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McNicoll, Sylvia
Burlington, ON
Sylvia
McNicoll
Burlington, ON
Concordia graduate and former creative writing instructor at Sheridan College and Living Arts Centre, Sylvia McNicoll has written 40 internationally published novels for young audiences and given writing workshops and talks across Canada as well as in South Korea and Colombia.…
McPherson, David
Waterloo
David
McPherson
Waterloo
David
David McPherson is the author of 101 Fascinating Canadian Music Facts (2023); Massey Hall (2021) and the acclaimed Legendary Horseshoe Tavern: A Complete History (2017). He is a frequent contributor to GRAMMY.com, the Globe and Mail, and SOCAN’s Words…
McRae, Bronwen
McRae, Laura
McWhirter, George
George
McWhirter
George McWhirter is an award winning poet, novelist and translator born and raised in Belfast, Northern Ireland who came to Canada via Spain. He taught high school in Port Alberni before going to UBC in 1968. He retired from the Creative Writing Department as a Professor…
Meadows, Sally
Martensville
Sally
Meadows
Martensville
Sally
Sally Meadows is an award-winning author, speaker, and singer/songwriter who currently resides in Saskatchewan. Her former work as a scientist, science entertainer, science outreach educator, and teacher has given her a rich background to draw from for her five children's books…
Megann, Adele
Halifax
Adele
Megann
Halifax
Adele Megann is a Newfoundlander based in Halifax. Her short fiction has been published in Canadian and US periodicals and anthologies. She has won several awards–including the Bronwen Wallace Memorial Award–and has given many readings and interviews. She has been told that her…
Mehlmann, Gloria
Mehta, Anubha
MISSISSAUGA
Anubha
Mehta
MISSISSAUGA
Peacock in the Snow, Anubha’s debut novel, was an instant best-seller and launched in two countries- Canada and India. In Canada, it was published by Inanna Publications in September 2018 and in India, by Amaryllis Publications in January 2019 (Harper-Collins India…
Meindl, Maria
Maria
Meindl
Maria Meindl’s novel, The Work, was published by Stonehouse Publishing in Fall 2019. She is the author of Outside the Box from McGill-Queen’s University Press, winner of the Alison Prentice Award for Women’s History. Her essays, fiction and poetry have appeared in many…
Melanson, Arlene Evelyn
Ridgetown
Melgaard, Michael
Toronto
Michael
Melgaard
Toronto
Michael Melgaard is a Toronto-based author and editor. His debut story collection Pallbearing was published by House of Anansi in 2020. His stories have appeared in Joyland, Bad Nudes, Grain, and elsewhere. He has written essays and criticism for the National Post and Canadian…
Mellor, Jane
Sechelt
Jane
Mellor
Sechelt
Born and raised in San Francisco, California, I went looking for adventure at the age of nineteen, headed north to Canada, where I found what I was looking for. For many years I lived off the grid in the back-country of British Columbia before moving to the city of Vancouver in…
Mendel, Charlotte
Enfield
Charlotte
Mendel
Enfield
I was born in Nova Scotia and spent several years travelling around the world, working in France, England, Turkey, and India, ending up in Israel where I spent ten years working as an Editorial Assistant in a publishing company. I returned to Canada to raise my children, and…
Meneghetti, Monica
Mansons Landing
Menezes, Braz
Mercer, Rick
Mercer, George
North Saanich
George
Mercer
North Saanich
For more than three decades George worked as a national park warden in Canada, including work in six national parks on both east and west coasts, the North and the Rocky Mountains.  Since retiring in 2012 George's passion for parks and protected areas formed the backdrop…
Mercuri Maiolo, Anna
Montreal
Anna
Mercuri Maiolo
Montreal
Anna is a former college professor of English Literature and English as a Second Language. She has been engaged in writing stories, highlighting intersections of culture, family and identity,  for many years, and in retirement has now taken the time to edit and publish them…
Meredith, Don
COBBLE HILL
Don
Meredith
COBBLE HILL
Combining his interests in writing and biology, Don Meredith has forged a successful career as an outdoor writer and communications consultant. Born in Los Angeles, California, he came to Alberta in 1970 to finish his graduate studies in wildlife biology. He then worked as a…
Merriam, Joanne
Dartmouth
Joanne
Merriam
Dartmouth
Joanne Merriam is a writer and poet. In 2001, she left her position as the Executive Assistant of the Writers’ Federation of Nova Scotia to travel Canada by train, and then parts of the Northeastern and Southern United States. Her book of poetry, The Glaze from Breaking (Stride…
Messier, Mireille
Annapolis Royal
Mireille
Messier
Annapolis Royal
Mireille
Mireille Messier is a Montreal-born, Ottawa-raised and now Nova Scotia-based children’s author with a background in theatre and broadcasting. She has published over thirty picture books and chapter books, some in French, some in English. When she is not writing books, Mireille…
Metcalfe-Chenail, Danielle
Whites Lake
Danielle
Metcalfe-Chenail
Whites Lake
 Danielle Metcalfe-Chenail is a multi-genre and multi-passionate author, coach, editor and consultant. She's probably best known for her inclusive aviation histories and picture books - but she's also working on memoir, book club fiction and her first contemporary romance.…
Methot, Suzanne
Gabriola
Suzanne
Methot
Gabriola
Suzanne
Suzanne Methot is the author of the award-winning non-fiction book Legacy: Trauma, Story, and Indigenous Healing and the YA non-fiction book Killing the Wittigo: Indigenous Culture-Based Approaches to Waking Up, Taking Action, and Doing the Work of Healing. She is also co-…
Meyrick, Rich
New Dundee
Rich
Meyrick
New Dundee
Rich is the fingertips behind everything associated with Jaspa’s Journey. Born in Wales, he developed a fascination in geography, history and the environment at an early age, interests which culminated in a PhD from the University of Cambridge (UK) and a post-doc at the…