Arrived from Italy as a child in the middle of the twentieth century and raised in Montreal. Fled Quebec for Toronto in the early 1980s after the turmoil of the province's cultural revolution and language restrictions. Among many other jobs, finally settled down to work as a…

Mary Corkery's first poetry collection, Simultaneous Windows, was published by Inanna in 2017. Her career has included various roles in social justice and international development organizations, most recently KAIROS: Canadian Ecumenical Justice Initiatives where she was…

Claudia Cornwall is a freelance writer, the author of six books.  She has also been published in many Canadian magazines and newspapers including The Globe & Mail, Reader's Digest, (the Canadian, the international and the Mainland China editions), BC Business, as well as the…

John Corr (PhD) writes Middle Grade and Young Adult fiction. He is a professor in the Dept. of Communication and Global Studies at Mohawk College in Hamilton, Ontario. John has conducted writing workshops in elementary schools, high schools, undergraduate courses, and graduate…

Donna Costa writes both fiction and creative nonfiction. Her debut novel, YA fiction, Breathing With Trees, was released in 2020. Her CNF has appeared in Queen's Quarterly, Nurture Literary, and Prairie Fire (forthcoming). She acknowledges the support of the Canada Council for…

Nella Cotrupi is an Italian-born Canadian writer, literary critic, scholar, and translator with a life-long interest in the literary and visual arts. Her work includes fiction, poetry, literary translation and non-fiction ( criticism, reviews, essays, translations).  

Charis Cotter is an award-winning children’s author who grew up beside a cemetery and has been living with ghosts ever since. She studied English in university and went to drama school in London, England. Now she lives at the end of a road by the ocean in Newfoundland, where the…

Arlene Cotter is an award-winning designer and strategist whose writing furthers a conversation about life initiated with From This Moment On: A Guide for Those Recently Diagnosed With Cancer (Penguin Random House, 1999) which she wrote after surviving her own terminal diagnosis…

Jeff Cottrill is a fiction writer, poet, journalist and spoken-word artist based in Toronto, Canada. He has headlined in countless literary series throughout Canada, the U.K., the U.S., France and Ireland over the last twenty years. His performance style is influenced by slam…

Myrl has been a writer since she was a teenager. Her fourth book, and first novel, She Who Burns, was released in August, 2023. Kirkus Reviews named it one of the 100 Best Indie Books of 2023. Myrl's first book, The House With the Broken Two: A Birthmother Remembers (Anvil…

Claudia’s poems won the 2009 National Capital Region Canadian Author's Award for Poetry Accidentals (2011, Apt. 9 Press, Ottawa) won the bpNichol Chapbook Award. Claudia Coutu Radmore's lyric poetry has been published in Psychopoetica, paperplates.ca and Acta Victoriana. Her…

Pauline Couture worked in daily journalism for many years in print, radio and television, in French and in English. Much of her writing life has been devoted to behind the scenes work such as research reports and regulatory submissions on large and complex issues in fields such…

Tim Covell was born on Canada’s west coast, lived in central Canada, and now lives on the east coast. He writes fiction and non-fiction, including romance, short humour, poetry, biography, software instructions, and journal articles. He holds degrees in English Literature, Film…

Janice Cowan moved from Victoria in 2019 and now lives in Burlington, Ontario. She is the author of five children's mystery books and a non-fiction memoir called A Spy's Wife, which was published by James Lorimer and Company Ltd in October 2006. Between 1991 and 2002, Janice…

Christine Cowley is an author, collaborator, editor and/or micro-publisher of over 40 books. Her publishing imprint, Moss Pillow Publishing, provides complete writing and publishing services for corporate histories.  Butchers, Bakers and Building the Lakers: Voices of…

Daniel Cowper is a poet and writer from Bowen Island, BC. His poetry has appeared in publications in Canada, the USA, and Ireland, including Arc Poetry, Vallum, Southword, and Barren, and has been long-listed for the CBC Poetry Prize. A chapbook of his poetry, The God of Doors,…

Kevin Craig writes award winning LGBTQ books for teens. They are also a playwright, poet, and memoirist. Their (preferred pronouns are they/them/their and sometimes he) young adult novels are; SUMMER ON FIRE, BURN BABY BURN BABY, HALF DEAD & FULLY BROKEN, PRIDE MUST BE A…

Suzanne Craig-Whytock is the author of five novels: Smile, The Dome (English version, 2019; international Arabic translation, 2022), The Seventh Devil, and The Devil You Know (Bookland Press), Charybdis (JC Studio Press), two short story collections: Feasting Upon The Bones and…

Joan Craven is a professional speaker, communications coach and author. Her latest book is titled Got It! 21 Communication Tips for Busy, Impatient People. She brings over 30 years in teaching and communications experience to her presentations. Past employement includes Director…

Susan Crean was born and raised in Toronto. She studied and travelled in Europe in the sixties, and acquired two degrees in art history. She worked as a freelance journalist and television producer through the seventies and began writing full-time in 1981. She has been a member…

Diane is the author of three non-fiction books, one novel, and her second novel is awaiting publication. Born in Montreal, Diane moved between Montreal, Toronto and New York City. She presently resides in rural eastern Ontario. A graduate of Ontario College of Art, and Sheridan…

Like many authors, Megan Crewe finds writing about herself much more difficult than making things up. A few definite facts: she lives in Toronto, Canada with her husband and three cats, she works as a behavioral therapist for children and teens with special needs, and she's…