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Newman, Miranda
Toronto
Miranda
Newman
Toronto
Miranda is the author of Rough Magic, a memoir-in-essays about living with borderline personality disorder. Her work has appeared in The Globe and Mail, Chatelaine, Broadview Magazine, The Walrus, and more. Her story, “Kids in Crisis,” received an honourable mention from the…
Newton, Blaine
Edmonton
Blaine
Newton
Edmonton
Blaine is a playwright, sketch and fiction writer, improviser, actor, and recovering engineer. When not talking about himself in the third person, he’s been in shows you’ve never seen, published in anthologies you’ve never read, designed roads you’ve never driven down, and…
Ng, Wayne
Ottawa
Wayne
Ng
Ottawa
Wayne Ng was born in downtown Toronto to Chinese immigrants who fed him a steady diet of bitter melon and kung fu movies. Ng is a social worker who lives to write, travel, eat, and play, preferably all at the same time. He is an award-winning author and traveller who continues…
Nicholls, Sandra
Ottawa
Sandra
Nicholls
Ottawa
Sandra Nicholls writes poetry, short stories, and novels. Her first novel, And the Seas Shall Turn to Lemonade, was short listed for the K.M.Hunter Artists Award and was published in the fall of 2011. Her second book of poetry, Woman of Sticks, Woman of Stones, won the…
Nicholson, Lorna
Nicholson, Carolyn Jean
Halifax
Carolyn Jean
Nicholson
Halifax
Carolyn began writing after she retired so she could tell the story of some of her ancestors which she and her mother had researched over many, many years. Carolyn is a retired ordained minister in The United Church of Canada. She has also worked in health information management…
Nicholson (Partridge), Lynda
Lynda
Nicholson (Partridge)
Lynda Partridge is a member of the Algonquins of Pikwakanagan First Nation. She grew up in the child welfare system and spent her childhood in numerous non-Indigenous foster homes. At a later age she obtained an honours Bachelor of Social Work (Native Human Services), followed…
Nickel, Barbara
Yarrow
Barbara
Nickel
Yarrow
Barbara Nickel writes for adults and young people. Her third collection of poetry, Essential Tremor, was released in April 2021. Her first collection, The Gladys Elegies, won the Pat Lowther Award and her second, Domain, was a Quill & Quire Best Book of the Year. Her poetry…
Nickerson, Billeh
Vancouver
Billeh
Nickerson
Vancouver
Billeh Nickerson, BFA (UVic), MFA (UBC), is a writer, editor, performer, producer and arts advocate. including the City of Vancouver Book Award nominated Artificial Cherry. His forthcoming collection, Blood Clot Banana Bag, will be published by Anvil Press in Fall 2026…
Nicol, Laura
Calgary
Laura
Nicol
Calgary
Laura Nicol is a Toronto-born, BC-raised writer of fiction and non-fiction whose work has appeared in The Malahat Review, The Globe and Mail, Existere and The Sun’s Readers Write. Her first novel for young adults, The Good Girl’s Guide to Anarchy, is forthcoming…
Nicol, Janet Mary
Vancouver
Janet Mary
Nicol
Vancouver
Janet Nicol is a freelance writer with a special interest in art, history and social justice. She has written more than 420 articles for 56 magazines. She taught high school history for twenty-nine years in Vancouver and summer workshops to teachers in Mongolia, Peru…
Nielsen, Susin
Niskala, Brenda
Noorbakhsh, Mansour
Thornhill
Mansour
Noorbakhsh
Thornhill
Mansour Noorbakhsh writes and translates poetry, and fiction in both English and Persian language (Farsi), his first language. He tries to be a voice for freedom, human rights, and environment in his writings. He believes a dialog between people around the world is an essential…
Norris, Daniela I.
Montreal
Daniela I.
Norris
Montreal
Daniela I.
Daniela I. Norris is a former diplomat and political writer who went on to become an inspirational author and speaker. Over the past thirty years, she has lived on three continents and in one Island Nation, and since 2021 she calls Montréal home. She is the author of four novels…
Novick, Honey
Nowaczyk, Margaret
Hamilton
Nugent, Jacqueline
Jacqueline
Nugent
Jacqueline Nugent was born in 1946 and spent her youth in Oakville, Ontario. She moved to Quebec in 1970 where she became enamoured with the French culture. In 1984, she published, Beyond the Door, a fantasy-adventure for 10-12 year olds. Her second novel, The Glass Treehouse,…
Nuttall-Smith, Ben
White Rock
Ben
Nuttall-Smith
White Rock
Ben
Ben Nuttall-Smith taught Music, Theatre, Art, and Language until he retired in 1991. He now lives in White Rock, near Vancouver B.C.Past President of the Federation of British Columbia Writers, Ben’s poems and short stories have appeared in numerous anthologies and online…
Nyoka, Gail
Slocan Park
Gail
Nyoka
Slocan Park
Gail Nyoka's written works and oral stories span the globe: Britain, Canada, Zimbabwe, Ghana, Egypt; and they encompass historical and the emerging present times. An award-winning playwright, she writes for theatre, radio and oral performance, as well as being a novelist for…
O'Callaghan, Shelley
O'Callaghan, Jennifer
Toronto
Jennifer
O'Callaghan
Toronto
Jennifer O’Callaghan is the author of Rear Window: The Making of a Hitchcock Masterpiece in the Hollywood Golden Age, released by Kensington in 2025, and of the upcoming book Rosemary's Baby and the Birth of the Modern Horror Film. She has worked as a print and broadcast…
O'Connor, Edward
O'Connor, Dianne
O'Connor, Heather M.
Peterborough
Heather M.
O'Connor
Peterborough
HEATHER M. O’CONNOR is an award-winning children's author and freelance journalist based in Peterborough, Ontario. Her debut picture book FAST FRIENDS (Scholastic Canada) won the Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Award and was the 2022 TD Grade One Book Giveaway title.…