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Lefebvre, Mark Leslie

Waterloo

Mark Leslie

Lefebvre

Waterloo

Mark was bitten by the writing bug at a young age, and he has always enjoyed storytelling. His first published short story appeared in 1992, the same year he began his career in bookselling.Under the name Mark Leslie, he has published more than twenty-five full length books. He…

Lefler, Robin

Kitchener

Robin

Lefler

Kitchener

Robin Lefler lives near Toronto with her family and two anxious canines. Over the course of a career in tech, she has travelled the globe but generally prefers to be at home, where she can easily locate coffee, wine and high-quality waffles. Reasonable Adults is her debut…

Leggett, Catharine

London

Catharine

Leggett

London

Catharine Leggett's short stories have appeared in such publications as Event, Room, The Antigonish Review, Best New Writing, and in journals, anthologies, and online publications throughout Canada and the United States. Her work has been broadcast on CBC radio. A novel, The Way…

Lehmann, Alan

Terrace

Alan

Lehmann

Terrace

Alan began writing fiction in 2013. He lives in northwestern British Columbia with his wife and their regal, red-haired cat. Alan is the author of three novels (Hamlet the Novel, Inca Sunset, and Denver Aquarius), and is hoping to release his fourth novel (Death…

Smiths Cove

Victoria

Victoria

MARK LEIREN-YOUNG is an author, screenwriter, playwright, satirist, performer and environmentalist. His book about Moby Doll: The Killer Whale Who Changed the World won the 2016 Science Writers and Communicators Award. He has three new children's books - Orcas Everywhere,…

Lendrum, Bonnie

Carlisle

Bonnie

Lendrum

Carlisle

BONNIE L. LENDRUM Bonnie Lendrum began writing fiction during a stretch when she lost five people she loved—her best friend, father, father-in-law, and two other friends. It was a tumultuous time that exposed her to a health care system she thought she knew well. As a…

Lennon, Kathryn

Edmonton

Kathryn

Lennon

Edmonton

Kathryn 君妍 Lennon is a poet, editor and publisher. She writes to make sense of her connections to place, migration, identity, language, and food. She is also the co-creator, co-editor, and co-publisher of Hungry Zine.

Vernon

Vernon

John Lent was born in Antigonish, Nova Scotia in 1948; he grew up in Edmonton, Alberta. He studied at the University of Alberta from 1965-71, concentrating in his graduate studies on Modernist art movements and experiments with form. He was taught by the noted Canadian novelist…

Leslie, Rosella

Halfmoon Bay

Rosella

Leslie

Halfmoon Bay

Rosella Leslie is the author of three published novels and six nonfiction books, including the award-winning, co-authored, Stain Upon the Sea and Bright Seas, Pioneer Spirits. She has published numerous articles in magazines and local newspapers and edited two published books.…

Leslie, Alex

Vancouver

Alex

Leslie

Vancouver

Alex Leslie has published two collections of short stories and two collections of poetry, as well as a chapbook of microfictions. Alex's collection of short stories are We All Need to Eat (Book*hug 2019) was shortlisted for a BC Book Prize for fiction and the Kobzar…

Lesychyn, Luba

Toronto

Luba

Lesychyn

Toronto

Luba Lesychyn (le-si-shin) is the author of Theft Between the Rains and Theft By Chocolate. In Theft Between the Rains, an amateur sleuth and museum employee finds herself pulled into international art theft intrigue when masterpieces missing since WWII start…

Letson, Kim

Courtenay

Kim

Letson

Courtenay

With a Canadian military father, Kim spent her childhood living in various parts of Canada and Europe. She and her husband, Mike Simpson, served twenty-year careers in the Canadian Forces. Retiring in the Comox Valley on Vancouver Island, they focussed on raising their two sons…

Lettre, Véronique

Lefaivre

Véronique

Lettre

Lefaivre

Véronique Lettre est originaire de Québec et habite aujourd’hui en Ontario avec son chum Michel et son chien Léopold Bichon, qui se considère probablement comme le véritable auteur de la maison.Après avoir publié trois romans, dont deux inspirés de sa propre vie, elle a eu envie…

Levenson, Christopher

Vancouver

Christopher

Levenson

Vancouver

Born London, England 1934; came to Canada 1968, taught English, Creative Writing and Comparative Literature at Carleton University, Ottawa, from 1968 to 1999, now Adjunct Professor. He lived for approximately two years in the Netherlands and three in Germany, and has travelled…

Leventhal, Anna

Winnipeg

Anna

Leventhal

Winnipeg

Anna Leventhal’s acclaimed short story collection Sweet Affliction (Invisible Publishing) won the Quebec Writers’ Federation Concordia University First Book Prize and was named a book of the year by CBC Books. It was translated into French by Daniel Grenier and…

Leventoyannis Harvey, Stella

Whistler

Stella

Leventoyannis Harvey

Whistler

Stella Leventoyannis Harvey was born in Cairo, Egypt and moved to Calgary as a child with her family. Stella founded the Whistler Writers Society, which each year produces the Whistler Writers Festival and other literary programming; after twenty years in the role, she…

Levine, Allan

Winnipeg

Allan

Levine

Winnipeg

Allan Levine was born and raised in Winnipeg. He attended the University of Manitoba receiving a bachelor of arts (1977) and a certificate in education (1983), and also received a MA (1979) and PhD (1985) in history from the University of Toronto. From 1984 to 2012 he…

Levy, Joanne

Clinton

Joanne

Levy

Clinton

Award winning and NYT bestselling author, Joanne Levy’s love of books began at a very early age. Being the youngest and the only female among four children, she was often left to her own devices and could frequently be found sitting in a quiet corner with her nose in a book.…

Levy, Robyn

Robyn

Levy

Robyn Michele Levy is a visual artist, radio broadcaster, and writer. Her writing has been published in the Vancouver Sun, the Georgia Straight, and the Vancouver Courier, and she has also dabbled in stand-up comedy and slam poetry. At age forty-three, Robyn Levy was diagnosed…

Levy, Jerry

Toronto

Jerry

Levy

Toronto

My first collection of stories - Urban Legend - came out with Thistledown Press in 2013. In 2020, my second collection - The Quantum Theory of Love and Madness - was published by Guernica Editions. My third collection, The Philosopher Stories, will be published by Guernica in…

Levy, Myrna

Toronto, ON

Myrna

Levy

Toronto, ON

Myrna Neuringer Levy was born in Brooklyn, New York, received her Bachelor's degree from Barnard College, Columbia University, and her ME.d. degree from the National College of Education in Evanston, Illinois. She lives in Toronto and is a retired teacher/librarian. She has one…

Lewin, Trent

Waterloo

Trent

Lewin

Waterloo

Trent Lewin is a fiction writer of East Indian heritage who lives in Waterloo, Ontario. His fiction has appeared in Grain, The New Quarterly, FreeFall, Ex-Puritan and The Bangalore Review. He has won Boulevard's Emerging Writers Contest, the New Ohio Review's Annual Contest, and…

Lewis, Catherine

Vancouver

Catherine

Lewis

Vancouver

Catherine Lewis (she/her/hers) is a Chinese Canadian writer and poet. Her debut queer poetry chapbook Zipless, published by The /tƐmz/ Review’s 845 Press in 2021 and now in its fourth printing, is a finalist for the Bisexual Book Award for Poetry.She is a finalist for the…