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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…
Martel, Yann
Saskatoon
Yann
Martel
Saskatoon
Yann Martel is the author of a collection of short stories, four novels, and a collection of letters to former Prime Minister Harper. He lives in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.
Martens, Debra
Debra
Martens
Debra Martens has published short stories in print journals such as The New Quarterly and Room, and online with Agnes and True and The Quarantine Review, among others. With years of experience as a book reviewer, and having lived in five countries abroad, she launched and…
Martin, C K Kelly
Ottawa
C K Kelly
Martin
Ottawa
C K Kelly
Carolyn Martin is the author of several acclaimed novels for young people published under the names C. K. Kelly Martin and Cara Martin. Carolyn was born in Mississauga, Ontario and spent her early years devouring books about Winnie the Pooh, Babar, Madeline, Anne Shirley…
Martin, Fay
Minden
Fay
Martin
Minden
Dementia Widow: a memoir about love, death and survival  (Iguana Books) launched in March 2026. Fay has also written a bi-weekly columns - Poke, Peel, Pair and Ponder, for the local newspaper since September 2022, and has had several op-eds and opinion pieces published in…
Martin, Dan
Edmonton
Dan
Martin
Edmonton
Dan Martin is a psychotherapist living in Edmonton, Canada. Dan grew up in a family of game guides and outfitters in Northern Alberta. He worked for several years as a field officer for Alberta Forestry, Lands, and Wildlife. When Dan's writings describe wilderness areas and wild…
Martin, Timothy
Martin, Sandra
Martin, Geoff
Kitchener
Geoff
Martin
Kitchener
GEOFF MARTIN’s essay "The Isabel Letters" won the 2024 Edna Staebler Personal Essay Contest from The New Quarterly. His place-based and environmental essays have been nominated twice for the Pushcart Prize and have appeared in Creative Nonfiction, Literary Review of Canada…
Martin, Jason
Toronto
Jason
Martin
Toronto
JJ Martin was born in Manitoba and grew up Catholic in Ontario. He pursued graduate studies at the University of Ottawa in Anthropology of Religion. His business writing has appeared in a variety of online and print publications. His debut novel, 'Father Sweet,' was published in…
Martin, Lisa
Edmonton
Lisa
Martin
Edmonton
Lisa Martin is the author of three full-length collections of poetry, most recently Nighthawks (University of Alberta Press, 2026). Her first novel, A Story Can Be Told About Pain, appeared with NeWest Press in Spring 2025. Creative Writing in Post-Secondary Education: Practice…
Martin Bouteillier, Jill
Lunenburg
Jill
Martin Bouteillier
Lunenburg
Jill Martin is the author of Return to Sable (2015), the story of her ancestors' life on Sable Island. Part love story and history of the island, readers are transported to the sand crescent in the North Atlantic. Her second work, Sable Island in Black and White, a…
Marttila, Melanie
Sudbury
Melanie
Marttila
Sudbury
Melanie Marttila (she/her) is an #ActuallyAutistic author-in-progress, writing poetry and tales of hope in the face of adversity. She is a settler writing in Sudbury, or ‘N’Swakamok, on Robinson-Huron Treaty territory, home of the Atikameksheng Anishnawbek and the Wahnapitae…
Maruno, Jennifer
Burlington
Jennifer
Maruno
Burlington
Jennifer's children's novels of historical fiction have all been nominated for several Canadian Awards. The Go-Between, set in 1927, was released with Red Deer Press April 2024. Breakwater Books released Moose's Roof, with Laurel Keating, in 2017, She…
Mascarenhas, Derek
Toronto
Mascayano, Ismael
Massie, Merle
Masterman, Chris
Masters, Philinda
Matar, Abdulrahman
Abdulrahman
Matar
Abdulrahman Matar Writer and journalist from Syria, resident in Canada(ON) since 2015, poet and novelist. He worked in the culture & media in Syria and Libya. He is a researcher in Euro-Mediterranean relations, human rights and terrorism issues, and he is an activist on…
Matas, Carol
Winnipeg
Carol
Matas
Winnipeg
Carol Matas is the author of over forty-five books for children and young adults. She has written science fiction, fantasy, contemporary, and historical fiction. She often writes on Jewish themes, and is well-known for her books concerning the Holocaust. Her books have garnered…
Matheson, Shirlee Smith
Calgary
Shirlee Smith
Matheson
Calgary
Aviation adventures are featured in eight of Shirlee Smith Matheson's 21 published books (14 nonfiction for adult readers and seven young adult novels) as well as short stories and stage plays. She is an alumnus of The Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity and has instructed…
Mattern, Ashleigh
Saskatoon
Ashleigh
Mattern
Saskatoon
Ashleigh Mattern has been working as a professional writer since 2007, getting her start at the University of Saskatchewan student newspaper the Sheaf and the Saskatoon StarPhoenix. Today, she’s the co-owner of Vireo Creative Website Design & Marketing and co-owner of Play…