi

Willy Gakunzi is a devoted father to his beautiful daughters Kayla and Shayna. He has a remarkable life journey that began in the Democratic Republic of Congo, in the high plateau of Mulenge in the South Kivu region. Raised in Rwanda, Willy is now based in Toronto, Canada,…

Galambos, Norma

Leask

Norma

Galambos

Leask

Norma Galambos is a freelance writer, blogger, chidren’s book author, podcast host and business owner from Leask, Saskatchewan. Ahelia Publishing, LLC and Lilac Arch Press published her first two children’s picture books in 2024. Thirteen of Norma’s Saskatchewan…

Galat, Joan Marie

Greater Edmonton Region

Joan Marie

Galat

Greater Edmonton Region

Although she started making books at the age of nine, Joan Marie Galat wasn’t published until 12 years old, when she became a paid weekly newspaper columnist. Today she is the international award-winning author of more than 30 books with titles in eight languages. Make Your Mark…

Gale, Peggy

Toronto

Peggy

Gale

Toronto

Winner of the 2006 Governor General’s Award for Visual and Media Arts, Peggy Gale is an independent curator and writer whose texts on contemporary art, especially video and time-based contemporary works, have become artistic benchmarks. Born in Guyana in 1944, Gale studied at…

Gale, Shawn

Vancouver

Shawn

Gale

Vancouver

Shawn Douglas Gale (born August 12, 1979) is a Canadian screenwriter, an academic, and a critically-acclaimed author.Gale graduated from Fraser Valley Writers' School with a Master's diploma. He graduated from Humber College's prestigious School for Writers, where he earned…