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Harbord, Heather

Powell River

Heather

Harbord

Powell River

Coming from generations of English blue water sailors, Heather Harbord arrived in Canada in 1963. She lived in British Columbia, Saskatchewan, and Nova Scotia before returning to British Columbia in 1977. She now makes her home in Powell River, B.C. in a house overlooking…

Harbridge, Kim

Kim

Harbridge

Kim Harbridge (she/her) is a writer and editor of speculative, scary, and otherwise strange fiction. Her writing has appeared in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, Pulp Literature, Strange Horizons, and The Year's Best Canadian Fantasy and Science Fiction Volume 2. When she's not…

Hardin, Herschel

Herschel

Hardin

At different times, an author, playwright, broadcaster, critic, arts commentator, economic historian, newspaper columnist, grassroots activist, public advocate, consultant, democratic socialist politician, and muckraker, Herschel Hardin brings his lively iconoclastic style to…

Hardy, Melissa

Port Stanley

Melissa

Hardy

Port Stanley

I am an award-winning (The Journey Prize, Canadian Authors Association Silver Jubilee Award) writer whose work has appeared in eight anthologies, including twice in both Best American Short Stories and in The Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror and once in Best Canadian Short…

Harlow, Robert

Robert

Harlow

Born in 1923, northern British Columbia. Bomber pilot, WWII. BA, 1948, UBC; MFA, 1950, University of Iowa. Fourteen years with the CBC in Vancouver as producer, station manager, and director of radio, BC region. Twenty-four years with the Department of Creative Writing at UBC,…

Harmer, Liz

Hamilton

Liz

Harmer

Hamilton

Liz Harmer is Strange Loops (2023) and The Amateurs (2018), both released with Knopf Canada. The Amateurs was shortlisted for the Amazon Canada First Novel Award in 2019. Also in 2019, she was the runner-up in the The Image/Mitchell Prize for a suite of poems. In 2018, her…

Harper, Sue

Kelowna

Sue

Harper

Kelowna

A self-professed “senior nomad” (she says some would suggest “crazy person”), Canadian writer Sue Harper spent 18 back-to-back winters in Kelowna, British Columbia and her adopted hometown, Wanaka, New Zealand, traveling as much as possible in between. Now she's back in the…

Harpur, Mari Hill

Montreal

Mari Hill

Harpur

Montreal

It was that special year: 1967 when the city of Montreal exploded onto the world’s stage and hosted Expo ‘67. My high school graduation from Westover School happened at that same time. My parents and I drove from Connecticut to Montreal stopping along the way at the…

Harrington, Sheila

Lasqueti Island

Sheila

Harrington

Lasqueti Island

Sheila is the author of Voices for the Islands, Thirty Years of Nature Conservation on the Salish Sea, published by Heritage House July, 2024. It has been on the BC bestseller list all summer. She was co-author and co-editor of the award winning, Islands in the Salish Sea,…

Harris , Jane

Lethbridge

Jane

Harris

Lethbridge

Jane Harris is a Canadian author, poet, and essayist with a strong background in journalism. Her published essays, books, and articles turn complex research into engaging scenes and easily understood messages. Finding Home in the Promised Land, a…

Harris, Carla

Regina

Carla

Harris

Regina

Carla Harris (they/she) is a disabled queer writer, performer and interdisciplinary artist from Treaty 4 territory, living in Regina Saskatchewan. They have performed in Verses Festival in Vancouver (2016), the Saskatoon Poetic Arts Festival (2018), and featured on their home…

Harris, Carolyn

Toronto

Carolyn

Harris

Toronto

Dr. Carolyn Harris is a historian, author and royal commentator, awarded the King Charles III Coronation Medal by the Lieutenant Governor of Ontario in 2025. She is an instructor in history at the University of Toronto School of Continuing Studies, receiving the Excellence in…

Harris , Maureen Scott

Toronto

Harris-Callway, Madeleine

Toronto

Madeleine

Harris-Callway

Toronto

After a career in science and business, I returned to my childhood love of writing. As an avid reader of crime fiction, I naturally chose this genre. Like many new writers, I had my share of rejections as well as wonderful writing teachers and encouragement. My breakthrough…

Harrison, Thomas

Picton

Thomas

Harrison

Picton

Thomas Harrison is a teacher, lawyer and a multidisiciplinary artist who lives on his family horse farm in beautiful Prince Edward County, Ontario. As an emerging artist, writing/visual/performance, Thomas has moved from a career as Provincial Crown Counsel and as a…

Harrison, Trevor

Lethbridge

Trevor

Harrison

Lethbridge

Trevor W. Harrison is a Professor Emeritus of Sociology at the University of Lethbridge. He was formerly Director of Parkland Institute (2011-2021), an Alberta-wide research organization, of which he was also a founding member. He was the recipient of the University of…

Hart, Madeleine

Minden

Madeleine

Hart

Minden

Madeleine is a Canadian author and video game writer based out of Minden, Ontario, Canada.Her middle grade fiction book, Year of the Carrot, was released in Spring 2025 by Second Story Press. One of her short stories, Sad Cat, is included in the upcoming anthology from Red Deer…

Hartleib, Renée

Halifax

Renée

Hartleib

Halifax

Renée Hartleib is a writer, editor, and writing mentor based out of Halifax, Nova Scotia. She has authored two books: Writing Your Way: A 40-Day Path of Self-Discovery (2022) and Solo Camino: An Empowering Guide for Women (2025). A graduate of the Humber School of Writers,…

Hartmann, Suzanne

YORK

Suzanne

Hartmann

YORK

Suzanne Elki Yoko Hartmann is an editor and writer. Her work reflects her roots as a fourth-generation Japanese Canadian with German ancestry and explores meaningful coincidences, cultural memories and identity. She is the author of a children’s book, My Father’s…

Coaticook

Coaticook

Brenda lives in the bucolic Eastern Townships of Southern Quebec, a region known for its abundant lakes and rivers, set against the backdrop of worn Appalachian Mountains.She and her husband, Léo Beaudoin, literally built their home with power tools and their own hands in what…

Harvey, Ella

Victoria

Ella

Harvey

Victoria

Ella Harvey (formerly Elaine) is a retired nurse with a B.Sc. in Nursing from the University of Victoria. Her diverse career and adventurous spirit have taken her to five continents with experiences in Asia and Africa marking her worldview. She presently lives in beautiful…

Harvey, Ken

Toronto

Ken

Harvey

Toronto

Ken is the author of a collection of short stories (If You Were With Me Everything Would Be All Right) and a memoir (A Passionate Engagement). The story collection won the Violet Quill Award for Best New Gay Fiction at the Lambda Literary Festival. The Italian translation of the…

Harvey, John

Kelowna

John

Harvey

Kelowna

John Harvey resides in Kelowna, British Columbia and is a member of the Okanagan Indian Band. He trained as an Electronic Engineering Technologist and worked for decades in Information Technology and Healthcare Support Services before turning to writing and freelance editing.

Harvey Steski, Carol

Toronto

Carol

Harvey Steski

Toronto

Carol Harvey Steski (she/her) grew up in Treaty 1 Territory (Winnipeg), Canada. Her debut poetry collection is rump + flank (NeWest Press, 2021, Crow Said Poetry series). Her poems have been published in the poetry anthology Another Dysfunctional Cancer Poem Anthology…