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Sonik, Madeline

Madeline

Sonik

Madeline Sonik is a writer and anthologist whose fiction, poetry and creative non-fiction have appeared in literary journals internationally. Her first novel, Arms, and her collection of short fiction, Drying the Bones, were published by Nightwood Editions. Her children’s novel…

Sorbie, Anne

Calgary

Anne

Sorbie

Calgary

Anne Sorbie is a Scottish Canadian Writer. Her fiction, poetry, essays and book reviews have been published by Inanna Publications, Thistledown Press, The University of Alberta Press, Frontenac House, and House of Blue Skies; in magazines and journals such as Alberta Views…

Sorensen, Sue

Winnipeg

Sue

Sorensen

Winnipeg

Sue Sorensen was born in Saskatchewan and now lives in Winnipeg, where she is Professor of English at Canadian Mennonite University. Her poetry and fiction have been published in CV2, Room, Prairie Fire, Grain, and Wascana Review. Sue received her graduate education at UBC,…

Sorestad, Glen

Saskatoon, Saskatchewan

Glen

Sorestad

Saskatoon, Saskatchewan

Glen Sorestad is a well known poet who lives in Saskatoon. He is a Life Member of both the League of Canadian Poets and the Saskatchewan Writers Guild. In November 2000 became the first provincially appointed Poet Laureate in Canada. Sorestad is a Member of the Order of Canada,…

Souffrant, Kharoll-Ann

Winnipeg

Kharoll-Ann

Souffrant

Winnipeg

Kharoll-Ann Souffrant is an award-winning social worker, scholar, writer and public speaker. She is the author of the literary essay Le privilège de dénoncer - Justice pour toutes les victimes de violences sexuelles, published by Les éditions du remue-ménage in Quebec and Europe…

Soutar-Hynes, Mary Lou

Toronto

Mary Lou

Soutar-Hynes

Toronto

Mary Lou Soutar-Hynes, Jamaica-Canadian, former nun, is an Ontario poet/educator with an interest in poetic inquiry. In 2009, she was a Fellow at the Hawthornden International Retreat for Writers. Her second collection, Travelling Light, Seraphim Editions (2006), was…

Southwood , Emily

Emily

Southwood

Emily Southwood is a memoirist, journalist, screenplay and fiction writer. She’s the author of the memoir Prude: lessons I learned when my fiancé filmed porn (Seal Press) and has written for Elle Canada, Time.com, and Huffington Post among others. Her current projects…

Southworth, Natalie

Montreal

Natalie

Southworth

Montreal

Natalie Southworth’s story collection, "There's Always More to Say," was released in March 2026 with Linda Leith Publishing. Her short stories have appeared in literary journals in Canada, the US, and the UK. They have won The Brighton Prize, placed third in the Moth Short Story…

Spafford-Fitz, Karen

Treaty Six, Edmonton

Karen

Spafford-Fitz

Treaty Six, Edmonton

A former elementary and junior-high teacher, Karen is a literacy advocate and author of eight middle grade and young adult novels. She is also an experienced touring artist whose high-energy presentations and workshops have resonated with students, educators, and families across…

Spalding, David

David

Spalding

Born in Sheffield, England, David Spalding studied geology at the University of Sheffield and commenced a career in museum work which brought him to Alberta in 1967. Along with positions in museums, consulting work in heritage management and planning, and performance as a folk…

Spencer, Kim

Prince Rupert

Kim

Spencer

Prince Rupert

Kim Spencer graduated from the Writers Studio at Simon Fraser University, where she focused on creative nonfiction. Kim’s debut novel Weird Rules to Follow received a Kirkus-starred review. It was named a USBBY 2023 Outstanding International Book …

Spencer, Oliver Dean

Montreal

Oliver Dean

Spencer

Montreal

OLIVER DEAN SPENCER is an international crime fiction writer and artist who spends his time between Rome, Italy and Montreal, Canada. To date, he’s published four novels, three as part of the James Cartwright PI series: The Spencer Files (Book 1), Call of the Nightingale (Book…

Spenst, Kevin

Vancouver

Kevin

Spenst

Vancouver

A poet, teacher, and reviewer, Kevin Spenst (he/him) has published four full-length poetry collections, most recently A Bouquet Brought Back from Space (Anvil Press, 2024) and 18 chapbooks, most recently Windowful (Anstruther Press, 2025). He is one of the organizers of the…

Spracklin, Floyd

Corner Brook

Floyd

Spracklin

Corner Brook

Floyd Spracklin was born in Buchans eleven months after Newfoundland became Canada’s 10th Province, He graduated from Memorial University of NL(1972) with a double major in English and History, and in 1995 earned an MEd from the University of New Brunswick. He taught…

Owen Sound

Owen Sound

Ron Srigley is a writer and academic. His work has appeared in The Walrus, The Los Angeles Review of Books, L’Obs, Canadian Dimension, Education Canada, and the MIT Technology Review, as well as in scholarly journals. He teaches philosophy and religious…

Stachniak, Eva

TORONTO

Eva

Stachniak

TORONTO

Eva Stachniak, born and raised in Wrocław, Poland, came to Canada in 1981 on scholarship to the Department of English, McGill University, in Montreal. In Poland she taught English literature at the University of Wroclaw. In Canada she has been a radio broadcaster and…

Toronto

Toronto

Marissa Stapley is the author of the critically acclaimed Globe and Mail bestselling novel Mating for Life, which was released in 2014 by Atria Books and Simon & Schuster Canada and reprinted in June 2016, and Things to Do When It's Raining, out in February 2018 with Graydon…

Starchuck, Lana

Etobicoke

Lana

Starchuck

Etobicoke

Lana Pesch’s story collection, Moving Parts, was published by Arsenal Pulp Press in 2015, and was shortlisted for the 2016 ReLit Awards. As of January 2024, she has reclaimed her birth name, Lana Starchuck, post divorce. Her writing has appeared in Little Bird Stories: Volumes I…

State, Hannah D.

Hannah D.

State

Hannah D. State is an award-winning Canadian author and science fiction/fantasy writer. Her debut novel, Journey to the Hopewell Star, was named “A Must-Have New Brunswick Book of 2020” by Atlantic Books Today, received the Literary Titan Gold Award, was a “RED RIBBON…

Staunton, Ted

Port Hope

Ted

Staunton

Port Hope

Ted Staunton has been publishing stories since writing a picture book called "Puddleman" for a university class way back in the '80s. Since then he's written over forty books of fiction and non-fiction for readers of middle-grade, YA, picture books, beginning…

Steele, Erin

Kelowna

Erin

Steele

Kelowna

Erin Steele is author of SUNRISE OVER HALF-BUILT HOUSES, writes On Being Human on Substack and is a former national-award-winning journalist. She’s also the founder and chief strategist at boutique marketing firm Blue Heron Agency. She's been…

Stefanovich-Thomson, Alexis

Toronto

Alexis

Stefanovich-Thomson

Toronto

Alexis Stefanovich-Thomson is a writer living in Toronto with his partner and their two children. His novella “The Man Who Went Down Under” won both the Black Orchid Novella Award (2021) and the Crime Writers of Canada Best Novella Award (2023). He placed third in the Toronto…