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Mellor, Jane
Sechelt
Jane
Mellor
Sechelt
Born and raised in San Francisco, California, I went looking for adventure at the age of nineteen, headed north to Canada, where I found what I was looking for. For many years I lived off the grid in the back-country of British Columbia before moving to the city of Vancouver in…
Mendel, Charlotte
Enfield
Charlotte
Mendel
Enfield
I was born in Nova Scotia and spent several years travelling around the world, working in France, England, Turkey, and India, ending up in Israel where I spent ten years working as an Editorial Assistant in a publishing company. I returned to Canada to raise my children, and…
Meneghetti, Monica
Mansons Landing
Menezes, Braz
Mengel, Tom
Pouch Cove
Tom
Mengel
Pouch Cove
Tom Mengel has recently (March 1, 2023) retired from his position as leadership professor at the University of New Brunswick, Fredericton. He is a historian, futurist, and a writer. He journeys between and beyond times and spaces. Originally from Germany, he has…
Mercer, Rick
Mercer, George
North Saanich
George
Mercer
North Saanich
For more than three decades George worked as a national park warden in Canada, including work in six national parks on both east and west coasts, the North and the Rocky Mountains.  Since retiring in 2012 George's passion for parks and protected areas formed the backdrop…
Mercuri Maiolo, Anna
Montreal
Anna
Mercuri Maiolo
Montreal
Anna is a former college professor of English Literature and English as a Second Language. She has been engaged in writing stories, highlighting intersections of culture, family and identity,  for many years, and in retirement has now taken the time to edit and publish them…
Meredith, Don
COBBLE HILL
Don
Meredith
COBBLE HILL
Combining his interests in writing and biology, Don Meredith has forged a successful career as an outdoor writer and communications consultant. Born in Los Angeles, California, he came to Alberta in 1970 to finish his graduate studies in wildlife biology. He then worked as a…
Merriam, Joanne
Dartmouth
Joanne
Merriam
Dartmouth
Joanne Merriam is a writer and poet. In 2001, she left her position as the Executive Assistant of the Writers’ Federation of Nova Scotia to travel Canada by train, and then parts of the Northeastern and Southern United States. Her book of poetry, The Glaze from Breaking (Stride…
Messier, Mireille
Annapolis Royal
Mireille
Messier
Annapolis Royal
Mireille
Mireille Messier is a Montreal-born, Ottawa-raised and now Nova Scotia-based children’s author with a background in theatre and broadcasting. She has published over thirty picture books and chapter books, some in French, some in English. When she is not writing books, Mireille…
Metcalfe-Chenail, Danielle
Whites Lake
Danielle
Metcalfe-Chenail
Whites Lake
 Danielle Metcalfe-Chenail is a multi-genre and multi-passionate author, coach, editor and consultant. She's probably best known for her inclusive aviation histories and picture books - but she's also working on memoir, book club fiction and her first contemporary romance.…
Methot, Suzanne
Gabriola
Suzanne
Methot
Gabriola
Suzanne
Suzanne Methot is the author of the award-winning non-fiction book Legacy: Trauma, Story, and Indigenous Healing and the YA non-fiction book Killing the Wittigo: Indigenous Culture-Based Approaches to Waking Up, Taking Action, and Doing the Work of Healing. She is also co-…
Meyrick, Rich
New Dundee
Rich
Meyrick
New Dundee
Rich is the fingertips behind everything associated with Jaspa’s Journey. Born in Wales, he developed a fascination in geography, history and the environment at an early age, interests which culminated in a PhD from the University of Cambridge (UK) and a post-doc at the…
Mezghanni, Samar Samir
Ottawa
Samar Samir
Mezghanni
Ottawa
Samar Samir Mezghanni is a Tunisian-Iraqi-Canadian author and international speaker with two records in Guinness Book for World Records as the youngest writer in the world in 2000 and the youngest most prolific writer in the world in 2002. Her first book was published at the age…
Michaels, Anne
Anne
Michaels
In addition to the publications listed, Anne Michaels's work has been included in numerous anthologies--among them Poetry by Canadian Women (Toronto: Oxford University, 1988), Sudden Miracles (Toronto: Second Story Press, 1991), and Worst Journeys (U.K: Picador, 1992).
Michaels, Sean
Montreal
Sean
Michaels
Montreal
SEAN MICHAELS is the author of Do You Remember Being Born?, a story of AI and poetry. He is also the author of the novels Us Conductors and The Wagers, and founder of the pioneering music blog Said the Gramophone. His non-fiction has appeared in The…
Michel, Pauline
Boucherville
Pauline
Michel
Boucherville
Pauline Michel is a passionate and multifaceted artist—poet, novelist, screenwriter, short story writer, playwright, and singer-songwriter. Her creative realm pulses with vivid imagery and deep sensitivity. Her body of work includes over 20 novels, poetry collections, short…
Micros, Marianne
Midgley, Peter
Edmonton
Peter
Midgley
Edmonton
Peter Midgley is a writer and editor based in Edmonton. He has received the IBBY-ASAHI Award for Literacy Promotion and has been shortlisted for several other writing awards for poetry, drama, and non-fiction. He is a past recipient of both the Tom Fairley Award and of the…
Mierau, Maurice
Maurice
Mierau
Maurice Mierau is a Winnipeg writer, editor, and teacher. He was born in Indiana and grew up in Nigeria, Manitoba, Jamaica, Kansas, and Saskatchewan. His last book of poems, Fear Not, came out with Turnstone in 2008.  Maurice is associate editor of the Winnipeg-based…
Miettunen, Anita
Ottawa
Miki, Art
Winnipeg
Art
Miki
Winnipeg
Art Miki is former teacher and administrator, community leader, citizenship judge and president of National Association of Japanese. He led the negotiations to achieve a just redress settlement for Japanese Canadians interned during World War II.His memoir "Gaman-Perseverance:…
Militano, Carmelo
Winnipeg
Carmelo
Militano
Winnipeg
Carmelo
Carmelo Militano began his writing career as a freelance journalist and broadcaster for CBC Radio One in Winnipeg. Carmelo Militano is a poet, writer, editor, teacher, and radio broadcaster. Militano's poetry, fiction, and non-fiction explores the intersection and meeting…
Millar, Goldie