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Jamieson, Ann

Dieppe

Ann

Jamieson

Dieppe

C.J. Masson is the nom de plume of Ann Jamieson. Born in Singapore and educated in Canada and New Zealand, her career included work in the political sphere and the Public Service of Canada. Now retired, she lives in Diepp, NB. He latest book - "Voices in the…

Janigan, Mary

Toronto

Mary

Janigan

Toronto

Mary Janigan is a journalist who has written extensively about Canadian public policy, including politics and economics, for the Toronto Star, Maclean’s and the Globe and Mail. She won the prestigious Hyman Solomon Award for policy analysis, and the…

Caitlin Jans is co-founder of The Poetry Marathon, an international writing event. Her work has appeared in numerous anthologies and literary journals including: The Adroit Journal, Rust + Moth, Barrow Street Journal, and Killer Verse. Her work has been nominated multiple times…

Jansen, Liz

Orangeville

Liz

Jansen

Orangeville

Liz began riding a motorcycle on her family farm when she was sixteen. She could not have imagined how transformative her two-wheeled experiences would be, or how powerful a teacher motorcycling was. In 2003, she left a career in Corporate Human Resources and Training and…

Jarman, Mark Anthony

Fredericton, NB

Mark Anthony

Jarman

Fredericton, NB

Mark Anthony Jarman is the author of Touch Anywhere to Begin, Czech Techno, Knife Party at the Hotel Europa, My White Planet, 19 Knives, New Orleans Is Sinking, Dancing Nightly in the Tavern, and the travel book Ireland’s Eye. His novel, Salvage King Ya!, is on Amazon.ca’s…

Jaworska, Aldona

Calgary

Aldona

Jaworska

Calgary

Aldona Jaworska was born and raised in Poland and came to Canada as a refugee in 1990. She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Canadian Studies and Communication and Culture (2012, University of Calgary) and a Master’s of Arts degree in Communication and Culture (2014, U of C).…

Jean-Louis, Sandra

Toronto

Sandra

Jean-Louis

Toronto

Certified book ghostwriter, book editor working with aspiring nonfiction authors to develop their ideas into viable manuscripts. • Manuscript assessment and recommendations • Ghostwriting, line editing • Author coaching • Book proposals • Book Selling Plans…

Jeje, Akin

Calgary

Akin

Jeje

Calgary

Akin Jeje's works have been published and featured in Canada, the United States, Singapore, Australia, the United Kingdom and Hong Kong. His first full-length poetry collection, Smoked Pearl was published by Proverse Hong Kong in 2010.Jeje's latest publication is another full-…

Jenks Landry, Kate

Kitchener

Kate

Jenks Landry

Kitchener

Kate Jenks Landry is an author of books for young people and an educator. Her debut picture book, Beatrice and Barb, published with Kids Can Press. Her second picture book, A Summer without Anna, will be out in Spring, 2025, followed by a third in 2027. She's a graduate of the…

Toronto

Midland

Midland

Prior to turning to writing full time in 2009, Peter spent his career in corporate communications in Toronto running agencies handling marketing, advertising, branding, public relations and production of multimedia content, including websites and social media elements. Clients…

Jenoff, Marvyne

Toronto

Marvyne

Jenoff

Toronto

Marvyne Jenoff’s seventh book, Tree and Fruit: A Writer’s Life and Work, came out in December 2024. This hybrid memoir has two parts: TREE follows her life growing up in an unusual Jewish family in Winnipeg against the backdrop of the social history of the 1940s and 50s. From…

Jewison, Cathy

Yellowknife

Cathy

Jewison

Yellowknife

Cathy Jewison is a short story writer living in Yellowknife, NWT. A collection of her Yellowknife stories, The Ugly Truck and Dog Contest and Other Tales of Northern Life, was published by Borealis Press of Ottawa in 2009. Cathy has worked as a newspaper reporter, copy…

Jirgens, Karl

Windsor & Toronto

Karl

Jirgens

Windsor & Toronto

Karl Jirgens was born in Toronto. He is Professor Emeritus (U. Windsor). He served as editor/publisher of Rampike magazine (1979-2016). The Rampike digital archive is free to the public c/o U Windsor's Leddy Library (all copyrights remain with contributors); https://…

Jobb, Dean

Dean

Jobb

Dean Jobb writes historical true crime. A Gentleman and a Thief, his latest book, tells the story of a Jazz Age burglar who charmed New York’s elite and stole jewels worth millions from their posh estates. The NewYork Times Book Review describes it as “delectably entertaining”…

K.V. Johansen has Master's Degrees in Medieval Studies (Centre for Medieval Studies, University of Toronto) and in English (McMaster). Her main scholarly interests are ancient and medieval history and languages, and the history of children's fantasy literature. Her non-fiction…

John, Jeremy

Sudbury

Jeremy

John

Sudbury

JEREMY JOHN is currently ranked as the sixty-second most famous person from Brantford, Ontario. (Look it up. There are a lot.) His career in broadcasting has included co-hosting shows on 680 NEWS, KiSS FM, and Breakfast Television. He is the author of two collections of short…

Johns, Jessica

Edmonton

Jessica

Johns

Edmonton

Jessica Johns is a nehiyaw aunty with English-Irish ancestry and a member of Sucker Creek First Nation in Treaty 8 territory in Northern Alberta. Her debut novel, Bad Cree, was shortlisted for the Amazon first novel award and won the MacEwan Book of the Year prize.

Johnson, George Malcolm

Kamloops

George Malcolm

Johnson

Kamloops

George M. Johnson was born in 1961 in Waterdown, Ontario. In 1984 he received an Honours B.A. in English and Psychology from the University of Western Ontario. He received an M.A. and Ph.D. from McMaster University, where he held a S.S.H.R.C. doctoral fellowship. Since 1991 he…

Johnson, Sandi

Salt Spring Island

Sandi

Johnson

Salt Spring Island

Sandi Johnson is interested in imaginative work that is socially relevant. "The Comfort of Angels," a fictional work, is based on her experience of working with Ojibwa Indians in northwestern Ontario. It portrays dignified characters who desire freedom and a better life. "…

Vancouver

Vancouver

Elena Johnson is the author of Field Notes for the Alpine Tundra (Gaspereau Press, 2015), a collection of poems written at a remote ecology research station in the Yukon. Her poetry has been published in journals and anthologies across Canada and internationally, and has been…

Johnson, Terry Lynn

Whitefish Falls

Terry Lynn

Johnson

Whitefish Falls

Terry Lynn Johnson has been a dog musher with eighteen sled dogs, a wilderness park ranger, and currently works as a conservation officer with the Ministry of Natural Resources in northern Ontario. Terry's novels have been recognized by Bank Street College Best Books, ABA Best…