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Griffith, Brian

Brian

Griffith

I'm an independent historian who's interested in culture wars and cultural creativity. So far I've written four books. The Gardens of Their Dreams: Desertification and Culture in World History examines how environmental degradation has affected society across the center of the…

North Bay

North Bay

Born in Belleville, Ontario, Barry Grills began his writing career as a journalist. He has been a reporter, editor, columnist, broadcaster, and communications consultant. He began publishing short fiction in 1973, publishing stories in such literary publications as Grain, The…

Grisenthwaite, Gord

Kingsville

Gord

Grisenthwaite

Kingsville

Gord is nłeʔkepmx, member of the Lytton First Nation, and has earned an MA in English Literature & Creative Writing at the University of Windsor (2020). He also completed his BA (Hon) from the University of Windsor in 2018, almost 30 years after he started his post secondary…

Vancouver

Vancouver

Described as a “masterful writer” and “brilliant storyteller”, Darren Groth is the internationally published author of works including Kindling, Are You Seeing Me?, Munro vs. the Coyote, and his latest novel, Boy in the Blue Hammock. He is an…

Grubisic, Katia

Tiohtià:ke/Montréal

Katia

Grubisic

Tiohtià:ke/Montréal

Katia Grubisic is a writer, editor, and translator.She has been a finalist for the A.M. Klein Prize for Poetry, and her collection of poems What if red ran out won the Gerald Lampert award for best first book. Her translations into English include works by Marie-Claire…

GRUENDING, DENNIS

Ottawa

DENNIS

GRUENDING

Ottawa

Dennis Gruending is an Ottawa-based writer and blogger and a former Member of Parliament. He has worked as a print and broadcast journalist and as a radio host for the CBC. He has written or edited nine books. The most recent, A Communist for the RCMP, was published in June 2024…

Grundy, Susan

Montreal

Susan

Grundy

Montreal

Inspired by living in Costa Rica, Susan Grundy veered from her thirty-year career in marketing to write stories about the weight of emotional distress and how to step into an easier way of being. Her short fiction has appeared in The Danforth Review and Montréal Writes. …

Toronto

Qualicum Beach

Qualicum Beach

Jacqueline Guest (CAN) is a Métis writer who lives on Vancouver Island. An award-winning author of 30 novels and short stories, her fast-paced novels cover topics from deadly video games to helpful ghosts. She has worked in Canada, United States, Tanzania and Ghana teaching…

Guilfoyle, Geraldine

Squamish

Geraldine

Guilfoyle

Squamish

Author Bio: Born and educated in Ireland, Nora Ryan immigrated to Canada with her husband and two small children in 1981. She spent sixteen years in rural Manitoba working as an educator and health promotion specialist. In1997 she moved to the Caribbean where her husband…

Gulland, Sandra

Killaloe

Sandra

Gulland

Killaloe

Born in Miami, Florida in 1944, Sandra Gulland lived in Rio de Janeiro, Berkeley and Chicago before immigrating to Canada in 1970 to teach in an Inuit village in northern Labrador for one year. Settling in Toronto, she worked as a book editor for a decade before moving with her…

Gunn, Genni

Vancouver

Genni

Gunn

Vancouver

Genni Gunn is an author, musician and translator. Born in Trieste, she came to Canada as a child. Her fourteen published books include four novels, three short story collections, three poetry collections, and a collection of personal essays. As well, she has translated…

Gunnery, Sylvia

Crescent Beach, NS

Sylvia

Gunnery

Crescent Beach, NS

Sylvia Gunnery is the author of many books for young adults and children, as well as professional books on writing curriculum. She has presented at schools, libraries, and conferences across Canada. In 2022, the Writers' Federation of Nova Scotia awarded her a…

Toronto

Toronto

Andrea Gunraj is author of The Lost Sister (Vagrant Press) and The Sudden Disappearance of Seetha (Knopf Canada). She is also a contributing essayist to a new collection entitled Subdivided: City-Building in an Age of Hyper-Diversity (Coach…

Gural, Altaire

Jackson's Point

Altaire

Gural

Jackson's Point

Altaire Gural's debut novel Forgotten was published in 2024 (Bannister Press). Her short stories have appeared in publications such as Luna Station Quarterly, Matters of Time, Kawartha Lakes Stories, and Other 2024. Her writing leans towards fiction for YA audiences, with a…

Guy, Johanna

Johanna

Guy

This Book was written as a tribute to my brothers, who died in a boating accident that was waiting to happen, but shouldn't have happened, and how it happened.

Guzzo-McParland, Connie

Kelowna

Kelowna

Meaghan Hackinen is a writer and cyclist whose two-wheeled adventures have taken her from Haida Gwaii to Mexico’s high plateaus, across Canada and the United States, and, most recently, from North Cape to Tarifa along some of Europe’s highest paved roads. Her writing…

Hageman, Jordan

Stoney Creek

Jordan

Hageman

Stoney Creek

Jordan lives in Southwestern Ontario with her husband, Josh, their three kids, and Theo the dog. They love traveling and taking an annual family vacation. Jordan loves to read. She has terrible posture. She exercises so she can eat more chocolate.

Hagen, Jamella

whitehorse

Jamella

Hagen

whitehorse

Jamella Hagen’s first collection of poetry, Kerosene, was published by Nightwood Editions in 2011. She has a Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing from UBC, has worked as an executive editor of PRISM international, has been a guest editor for the Northern Review, and has…

Hahnel, Lori

Calgary

Lori

Hahnel

Calgary

Lori Hahnel is the award-winning author of five books of fiction. Her latest novel, Flicker, was published in the University of Calgary Press’ Brave & Brilliant Series in 2023 and shortlisted for the Douglas Barbour Award for Speculative Fiction in the 2024 Alberta Book…