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Lane, Marcy

Kingsville

Marcy

Lane

Kingsville

Marcy Lane draws inspiration from the rich tapestry of human behavior, crafting stories that spotlight ordinary Canadian women navigating life's most challenging situations. Her debut novel, A Mercy of Widows, published in August 2023, explores themes of grief and resilience,…

Lang, Catherine

VICTORIA

Catherine

Lang

VICTORIA

Catherine Lang won the Penny Wise Journalism Scholarship to attend the journalism program at Langara College in 1988, after which she moved on to community newspaper reporting and freelance writing. These endeavours led to the publication of O'Bon in Chimunesu in 1996.…

Langhorst, Barbara

Edmonton

Barbara

Langhorst

Edmonton

Barbara Langhorst was born and educated in Edmonton, Alberta. After teaching for nearly 20 years at St. Peter's College in Saskatchewan, Langhorst has now moved back to Edmonton, where she teaches writing and is a mentor and editor.

Lanthier, Kateri

Toronto

Kateri

Lanthier

Toronto

Kateri Lanthier is a poet, essayist, and reviewer. Her books are Reporting from Night (Iguana, 2011) and Siren (Signal Editions, Véhicule Press, 2017), which was longlisted for the 2018 Pat Lowther Memorial Award. Poems from Siren have been included in four anthologies. Her…

Lapadat, Judith

Nanoose Bay

Judith

Lapadat

Nanoose Bay

Judith Lapadat, a Canadian writer, artist, and professor emeritus, has published 65 scholarly articles and chapters and co-authored an academic book. Her first poetry collection, Mixed Messages (Caitlin Press, 2002), followed a co-authored poetry book, Groping Our Way Beyond…

LaPierre , Margo

Ottawa

Margo

LaPierre

Ottawa

Margo LaPierre is a Canadian freelance editor and the author of Ajar (Guernica Editions, 2025). She serves on the Arc Poetry Magazine executive and editorial boards and is a member of poetry collective VII, who jointly authored Towers (Collusion Books, 2021) and Holy Disorder of…

Lappano, Jon-Erik

Stratford

Jon-Erik

Lappano

Stratford

Jon-Erik Lappano is an award-winning and best-selling children’s author, educator, and presenter. His debut picture book, Tokyo Digs a Garden, illustrated by Kellen Hatanaka, won the Governor General's Literary Award and was a finalist for the TD Canadian…

Larsen, Andrew

toronto

Laskin, William 'Grit'

Toronto

LaSorda, Allison

Halifax

Allison

LaSorda

Halifax

Allison LaSorda’s writing has been nominated for National Magazine Awards and the CBC Poetry Prize, and selected as a Notable Essay in Best American Essays 2021. A recipient of scholarships from the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity and the Vermont Studio…

Latimer, Milree

Oakville

Milree

Latimer

Oakville

I began writing historical fiction in my sixties shortly after I retired from my career as a teacher and professor.Since writing my first novel, I've written three historical novels and I'm working on my fourth.www

Lau, Doretta

Vancouver

Doretta

Lau

Vancouver

Doretta Lau started watching horror movies at age nine and sketch comedy at eleven, which was probably why she ended up completing an MFA in Writing at Columbia University. She spent her days in New York working in children’s publishing and her nights watching musicians…

Lau, Grace

Midland

Grace

Lau

Midland

Grace is a queer Hong Kong-born settler living on the traditional and Treaty territory of the Anishinabek people, now known as the Chippewa Tri-Council comprised of the Beausoleil, Rama, and Georgina Island First Nations. Her sophomore collection, Be Water, is out in summer 2026…

Lavell, Fisher

Swan River

Fisher

Lavell

Swan River

Fisher Lavell is a working-class writer. In 2023, her first novel, A Seven Year Ache, was shortlisted for the Margaret Laurence Award. Her second novel, Three Days Till Rapture, won the American Working Class Studies Association's Tillie Olsen Award in 2026. Her short…

Lavender, Cory

Gunning Cove

Cory

Lavender

Gunning Cove

Cory Lavender is a poet of African Nova Scotian and European descent living in Mi’kma’ki. His full-length collection of poems, Come One Thing Another (Gaspereau Press, 2024), won the 2025 Maxine Tynes Nova Scotia Poetry Award. His chapbooks are Lawson Roy’s Revelation…

Kingston

Kingston

Chantel Lavoie is a professor in the department of English, Culture, and Communication at the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston. She has published poetry and fiction in journals like The New Quarterly, Dalhousie Review, Arc, Prairie Fire, and Canadian…

Laws, Robin

Toronto

Robin

Laws

Toronto

Robin D. Laws writes novels, short stories, web serials, a comic strip, and has contributed to a variety of new media projects. He was recently named Creative Director of a new fiction imprint, Stone Skin Press. His blog is a cavalcade of hobby games, film, culture, narrative…

Lawson, Julie

Victoria, BC

Julie

Lawson

Victoria, BC

Julie Lawson was born in Victoria, B.C. and graduated from the University of Victoria with an Honours B.A. in French. She lived and taught in France, travelled extensively, and settled in rural East Sooke on Vancouver Island. She taught elementary school for 18 years. She now…

Lax, Sharon

Deux-Montagnes / Wendat, Abenakai, Anishaabeg and Kanien'kehá:ka

Sharon

Lax

Deux-Montagnes / Wendat, Abenakai, Anishaabeg and Kanien'kehá:ka

Sharon Lax is a teacher and author. Her collection of short stories, Shattered Fossils (2020), is available through Guernica Editions. She is ever grateful to the Canada Council for the Arts’ assistance in developing her latest collection of poetry that explores the loss we’re…

Layman, Jennifer

Pembroke

Jennifer

Layman

Pembroke

Jennifer is a small business marketing author and speaker. Located in Pembroke, Ontario, Jennifer has been working with small businesses for nearly 20 years. In 2023, she published her first book – Forward Thinking for Your Business – after noticing that many small business…

Lazarus, Eve

NORTH VANCOUVER

Eve

Lazarus

NORTH VANCOUVER

Eve Lazarus is a reporter and author and she hosts and produces the Cold Case Canada true crime podcast. Her books include the BC bestsellers Cold Case BC; Murder by Milkshake; Sensational Vancouver and Vancouver Exposed: Searching for the City's Hidden History. Her latest…

Lazurko, Anne

Weyburn

Anne

Lazurko

Weyburn

Anne Lazurko is an award-winning author, a no-awards farmer, and sometime poet. Her novel, What is Written on the Tongue (ECW Press, 2022) received the Sask Book Awards Fiction Award and was shortlisted for both Book of the Year and the $20,000 Glengarry Book Award.…

Le Bel, Pauline

Bowen Island

Pauline

Le Bel

Bowen Island

Pauline has been spinning songs and stories ever since she graduated with a Bachelor of Music in Voice in 1975 from the University of Alberta. She is an award-winning screenwriter, award-winning novelist, a playwright, journalist, editor, recently published poet, and…

Leach, Sara

Whistler

Sara

Leach

Whistler

Sara Leach is the author of nine books for children, including Duck Days, illustrated by Rebecca Bender. Its companion book, Slug Days, was a finalist for a Foreword Indie Book Award for Juvenile Fiction and nominated for the Chocolate Lily Book Award. Penguin Days was a Bank…