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Bennett, Jo Anne

Jo Anne

Bennett

Jo Anne Williams Bennett was born in Brooklyn, New York. She studied in New York and at Cambridge, in the U.K. An anthropologist among other things, she has spent substantial amounts of time in Ghana, West Africa. She also lived for many years in the U.K. She works as an…

Benson, Eugene

Eugene

Benson

Eugene Benson is a Canadian citizen born in Northern Ireland in 1928. He obtained an M.A. from the University of Western Ontario, and a Ph.D. from the University of Toronto. He is currently a professor of English at the University of Guelph. He married Renate Niklaus in 1968 and…

Benstead, Steven

Winnipeg

Steven

Benstead

Winnipeg

Steven Benstead has published two novels,The Wooing of a Lady (1978) and Driving Blind (1998). His short fiction has appeared in The Fiddlehead, The Dalhousie Review, The Journey Prize: Stories 25, Grain Magazine, Prairie Fire, and The Antigonish Review. He also wrote the text…

Bentley, Dorothy

Foothills

Dorothy

Bentley

Foothills

Dorothy Bentley is published in articles, cartoons, columns, interviews, short stories, poetry, and novels. Her picture book, Summer North Coming, (Fitzhenry & Whiteside) was released in 2019, and her YA novel, Escape from the Wildfire, (Lorimer Kids…

Bentley, B.R.

West Vancouver

B.R.

Bentley

West Vancouver

The author has lived in Bermuda, Canada and South Africa while enjoying a global career as a banker and corporate executive. An enthusiastic sailor, scuba diver, and occasional art collector, he draws on the experiences from his travels, business, and recreational pursuits to…

Benvie, Rob

Berg, Sharon

P.O.Box 128, Charlottetown, NL, A0C 1L0

Sharon

Berg

P.O.Box 128, Charlottetown, NL, A0C 1L0

Sharon Berg released two books in September 2019 and two more in September 2020. She writes poetry, fiction, nonfiction, book reviews, and articles.Sharon released her debut collection of short fiction called 'Naming the Shadows' (Porcupines Quill. 2019). Next, was a cross-genre…

Abbotsford

Abbotsford

Nikki Bergstresser is an educator, author and speaker. When not in the classroom or writing at her desk, Nikki can often be found hiking forest trails and mountains of coastal British Columbia. Some of her best story ideas have grown from time spent in nature. Nikki loves…

Nepean

St. Thomas

St. Thomas

Julie Berry has published three collections of poetry – worn thresholds (Brick) 1995, reprinted 2006, the walnut-cracking machine (Buschek) 2010, and most recently, the chapbook, I am, &c. The Gilbert White Poems (Baseline Press) 2015. Poems have appeared in Arc Poetry…

Berryman, Tony

Invermere

Tony

Berryman

Invermere

Tony Berryman writes mysteries and thrillers, two fingers at a time. His first massage therapy thriller, The Night Nurse, was published in 2020. The second, On Borrowed Time, will hit the stands in 2025. Tony also co-writes adventure stories under the name Trigger Jones with…

Bertin, Johanna

Smithfield

Johanna

Bertin

Smithfield

Johanna Bertin is a freelance writer who makes her home in Smithfield, New Brunswick. She is the author of two non-fiction books focusing on unusual events in Canadian history, a narrative history of Sable Island, a children’s biography of Sir Charles Tupper, a story in an …

Berwick, Dennison

Toronto

Dennison

Berwick

Toronto

Travelling and writing have always been Dennison Berwick's passions. "There's too much of the world to see, and too many fascinating people to meet, to stay in one place for too long," says the sailor, storyteller and nomad. Born in Yorkshire, England, he emigrated to Canada in…

Besel, Donna

Lac du Bonnet

Donna

Besel

Lac du Bonnet

Donna Besel loves writing of all kinds and leads workshops for writers of all ages. In 2016, her collection of short stories, "Lessons from a Nude Man," captured fourth place spot on McNally Robinson Bookstore’s annual bestsellers list, and nominations for Margaret Laurence…

Best, Lauren

Owen Sound

Lauren

Best

Owen Sound

Lauren Best lives where the Pottawatomi River meets Georgian Bay, on the territory of the Saugeen Ojibway Nation (now known as Owen Sound, Ontario). She is an interdisciplinary creative with a multifaceted professional practice as a performance/intermedia poet, musician/composer…

Best , Ashley-Elizabeth

Bhadresa, Kirti

Calgary

Kirti

Bhadresa

Calgary

Kirti Bhadresa lives with her family in Calgary, Alberta on Treaty 7 territory. Her first book, a short story collection entitled An Astonishment of Stars was published in October 2024. Kirti's writing engages with themes of visibility, belonging and love, with protagonists who…

Bhathena, Tanaz

Mississauga

Tanaz

Bhathena

Mississauga

Tanaz Bhathena writes books for young adults. She is the author of Rising like a Storm, the sequel to the 2021 White Pine Award winning novel, Hunted by the Sky, which was also named a Best Book of the Year by the CBC and USBBY. Her novel, The Beauty of the Moment…

Bickell, Katie

Sherwood Park

Katie

Bickell

Sherwood Park

Katie Bickell is an Albertan short story writer and novelist who writes with a focus on the representation of place. Katie's debut novel, Always Brave, Sometimes Kind (Brindle & Glass, 2020) won the 2021 Indie Author Project for Alberta, the 2020 Alberta…

Bielawski, Ellen

Haines Junction

Ellen

Bielawski

Haines Junction

Ellen Bielawski is a lifelong northerner. She's published books set in the Northwest Territories and in Alaska, including Rogue Diamonds which was awarded Best of the Year – Resources by Canadian Geographic, as well as numerous works in The Globe and Mail, Arctic and Orion…

Biello, Tina

Tina

Biello

Tina Biello, born in a small logging town in BC, to immigrant parents from Southern Italy. She is an actor, poet and playwright. She has three full length collections of poetry published with a fourth coming out in 2024 with Caitlin Press. Her first collection was part…

Binks, Andrew

milford

Andrew

Binks

milford

Andrew Binks is the author of the novels THE SUMMER BETWEEN and STRIP (both Nightwood Editions). His next novel THE AGREEMENT will be published (Cormorant Books) in fall 2026. He has worked, written, acted and taught across the globe. Andrew holds a BA in Drama from Queen'…

Binning, Sadhu

Burnaby

Sadhu

Binning

Burnaby

Sadhu Binning D. Litt. Sadhu, a bilingual author, has lived in the Vancouver area since migrating to Canada in 1967. He has published more than nineteen books of poetry, fiction, plays, translations and research. His works have been included in more than fifty anthologies both…

Birch, Ann

Toronto

Ann

Birch

Toronto

Ann has an M.A. (1974) from the University of Toronto. For many years she was Head of English in Toronto secondary schools. In 1996 she was named Teacher of the Year. She has given lectures on the teaching of writing at national and international conferences and served for many…