Karen is a YA author who also works as a guidance counsellor in Montreal, QC. She teaches creative writing to 'kids' of all ages, and is available for virtual author visits, as well as live visits and creative writing workshops.

Laurie Ness Gordon lives on a waterfront property north of Kingston, Ontario. She has worked as an educator, consultant, workshop presenter and writer. Her articles and short stories have appeared in newspapers and magazines in Canada and England. In 2014, Borealis Press…

Danny Neville was born and raised in rural Ontario. He is an elementary school educator and teacher librarian with many years of experience in public and private education, both in Canada and abroad. He is also an active volunteer with the Ontario Library Association as the…

Kim Neville is an author and graduate of the Clarion West Writers Workshop, where she found the first shiny piece of inspiration that became The Memory Collectors. When she’s not writing she can be found heron-spotting on the seawall or practicing yoga in order to keep…

Carol Marie Newall lives in the Muskoka Lakes district north of Toronto with her husband and granddaughter. Her surprise discovery of a family secret inspired a longterm quest to learn about the British Child Migration to Canada, a little known program that sent more than one…

Wayne Ng was born in downtown Toronto to Chinese immigrants who fed him a steady diet of bitter melon and kung fu movies. Ng is a social worker who lives to write, travel, eat, and play, preferably all at the same time. He is an award-winning author and traveller who continues…

Linh (she/her) is a Vietnamese-Canadian immigrant and writer who specializes in children’s literature and creative non-fiction. Her debut middle-grade fantasy novel, NO PLACE LIKE HOME, was released with HarperCollins Canada in March 2023 (Inkyard Press US/ Audiobook Editions in…

Sandra Nicholls has written two books of poetry, three novels and numerous short stories. Her first novel, And the Seas Shall Turn to Lemonade, was short listed for the K.M.Hunter Artists Award and was published in the fall of 2011. Her second book of poetry, Woman of…

Norma is a five-time self-publisher of nonfiction books. She writes for all age groups, including children's picture books. She is the Founder and CEO of  IgnitePress Consultant, a small not-for-profit organization and its sole proprietor registered with the Government of…

Lynda Partridge is a member of the Algonquins of Pikwakanagan First Nation. She grew up in the child welfare system and spent her childhood in numerous non-Indigenous foster homes. At a later age she obtained an honours Bachelor of Social Work (Native Human Services), followed…

Billeh Nickerson, BFA (UVic), MFA (UBC), is a writer, editor, performer, producer and arts advocate. He is the author of five books; the co-editor of Seminal: the Anthology of Canada’s Gay Male Poets; and a former editor of PRISM international and Event, two of Canada’s most…

Janet Nicol is a freelance writer with a special interest in art, history and social justice. She has written more than 420 articles for 56 magazines. She taught high school history for twenty-nine years in Vancouver and summer workshops to teachers in Mongolia, Peru…

Mansour Noorbakhsh writes and translates poetry, and fiction in both English and Persian language (Farsi), his first language. He tries to be a voice for freedom, human rights, and environment in his writings. He believes a dialog between people around the world is an essential…

 Chad Norman, Truro, NS, Canada His poems have appeared for nearly 40 years in literary publications across Canada, as well as a number of other countries around the world, also translated into Albanian, Spanish, Polish, Chinese, Turkish, Italian, Czech, Vietnamese, and…

Daniela I. Norris is a former diplomat and political writer, turned inspirational author and speaker. She lived on three continents and one Island Nation over the past thirty years - and now calls Montréal home. She is the author of three novels, three non-fiction titles and a…