Alexis Kienlen is a poet, journalist, fiction writer, book reviewer, and creative writing teacher whose work has appeared in numerous publications across Canada. Born in Saskatoon, Alexis currently lives in Edmonton, Alberta. She holds an Honours degree in International Studies…

Senior Fellow and resident at Massey College, University of Toronto where I produce The JCR: A Massey Podcast, a platform for graduate students to share their research, ideas, projects and passions through interviews and commentary. Inglis professor (emerita) in the School of…

Christina Kilbourne (she/her) is an award-winning author of adult, young adult, and middle grade fiction. Her books have won several readers choice awards over the years, including a Manitoba Young Readers Choice Award, a Snow Willow Award, and a Red Cedar Award. She has also…

Nancy Kilpatrick is an award-winning author who has published 23 novels, 1 non-fiction book, over 250 short stories, 10 collections of her short fiction, plus comic books, a graphic novel, and she has edited 15 anthologies. Her work is traditionally published but she has also…

Michelle is the author of the middle-grade novel, Running Through Sprinklers. A former journalist for BBC in London, Michelle now works in the film industry; her directorial debut, The Tree Inside, which she also wrote and starred in, played at film festivals across North…

STEPHEN KIMBER is an award-winning writer, editor and broadcaster. He is the author of 13 books, including two novels and nine works of nonfiction: Bitcoin Widow: Love, Betrayal and the Missing Millions (HarperCollins, 2022) (with Jennifer Robertson); Alexa! Changing the Face…

Fran Kimmel writes and teaches in central Alberta. After graduating from the University of Calgary with a degree in Sociology, she has held an eclectic assortment of jobs including Boys and Girls Club director, youth worker, career counsellor, proposal writer, communications…

Kurt Kirchmeier is a Saskatchewan-based author and photographer who writes strange and fantastical stories for readers of all ages. His short stories and poems have appeared in more than fifty magazines and anthologies around the world. His coming-of-age horror novel THE ABSENCE…

Heather Kirk has written professionally for over 40 years, producing newspaper and magazine articles, scholarly papers, radio scripts, translations, poetry, short stories, and novels. She has also taught writing for about 30 years in colleges and universities. Some of her books…

Sharon Kirsch is a writer of fiction, creative non-fiction, and journalism whose literary passions range from companion beaver to celebrated hustlers to buried treasure. She was born and raised in Montreal, where The Smallest Objective, her award-winning memoir and family …

Jónína Kirton is a Red River Métis/Icelandic poet. She graduated from the Simon Fraser University’s Writer’s Studio in 2007, where she is now an instructor. Although she acknowledges and is thankful for the teachings offered through academic institutions, she leans heavily into…

Heidi Klaassen (she/her) is a Pushcart-nominated writer and editor. Her work has appeared in Salon, Redivider, The Calgary Herald, Westword, Alberta Views, The Sprawl and various anthologies. Her personal essay, "Been Caught Stealing: Life Inside The Lorraine" was a finalist for…

Ross Klatte was born in Minneapolis and raised on a Minnesota family farm.  After service in the U.S. Navy and obtaining a degree in journalism from the University of Minnesota, he worked as a reporter and editor in Chicago and Detroit before emigrating with his wife to Canada…

Marilyn Kleiber, born in South Africa, but raised primarily in Canada, has been writing since childhood. She is an instructor in writing skills, an author, and a mentor to a variety of other scribblers. Everything she teaches as an instructor, she has used in her own works. Her…

Seth Klein is the Team Lead and Director of Strategy with the Climate Emergency Unit. Prior to that, he served for 22 years as the founding director of the British Columbia office of the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA), Canada’s foremost social justice think tank…

Bonnie Sherr Klein began her career as a freelance documentary filmmaker in New York in the 1960’s after obtaining a BA from Barnard College and an MA in Communications at Stanford University. She immigrated to Canada with her husband as Vietnam War resisters in 1967, and began…

Ken Klonsky is the Director of Innocence International, an innocence project representing wrongly convicted people. A friend and colleague of the late Rubin "Hurricane" Carter, the innocence work has shifted his writing career for the past ten years. He is the author of "Life…

Maggie Knaus is a photographer and artist and serves on the executive of the Friends of the Osborne Collection of Early Children's Books. She published her first children's book, Eleanor's Moon in 2023. Originally from Washington, DC, Maggie now lives in Toronto with her husband…