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Madjzoub, Gail
Nanaimo
Gail
Madjzoub
Nanaimo
Gail Madjzoub's writing comprises primarily novel-length creative nonfiction and fiction, which straddle the categories of historic, contemporary, literary, upmarket, and family saga.  Decades of experience in the fields of health, education, community development and…
Madott, Darlene
Etobicoke, Toronto
Darlene
Madott
Etobicoke, Toronto
Darlene Madott is an award-winning writer who practised law in Toronto for more than 35 years. Author of a growing number of books, her 9th work of linked short stories, WINNERS AND LOSERS (Tales of Life, Law, Love and Loss) Guernica, spring, 2023, offers a front-row seat…
Mahon, Anne
Winnipeg
Anne
Mahon
Winnipeg
Anne Mahon is a non-fiction author who delves into the raw and complex stories of marginalized people. Each book connects with a community of voices rarely heard and brims with the wisdom of lives touched by trauma, courage and hope.  Anne describes her books as bridges…
Mahoney, Joe
Riverview
Maione, Dennis
Winnipeg
Maitland, Colette
Gananoque
Colette
Maitland
Gananoque
Colette Maitland writes fiction, poetry and the occasional essay in Gananoque, ON. In 2013, Biblioasis published her first book, Keeping the Peace (short stories), which went on to be short-listed for the 2014 Re-Lit Award. The novel Riel Street with…
Maksimowska, Aga
Toronto
Aga
Maksimowska
Toronto
Aga Maksimowska is the author of BECALMING (2026) and GIANT, the 2013 Toronto Book Award finalist coming-of-age novel about premature sexual development and the fall of Communism in Eastern Europe. Her stories and essays have been published in the anthology …
Malik, Tāriq
VANCOUVER
Tāriq
Malik
VANCOUVER
Tāriq
Vancouver-based DesiPOC author Tāriq Malik has worked across poetry, fiction, non-fiction, and visual arts for the past four decades to distill immersive and original narratives. He writes intensely in response to the world in flux around him and to his place in its shadows.Born…
Malik, Fareh
Fareh
Malik
Fareh
  Fareh Malik is a BIPOC artist from Hamilton, Ontario, as well as a seasoned spoken word poet and established author. Fareh was named the 2022 RBC PEN Canada New Voices Award winner. He was also the winner of Hamilton Art’s Shirley Elford Prize, The 2022 October Project…
Mallen, Sean
Maloff, Vera
Castlegar
Vera
Maloff
Castlegar
Vera Maloff was born into a Doukhobor family who lived on a market garden farm in Thrums, British Columbia. She studied at Selkirk College in Castlegar, obtained a teaching certificate from Notre Dame University in Nelson and received her BEd and Diploma in Guidance Studies from…
Malone, Stephens Gerard
Stephens Gerard
Malone
Stephens Gerard
Born in Ontario, educated in Montréal, Stephens Gerard Malone currently lives and writes on Canada’s east coast. In 1994, he published his first novel, Endless Bay (Mercury Press) under the pseudonym, Laura Fairburn. His second novel, Miss Elva (Random House Canada) followed in…
Manning, Joanna
Manzanal-Frank, Maiden
Central Alberta
Maiden
Manzanal-Frank
Central Alberta
Maiden Manzanal-Frank is an international leadership speaker, author, and consultant on strategy and change. She supports purpose-driven organizations and executives develop strategic initiatives that foster impactful leadership and drive systemic change in Canada and…
Marais, Bianca
Toronto
Bianca
Marais
Toronto
Bianca Marais is the author of the bestselling The Witches of Moonshyne Manor, as well as the beloved Hum If You Don't Know the Words and If You Want to Make God Laugh, and the Audible Original, The Prynne Viper. She taught at the University of Toronto's School of Continuing…
Mardero, Adam
Adam
Mardero
Adam
Adam Mardero founded the blog Differently Wired in 2011 to educate and advocate for neurodiversity. He holds a Master’s Degree in History and a Bachelor of Education. Since coming to terms with being neurodivergent, he’s dedicated his life to helping further the causes of Autism…
Margoshes, Dave
Saskatoon
Dave
Margoshes
Saskatoon
I’m a Saskatchewan writer whose stories and poems have appeared widely in literary magazines and anthologies, including six times in the Best Canadian Stories volumes, and have been a finalist for the Journey Prize. I’ve published some 20 books, including Bix’s Trumpet and…
Marin, Amela
Toronto
Amela
Marin
Toronto
Amela Marin moved to Canada from Sarajevo, Bosnia. Her writing appeared in magazines in former Yugoslavia, as well as Poetry Today, Meta, Gastronomica, Descant, PRISM International, BBC Radio and Radio Netherlands. "The Unbearable Lightness of Wartime Cuisine", a memoir about…
Marjerrison, Lara
Toronto
Lara
Marjerrison
Toronto
LARA MARGARET MARJERRISON is a queer, multidisciplinary artist with a vision of impacting the world around her through the transformative power of visual art and storytelling. She spends her days writing poetry and prose, dabbling in photography, and playing with paint, bringing…
Marlatt, Daphne
Vancouver
Daphne
Marlatt
Vancouver
Daphne Marlatt lives in Vancouver, British Columbia. She was born in 1942 in Melbourne, Australia, and immigrated to Canada in 1951 from Malaysia. She studied writing and English at the University of British Columbia (B.A., 1964), and comparative literature at Indiana University…
Marques, Irene
Toronto
Irene
Marques
Toronto
Irene
Irene Marques is a bilingual writer (writing in English and Portuguese) and Lecturer at Toronto Metropolitan University in the English Department where she teaches literature, literary theory, and creative writing. She has also taught at the University of Toronto, York…
Marquez, Bicky A.
Kingston
Bicky A.
Marquez
Kingston
Bicky A. Marquez is a Ph.D. in Applied Physics (optics/photonics) from the Bourgogne Franche-Comté University, France (2018), where she worked at the FEMTO-ST Institute on artificial intelligence photonic hardware. She is a research scientist at the Physics Department of…
Marsh, Jessica
Halifax
Jessica
Marsh
Halifax
Jessica’s short stories have appeared in The New Quarterly, The Fiddlehead, Grain and The Sun. Her work has been nominated for The Journey Prize and the National Magazine Awards. With the generous support of two consecutive Canada Council for the Arts grants (2022 & 2023),…
Marshall Flaherty, Kate
Toronto
Kate
Marshall Flaherty
Toronto
Kate offers spontaneous occasional p.o.e.m.s "Poems of the Extraordinary Moment" live and on zoom. She also guides poetry workshops for all ages live and on zoom. See Kate's books, award-winning performance poetry videos, sample poems, and StillPoint Writing and Poetry…
Marshy, Leila
Montreal
Leila
Marshy
Montreal
Montrealer Leila Marshy is of Palestinian-Newfoundland heritage—she can tell a good joke, but it bombs. She has been a filmmaker, a baker, an app designer, a marketer, a farmer, and editor of online culture journal Rover Arts. In 2011, she founded the Friends of…