Born in the UK and raised in northern British Columbia, Patricia Robertson has lived in Spain, London, Yukon, and elsewhere. Her third fiction collection, Hour of the Crab, was named co-winner of the Margaret Laurence Award for Fiction at the 2022 Manitoba Book Awards. Her first…

Dana Robertson lives in Oshawa, Ontario, Canada. She completed a bachelor’s degree in English Literature and Psychology with Trent University in Peterborough Ontario, followed by a graduate creative writing program with the Humber School for Writers in Toronto, Ontario. Formerly…

Eden Robinson is a Haisla/Heiltsuk author who grew up in Haisla, British Columbia.  Her first book, Traplines, a collection of short stories, won the Winifred Holtby Memorial Prize and was a New York Times Notable Book of the Year in 1998.  Monkey Beach, her first…

J. Jill Robinson, B.A., M.A. (Calgary), M.F.A. (Fairbanks). Born June 16, 1955 in Langley, B.C. Was married to poet Steven Ross Smith; one son, born 1995, Emmett H Robinson Smith. Writer of fiction both short and long, and of creative non-fiction. Writer-in-Residence, Regina…

Jennifer Robinson lives on Treaty 1 land, territory of the Anishinaabeg, Cree, Oji-Cree, Dakota, Dene and Metis nations. She is a psychotherapist and an emerging writer whose creative nonfiction has appeared in The Dalhousie Review, Existere Magazine, Reckon Review and Prairie…

Jennifer Robson is the international bestselling author of Somewhere in France, After the War is Over and Moonlight Over Paris. She holds a doctorate in British economic and social history from Saint Antony’s College, University of Oxford, where she was a…

A bilingual author of Indian Diaspora Ajmer Rode has published books of poetry, plays, non-fiction and translation in Punjabi and English. His 1000-page book, Leela, co-authored with N. Bharati is considered an important work of twentieth century Punjabi poetry. His works are…

Margaret Rodgers is a writer, artist, and curator. Over COVID she embarked on a coming-of-age memoir titled Maple Park. She is the author of Locating Alexandra (Toronto: ECW, 1995) about Painters Eleven artist and Oshawa resident Alexandra Luke. Her essays, articles and reviews…

Introduction: Bilingual writer, educator and journalist Carmen Rodríguez was born in Chile and moved to Vancouver following the military coup of 1973 in her native country. She has worked as instructor and professor across a range of disciplines – from literature and…

Stan Rogal was born in Vancouver, now lives and writes in Toronto. Work has appeared in numerous publication in Canada, the US and Europe. The author of 27 books: 8 novels, 7 story and 12 poetry. He has an MA English from York University. 

Gina Roitman is a novelist, short story writer, biographer, and writing coach. Her work has been featured in anthologies including The New Spice Box, Wherever I Find Myself, and Living Legacies. Since 2018, she has been conducting writing workshops for The Generations After of…

Author of successful Hockey Superstars annual. This annual has been published since 1986 by Scholastic Publishing and has, by their estimates, reached the hands of over 2 million young readers via trade and, primarily, school book clubs across Canada. The book is…

Canada's least prolific living writer

Rachel Rose’s fiction debut, The Octopus Has Three Hearts, was published by Douglas & McIntyre in 2021, and was longlisted for the Scotiabank Giller Prize. She is the author of four collections of poetry, including Marry & Burn, which received a 2016 Pushcart…

Jessica Rose is a writer, editor and arts organizer who lives and works in Hamilton, Ontario. A passionate advocate for people and places, she works for a number of not-for-profit organizations focused on literacy, the arts, the environment, health and food security. A…

Josh Rosen is a Toronto-based cartoonist and illustrator. He is the co-creator of graphic novels The Good Fight with author Ted Staunton (Scholastic Canada, 2021), History Comics: World War II with author Kate Hannigan (First Second Books, 2023) and author of the…

Rachel A. Rosen is the author of Cascade (The Sleep of Reason Book 1) and the co-author of The Sad Bastard Cookbook: Food You Can Make So You Don't Die. She is an activist, graphic designer, and for her sins, a high school teacher. In a previous life, she…

Bev Katz Rosenbaum is the author of several works of fiction. She has worked as a fiction and magazine editor, and has taught writing at the college level. Currently, Bev juggles freelance fiction editing with writing books for teens. Her newest YA novel, I'm Good and Other Lies…