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Dhaliwal, Preeti Kaur

Traditional and unceded territories of the Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh Nations || Vancouver ||

Preeti Kaur

Dhaliwal

Traditional and unceded territories of the Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh Nations || Vancouver ||

Preeti Kaur Dhaliwal (she/her) is a critical race feminist, writer, former lawyer, educator and facilitator who grew up on the traditional, present and future territories of the Semiahmoo, Katzie, Kwikwetlem, Kwantlen, Qayqayt, Tsawwassen and Musqueam First Nations (also known…

Toronto

Toronto

ANGEL DI ZHANG is a Canadian author. She was educated in the joint BA-MIA program at Columbia University, and is a painter and an internationally exhibited fine art photographer. Her debut novel THE LIGHT OF ETERNAL SPRING published with Random House Canada in 2023. …

Diaczuk, Doug

Thunder Bay

Doug

Diaczuk

Thunder Bay

Doug Diaczuk is an author, journalist, and photographer living in Thunder Bay, Ontario. He has a master’s degree in English Literature from Lakehead University. His work has been published in Geist, Quill and Quire, and Subterrain. In 2015, Doug won the 38thannual 3-Day Novel…

Victoria

Victoria

Zoe Dickinson is a poet and bookseller from Victoria, British Columbia. Her poetry is rooted in the Pacific coastline, with a focus on local ecology and human relationships with nature. She has been published in literary journals such as Existere, Prairie Fire, and Contemporary…

Dickinson, Mary Lou

Toronto

Mary Lou

Dickinson

Toronto

Mary Lou Dickinson's fiction has been published in the University of Windsor Review, Descant, Waves, Grain, Northern Journey, Impulse, Writ, The Fiddlehead, Canadian Woman Studies and broadcast on CBC Radio. Her writing was also included in the anthology, We Who Can Fly:…

Dickson, H. Leighton

Thunder Bay

H. Leighton

Dickson

Thunder Bay

H. Leighton Dickson grew up in the wilds of the Canadian Shield, where her neighbours were wolves, moose, deer and lynx. She studied Zoology at the University of Guelph and worked in the Edinburgh Zoological Gardens in Scotland, where she was chased by lions, wrestled deaf…

Dickson, Barbara

Scarborough

Barbara

Dickson

Scarborough

Barbara Dickson is a sought-after professionally-trained public speaker, local historian, and author in both fiction and non-fiction. She has been entertaining and educating audiences for over twenty years. She lives in Scarborough, Ontario. Diagnosed with multiple…

Dickson, Alessia

Toronto

Alessia

Dickson

Toronto

Alessia Dickson is the award winning author of The Crystal Chronicles series for teens. Alessia is a youth empowerment advocate working to inspire students to find their creative voice and reach their full potential. She lives in Toronto, Ontario, where she she frequents cozy…

DiEdoardo, Christina Ann-Marie

Vancouver

Christina Ann-Marie

DiEdoardo

Vancouver

Born in New York City back when it was legitimately dangerous, Christina Ann-Marie DiEdoardo has been fascinated with history, particularly the tales of those society sees as outlaws, since she could first open a book. A dual citizen of Canada and the United States, she can…

Diem, Rebecca

Owen Sound

Rebecca

Diem

Owen Sound

Rebecca Diem writes hopeful speculative fiction and poetry. Her work can be found on Reactor and Write Magazine, and she is the author of the indie steampunk series Tales of the Captain Duke. She is currently finishing her first full-length novel and working on a postpartum…

Diezyn, Caroline

London

Caroline

Diezyn

London

Caroline Diezyn is a writer, artist, and PhD candidate.Caroline's professional writing experience began in 2006, writing and editing for websites including Offbeat Wed.Caroline worked as a writing instructor at the university level from 2015-2023, including a year teaching…

Dillon , Pamela

Pamela

Dillon

PAMELA DILLON is a prize-winning writer and poet. A graduate of the University of Toronto’s creative writing program, Pamela’s short story We Come and We Go, and her novel excerpt As Good as Any Other won the top ten placements in the 2013 and 2015 Penguin Random…

Dionne, JoAnn

Victoria

JoAnn

Dionne

Victoria

JoAnn Dionne holds an Honours BA in English from McGill University and an MFA in Writing from the University of Victoria. Her first book, Little Emperors: A Year with the Future of China, was a finalist for the City of Victoria Butler Book Prize and short-listed for the…

DiRaddo, Christopher

Montreal

Christopher

DiRaddo

Montreal

Christopher DiRaddo is the author of the novels The Family Way (2021), shortlisted for the F.G Bressani Literary Prize, and The Geography of Pluto (2014). His essays and short stories have appeared in First Person Queer: Who We Are (So Far), Here & Now: An…

Ditmars, Hadani

often in transit

Hadani

Ditmars

often in transit

Author, journalist, and photographer Hadani Ditmars has reported from Lebanon, Israel/Palestine, and Iraq, often examining the human costs of sectarian strife as well as cultural resistance to war, occupation and embargo.Currently, Hadani is a co-editor at the New…

Dixon, Heather

Burlington

Heather

Dixon

Burlington

Heather Dixon is a writer with a deep passion for stories that explore the complexities of motherhood and family secrets, but she'll never say no to the charm of heartfelt romance. She is the author of three novels, including Burlington, Last Summer at the Lake House, and The…

Dixon , Sean

Toronto

Sean

Dixon

Toronto

Sean Dixon grew up in a family of 12, including his 8 siblings, parents and a grandmother, through several Ontario towns, predisposing him to tell stories about groups of people thrown together in common cause. His debut novel, The Girls Who Saw Everything, was named one of…

Djwa, Sandra

West Vancouver

Sandra

Djwa

West Vancouver

Sandra Djwa, FRSC, CM., is a writer, critic and cultural biographer. A Newfoundlander, she completed a PhD at the University of British Columbia. She taught Canadian literature in the English department at Simon Fraser University from 1968 to 2005 when she retired as J…

Dobie, Pat

Vancouver

Pat

Dobie

Vancouver

Pat Dobie is a writer, editor, and teacher who grew up on the traditional, unceded territory of the Coast Salish peoples (Vancouver, BC). She's a two-time winner of the International 3-Day Novel Contest, a past finalist for the Historical Novel Society’s New Novel…

Dobson, Michael

North Bay

Michael

Dobson

North Bay

As a Canadian author and artist, my involvement in the arts spans five decades. I have served on art councils, boards and juries, and I have been the Director/Curator of a public gallery in Ontario. My artwork and artist’s books have been exhibited in Canada and…

Dobson, Jillian

Richmond Hill

Jillian

Dobson

Richmond Hill

Jillian delights in discovering stories in the everyday. She’s gathered tales through various unofficial and official roles. Jillian has lived in Alberta and Quebec and now lives in Richmond Hill, Ontario, with her incredible husband, their two inspiring children and a cuddly…

Doctor, Farzana

Etobicoke

Farzana

Doctor

Etobicoke

Farzana Doctor is a Tkaronto-based author, activist and a psychotherapist. She has written four critically acclaimed novels and a poetry collection. Her latest novel, Seven, which Ms. Magazine described as “fully feminist and ambitiously bold”, …

Doege, Michelle

Vernon

Michelle

Doege

Vernon

Michelle Doege holds an MFA in Creative Writing in poetry and mixed genre from Augsburg College (2016), Minneapolis. Her debut book of poems, Root of Light, explores borders and migrations, but also, ancestors, sexuality, crossing internal borders to live our truest, bold selves…