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Lent, John
Vernon
John
Lent
Vernon
John Lent was born in Antigonish, Nova Scotia in 1948; he grew up in Edmonton, Alberta. He studied at the University of Alberta from 1965-71, concentrating in his graduate studies on Modernist art movements and experiments with form. He was taught by the noted Canadian novelist…
Leslie, Alex
Vancouver
Alex
Leslie
Vancouver
Alex
Alex Leslie has published two collections of short stories and two collections of poetry, as well as a chapbook of microfictions. Alex's collection of short stories are We All Need to Eat (Book*hug 2019) was shortlisted for a BC Book Prize for fiction and the Kobzar…
Leslie, Rosella
Halfmoon Bay
Rosella
Leslie
Halfmoon Bay
Rosella
Rosella Leslie is the author of three published novels and six nonfiction books, including the award-winning, co-authored, Stain Upon the Sea and Bright Seas, Pioneer Spirits. She has published numerous articles in magazines and local newspapers and edited two published books.…
Lester, Louella
Winnipeg
Louella
Lester
Winnipeg
Louella Lester is a Winnipeg writer (fiction, poetry, CNF) and photographer. Her work has been published in a variety of journals and anthologies. Her CNF book, Glass Bricks (At Bay Press, April 2021), written in flash/micro, is a quirky look at her work life.
Lesychyn, Luba
Toronto
Luba
Lesychyn
Toronto
Luba Lesychyn (le-si-shin) is the author of Theft Between the Rains and Theft By Chocolate. In Theft Between the Rains, an amateur sleuth and museum employee finds herself pulled into international art theft intrigue when masterpieces missing since WWII start…
Letson, Kim
Courtenay
Kim
Letson
Courtenay
With a Canadian military father, Kim spent her childhood living in various parts of Canada and Europe. She and her husband, Mike Simpson, served twenty-year careers in the Canadian Forces. Retiring in the Comox Valley on Vancouver Island, they focussed on raising their two sons…
Leveille, Kathy-Diane
Quispamsis
Kathy-Diane
Leveille
Quispamsis
Kathy-Diane Leveille is a former broadcast journalist with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Her debut literary suspense novel Let the Shadows Fall Behind You (Kunati Books 2009) was followed by Standing in the Whale’s Jaw (Tightrope Books 2013). Kathy-Diane’s…
Levenson, Christopher
Vancouver
Christopher
Levenson
Vancouver
Born London, England 1934; came to Canada 1968, taught English, Creative Writing and Comparative Literature at Carleton University, Ottawa, from 1968 to 1999, now Adjunct Professor. He lived for approximately two years in the Netherlands and three in Germany, and has travelled…
Leventhal, Anna
Winnipeg
Anna
Leventhal
Winnipeg
Anna
Anna Leventhal’s acclaimed short story collection Sweet Affliction (Invisible Publishing) won the Quebec Writers’ Federation Concordia University First Book Prize and was named a book of the year by CBC Books. It was translated into French by Daniel Grenier and…
Leventoyannis Harvey, Stella
Whistler
Stella
Leventoyannis Harvey
Whistler
Stella
Stella Leventoyannis Harvey is a Greek Canadian author born in Cairo, Egypt. She moved to Calgary as a child with her family. Stella's short stories have appeared in The Literary Leanings Anthology, The New Orphic Review, Emerge Magazine and The Dalhousie Review.…
Levine, Allan
Winnipeg
Allan
Levine
Winnipeg
Allan Levine was born and raised in Winnipeg. He attended the University of Manitoba receiving a bachelor of arts (1977) and a certificate in education (1983), and also received a MA (1979) and PhD (1985) in history from the University of Toronto. From 1984 to 2012 he…
Levy, Robyn
Robyn
Levy
Robyn Michele Levy is a visual artist, radio broadcaster, and writer. Her writing has been published in the Vancouver Sun, the Georgia Straight, and the Vancouver Courier, and she has also dabbled in stand-up comedy and slam poetry. At age forty-three, Robyn Levy was diagnosed…
Levy, Jerry
Toronto
Jerry
Levy
Toronto
My first collection of stories - Urban Legend - came out with Thistledown Press in 2013. In 2020, my second collection - The Quantum Theory of Love and Madness - was published by Guernica Editions. My third collection, The Philosopher Stories, will be published by Guernica in…
Levy, Myrna
Toronto, ON
Myrna
Levy
Toronto, ON
Myrna Neuringer Levy was born in Brooklyn, New York, received her Bachelor's degree from Barnard College, Columbia University, and her ME.d. degree from the National College of Education in Evanston, Illinois. She lives in Toronto and is a retired teacher/librarian. She has one…
Levy, Joanne
Clinton
Joanne
Levy
Clinton
Joanne Levy’s love of books began at a very early age. Being the youngest and the only female among four children, she was often left to her own devices and could frequently be found sitting in a quiet corner with her nose in a book. After much teenage misadventure, Joanne…
Lewis, Amanda West
Perth
Amanda West
Lewis
Perth
AMANDA WEST LEWIS is a writer, theatre creator, calligrapher and teaching artist who grew up in New York City and Toronto. She has published ten books for young readers ranging from Picture books, craft books, Middle Grade and YA novels, and a graphic novel. She holds an MFA in…
Lewis, Laurie
Lewis, Amanda
Gabriola
Amanda
Lewis
Gabriola
Amanda Lewis is an award-winning book editor, writer, publishing strategist, and creative coach.  She worked as an associate managing editor and acquiring editor at Penguin Random House Canada for eight years, then joined Page Two, where she was inaugural editorial…
Lewis, Catherine
Vancouver
Catherine
Lewis
Vancouver
Catherine
Catherine Lewis (she/her/hers) is a Chinese Canadian writer and poet. Her debut queer poetry chapbook Zipless, published by The /tƐmz/ Review’s 845 Press in 2021 and now in its fourth printing, is a finalist for the Bisexual Book Award for Poetry.She is a finalist for the…
Lewis, Naomi K.
Calgary
Naomi K.
Lewis
Calgary
Naomi K. Lewis is a fiction and non-fiction writer in Calgary, where she also works as an editor, teacher, and ghostwriter.
Lewis, Sandra
Toronto
Sandra
Lewis
Toronto
Sandra Marie Lewis, a committed writer for 25 years & member of a remarkable writing group, wrote & published a novel entitled Just Where You Stand which is based on obsessions found in her ancestors' lives through more than 150 years. Fascinating…
Li, Charmaine Anne
New Westminster
Charmaine Anne
Li
New Westminster
Li Charmaine Anne (李倩文) is a Hong Kong diaspora writer and settler on the unceded territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh), q̓íc̓əy̓ (Katzie), qʼʷa:n̓ƛʼən̓ (Kwantlen), and kʷikʷəƛ̓əm (Kwikwetlem) Nations. Comfy with the…
Li, Vivian (Xiao Wen)
Toronto/ Vancouver
Vivian (Xiao Wen)
Li
Toronto/ Vancouver
Vivian (Xiao Wen)
Vivian (Xiao Wen) Li is a queer and neurodivergent 1.5 generation Chinese-Canadian immigrant writer, director, musician, and interdisciplinary artist living with invisible disabilities. She explores mental health, Chinese Philosophy, and liminal identity in her slipstream and…
Liburd, Tonya
Toronto
Lichacz-Karwatsky, Mary Ann