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Freeman, Bill
Toronto
Bill
Freeman
Toronto
Born in London, Ontario of a school teacher's family, Bill Freeman gained a PhD from McMaster University in Sociology. Hamilton was his home for a number of years, and he has written extensively about the city and its history. For ten years Bill lived in Montreal and taught at…
Frey, J.M.
Toronto
J.M.
Frey
Toronto
J.M.
J.M. is an author, screenwriter, and lapsed academic. With an MA in Communications and Culture, she’s appeared in podcasts, documentaries, and on radio and television to discuss all things geeky through the lens of academia. She also has an addiction to scarves, Doctor Who, and…
Friedland, Martin
Friedman, Kathy
Toronto
Kathy
Friedman
Toronto
Kathy
Kathy Friedman studied creative writing at UBC and the University of Guelph. She has been a finalist for the Trillium Book Award, the Danuta Gleed Literary Award, and the Writers’ Trust Bronwen Wallace Award for Emerging Writers. Her writing has appeared in publications…
Friesen, Bernice
Comox
Bernice
Friesen
Comox
BERNICE FRIESEN grew up in a family of dyslexics, inventors and other divergent minds. Though she began creative life as a visual artist, her books include The Seasons Are Horses, Sex, Death, and Naked Men, and her first novel, The Book of Beasts. It was shortlisted for the…
Friesen, Patrick
Friesen, Gayle
Fritze, Peter
Toronto
Peter
Fritze
Toronto
Peter Fritze practiced law as a solicitor in an Ontario government agency, partner in a major Toronto law firm and general counsel of a Canadian multinational. He’s now following his love of storytelling by writing suspense mysteries. In April 2014, he self-published The Case…
Frizzell, Colin
Toronto
Colin
Frizzell
Toronto
Colin Frizzell is an internationally published bestselling author and screenwriter. His screenplay, 'Lavender', a psychological thriller, was co-written and directed by Ed Gass-Donnelly. The film premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival. His books (Chill, Just J) appeared on…
Froese, Deborah
Frutkin, Mark
Ottawa
Mark
Frutkin
Ottawa
Mark Frutkin (1948, Cleveland, Ohio) has published nine books of fiction, three books of poetry and three works of nonfiction. His work has appeared in Canada, the U.S., England, Holland, India, Spain, Poland, Russia, South Korea and Turkey. He has written widely on art and…
Furlong, Dayle
Toronto
Dayle
Furlong
Toronto
Dayle Furlong is the author of the novel Saltwater Cowboys (Dundurn Press), a 2015 Toronto Public Library Dewey Diva Pick, a collection of short-fiction Lake Effect & Other Stories (Cormorant Books) and a collection of poetry entitled Open Slowly (Tightrope Books). Her short…
Fyvie, Erica
Toronto
Erica
Fyvie
Toronto
Erica
Erica Fyvie is a writer and editor in Toronto. Her first book, Trash Revolution, published by Kids Can Press, was published in 2018, and her second, Mad for Ads: How Advertising Gets (and Stays) in Our Heads, came out in 2021. 
Gabriel, Maryanna
Nelson
Maryanna
Gabriel
Nelson
Maryanna
Maryanna Gabriel is the author of Walking The Camino: On Earth As It Is, and Memento: A Coastal Recipe Treasure. She has a Master in Fine Arts in Creative Nonfiction, from the University of King’s College through Dalhousie University, and is a graduate of Simon Fraser University…
Gadsby, Alison
Tkaronto
Alison
Gadsby
Tkaronto
I am a first-generation Canadian living in Tkaronto. I hold an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of British Columbia and an HBA from York University in Creative Writing and English. My writing has appeared in various literary magazines, including The Temz Review, The…
Gage, S.R. "Sandy"
Huntsville
S.R. "Sandy"
Gage
Huntsville
S.R. "Sandy"
BA- McGill University, 1967 (editor-in-chief, McGill Daily '66-'67) M.Phil- Glasgow University, 1969
Gajdics, Peter
Vancouver
Peter
Gajdics
Vancouver
Peter
Peter Gajdics (pronounced “Guy-ditch”) is an award-winning writer whose essays, short memoir and poetry have appeared in Quillette, Huffington Post, X-tra, Maclean's, Advocate, New York Tyrant, The Gay and Lesbian Review / Worldwide, Cosmonauts Avenue, and Opium, among others.…
Galat, Joan Marie
Greater Edmonton Region
Joan Marie
Galat
Greater Edmonton Region
Joan Marie
Although she started making books at the age of nine, Joan Marie Galat wasn’t published until 12 years old, when she became a paid weekly newspaper columnist. Today she is the international award-winning author of more than 25 books with titles in seven languages. Make Your Mark…
Gale, Peggy
Toronto
Peggy
Gale
Toronto
Winner of the 2006 Governor General’s Award for Visual and Media Arts, Peggy Gale is an independent curator and writer whose texts on contemporary art, especially video and time-based contemporary works, have become artistic benchmarks. Born in Guyana in 1944, Gale studied at…
Gale, Shawn
Vancouver
Shawn
Gale
Vancouver
Shawn
Shawn Douglas Gale (born August 12, 1979) is a Canadian screenwriter, an academic, and a critically-acclaimed author. Gale graduated from Fraser Valley Writers' School with a Master's diploma. He graduated from Humber College's prestigious School for Writers, where he earned a…
Gallander, Benj
Toronto
Benj
Gallander
Toronto
Benj Gallander ran away to work in the Middle East, France and Czechoslovakia, but amidst betwixt and between, wrote a best-seller and six plays and a poetry book which is a left-right hemisphere link-up and started the SummerWorks Theatre Festival and his works sold in Austria…
Galt, George
Gane, Lorraine
Lorraine
Gane
Lorraine
Lorraine Gane was born in Niagara Falls, Ontario, and grew up in Toronto. In the mid-seventies she graduated from Carleton University’s Honours Journalism Program, then worked as a full-time writer and editor for major Canadian newspapers and magazines until 1989, when she began…
Gane, David
Regina
David
Gane
Regina
David Gane is one half of the internationally award-winning writing team of Counios & Gane. Besides being a writer, David is an occasional scriptwriting teacher and stay-at-home dad.   Counios & Gane are the proud recipients of the 2017 First Book Award with the…
Garbutt, Loretta
Toronto
Loretta
Garbutt
Toronto
Loretta developed a real love for picture books while working as a storyteller, bookseller and reviewer at Mabel’s Fables Bookstore in Toronto. Very thrilled to be putting books into the hands of tomorrow’s big readers, she felt it was time to write a few stories of her own.…