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Ottawa
Ottawa
Jennifer Cook was born and educated in England and came to Canada with her husband and daughter in 1967. During her children's school years the family was constantly on the move living in Zambia, Laos, Iran, the United Kingdom, South Africa and South America - all backgrounds…
Saint John
Saint John
Gregory Cook was born in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, and has worked variously as a newspaper reporter, university lecturer, freelance journalist and executive director of the Writers' Federation of Nova Scotia. He served as writer-in-residence at the University of Waterloo (1990-92)…
Toronto
Toronto
Stephanie is an award-nominated writer based out of Toronto, Canada. Some of her graphic novels include ParaNorthern, Oh My Gods, and The Racc Pack. She’s an avid reader, gamer, movie watcher, and pun connoisseur. She can often be found curled up with her snuggly cat…that she…
Montreal
Montreal
Douglas Anthony Cooper’s first novel, Amnesia (Random House) was a national bestseller. It was shortlisted for the Books in Canada First Novel Award, and longlisted for the Commonwealth Prize. His most recent novel, The Strangler Fig, will be appearing in Italian translation (as…
Ottawa
Cheryl was born in Toronto and now lives in Muskoka with her husband, Randy, and her two sons, Evan and Brodie. She hold degrees in English and education from Queen's University, and her articles and stories have appeared in numerous Canadian periodicals. Cheryl makes her book…
Toronto
Toronto
John Corcelli was born and raised in Toronto. He’s a writer, broadcaster, musician and golfer. He considers music his “religion”, with a love for all its forms especially Jazz. He plays clarinet and soprano sax (but not at the same time.) He graduated from Ryerson University in…
Toronto
Toronto
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…
Hamilton
Hamilton
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…
London
London
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…
Richmond Hill
Richmond Hill
Nella Cotrupi is an Italian-born Canadian writer, literary critic, scholar, translator and lawyer 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).  
St. John's
St. John's
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…
Vancouver
Vancouver
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…
Toronto
Toronto
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…
Kelowna
Kelowna
Myrl has been a writer since she was a teenager. Her fourth book, and first novel, She Who Burns, will be released in August, 2023. Myrl's first book, The House With the Broken Two: A Birthmother Remembers (Anvil Press, 2011), won the 2010 First Book Competition sponsored by…
Carleton Place
Carleton Place
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…
Toronto
Toronto
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…
Halifax
Tim
Halifax
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…
Burlington
Burlington
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…
Southern Ontario
Southern Ontario
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…
Bowen Island, BC
Bowen Island, BC
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,…
Toronto
Toronto
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…
Drumbo
Drumbo
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…
Born in Paarl, South Africa, Archie Crail studied for Anglican priesthood and came to Canada in 1980. He studied journalism and creative writing at the University of Regina. He wrote journalistic pieces, short fiction and drama for CBC and has taught creative writing. He also…