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Wadds, Susan
Sebright
Susan
Wadds
Sebright
Winner of the Writer’s Union of Canada’s Prose Contest in 2016, Susan Wadds’ award-winning work has appeared in The Blood Pudding, Room, Quagmire, Waterwheel Review, Funicular, WOW-Women on Writing, and many more. The first two chapters of her debut novel, What The Living Do, (…
Wade Rose, Barbara
Wagner, Colleen
Toronto
Colleen
Wagner
Toronto
Playwright, educator, feminist, activist, environmentalist, gardener and avid walker, Colleen Wagner’s writing interests embrace screenwriting, poetry and short fiction. Recipient of numerous awards including a Governor General’s Literary Award her work has been translated into…
Wainwright, J.A.
J.A.
Wainwright
J. A. Wainwright was born in Toronto in 1946. He has lived in England, Spain, and Greece, but mostly in Nova Scotia since 1972. He received a B.A. from the University of Toronto and an M.A. and Ph.D. in Canadian Literature from Dalhousie University where he is McCulloch Emeritus…
Waite, Jessica
Calgary
Jessica
Waite
Calgary
Jessica
Jessica Waite lives with her teenaged son and their bear-sized rescue dog in Calgary (Moh'kins'tsis), in the foothills of the Canadian Rockies. Jessica encourages people to write as a way of healing, and to share stories as a way of connecting. Her website www.endlesstories…
Wakelyn, Chelsea
Nanaimo
Chelsea
Wakelyn
Nanaimo
Chelsea
Chelsea Wakelyn’s debut novel, What Remains of Elsie Jane, was published by the Rare Machines imprint of Dundurn Press in 2023. She holds an MA in Health Leadership and has a day job focused on strategic responses to the toxic drug crisis in B.C. Chelsea is of white settler and…
Walker, Marcia
Montreal
Marcia
Walker
Montreal
Marcia Walker’s writing has appeared in Electric Literature’s Recommended Reads, The Chicago Review, The New Quarterly, Fiddlehead, The New York Times, PRISM international, Room, EVENT, The Globe and Mail, CBC radio, and elsewhere. She has been shortlisted for the Commonwealth…
Walker, Ruth
Oshawa
Ruth
Walker
Oshawa
The first submission by RUTH E. WALKER (she/her), author of the novel LIVING UNDERGROUND (Seraphim Editions, 2012), won first prize in Canadian Living magazine's 1996 short story contest. She built on that amazing kickstart with poetry, fiction and creative…
Wallace, Clarke
Woodbridge
Clarke
Wallace
Woodbridge
Author of seven books is a lover of the outdoors and enjoys canoeing, skiing and traveling. Among other things. He’s lived at various times in the Dordogne in France where his book Harvest is based. He began writing when taking a year off between high school and university to…
Wallace, Ian
Brookline, Massachusetts
Ian
Wallace
Brookline, Massachusetts
Ian Wallace is one of Canada's best known and loved author-illustrators of children's books. Over a long and distinguished career he has published many picture book classics, including 'Canadian Railroad Trilogy' by Gordon Lightfoot, 'Chin Chiang and the Dragon's Dance', 'Boy of…
Wallace, Jade
Windsor
Jade
Wallace
Windsor
Jade
Jade Wallace’s poetry, fiction, and essays have been published internationally, including in This Magazine, Canadian Literature, and Hermine. Their writing has received support from the Canada Council for the Arts, the Ontario Arts Council, the City of Windsor's Arts, Culture…
Wallin, Myna
Toronto
Myna
Wallin
Toronto
Myna Wallin is a Toronto-based author and editor with her Masters degree in English Literature from U of T. She is the author of three chapbooks: Vulnerable Positions (2002), The Old Abandonment (2003), and Warning Signs (2005), all with believe your own press. Her…
Walmsley, Ann
Ann
Walmsley
Ann Walmsley is the author of The Prison Book Club (2015 Viking, Penguin Canada), which tells the story of the 18 months she spent participating in a book club in a men's medium-security prison. The Prison Book Club is the winner of the 2016 Edna Staebler Award for Creative Non-…
Walsh, Susan
Wakefield
Susan
Walsh
Wakefield
Susan
My dive into the arts began in theatre and contemporary dance on Canada’s west coast. I performed and earned credits in both from Simon Fraser University, where I also completed a BA and MA in social-political history. A desire to discover the world contributed to a career in…
Walsh, Helen
Toronto
Helen
Walsh
Toronto
Helen
Helen Walsh’s debut novel, Pull Focus, published September 7, 2021 by ECW Press in North America and October 7, 2021 in the UK. Walsh is also the founder and president of Diaspora Dialogues, a charitable organization that supports writers to turn their craft into a…
Walters, Cecily
Westmount
Cecily
Walters
Westmount
Cecily has been writing since she was a girl. She wrote her first book when she was twelve, an 88 page novella about a girl who could fly like Peter Pan. She has loved fantasy and storytelling ever since. With a background as a screenwriter, Cecily was behind the script of the…
Walters, Mary W
Toronto
Mary W
Walters
Toronto
Mary W. Walters is the author of four novels, a collection of short stories, and a book of non-fiction. Her most recently published novels are The Adventures of Don Valiente and the Apache Canyon Kid, a novel co-written (word by word, on the phone) with the Santa Fe author John…
Waltner-Toews, David
Kitchener, ON
David
Waltner-Toews
Kitchener, ON
David is the author or coauthor of more than 20 books of poetry, fiction, nonfiction and recipes. As “Tante Tina,” he has also been known to don a dress and kerchief and to pontificate on the trials of being a Mennonite farm woman in a men’s world gone mad. His science books, as…
Wamboldt, Michelle
Michelle
Wamboldt
Michelle
Michelle Wamboldt is a writer living on the South Shore of Nova Scotia.  Michelle has a BA in English from Dalhousie University and a Journalism Diploma from the Humber College School of Journalism.   Michelle's debut novel, Birth Road, is a work of…
Wang, Jack
Ward, Meghan J.
Banff
Meghan J.
Ward
Banff
Meghan J. Ward is a writer, editor, digital content specialist and all-around storyteller based in Banff, Canada (Treaty 7 territory). A fellow of the Royal Canadian Geographical Society, Meghan has written several books and contributed to anthologies, blogs,…
Ward, Tristis
Fredericton
Tristis
Ward
Fredericton
Tristis Ward holds a BA in English from Dalhousie University where she attended and adored the University of King’s College. She has non-degree courses at two universities (Dal and UNB) in the areas of Anthropology, English, Computer Science, and Theatre. She is an honours…
Warland, Betsy
Vancouver
Betsy
Warland
Vancouver
Betsy Warland is the author of a dozen books of poetry, creative nonfiction, and lyric prose. She is most widely known for her best-selling collection of essays, Breathing the Page: Reading the Act of Writing. Her most recent book, Oscar of Between: A Memoir of Identity and…
Warner, Tom
Tom
Warner
Tom Warner was born in Saskatchewan in 1952. He grew up in Prince Albert. He attended, first, the University of Saskatchewan and then the University of Toronto, receiving a BA. In 1971, Tom helped found the first gay community centre in Saskatoon. He moved to Toronto in 1973,…
Warner, Andrea
Vancouver
Andrea
Warner
Vancouver
Andrea
Andrea Warner writes and talks. A lot. She’s the author of Buffy Sainte-Marie: The Authorized Biography (2018) and We Oughta Know: How Four Women Ruled the '90s and Changed Canadian Music (2015). She’s a writer, broadcaster, podcaster, and creative consultant who also co-hosts…