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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. 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…

Hamilton

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 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…

Peterborough

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.…

Edmonton

Edmonton

Kate O’Gorman holds an MFA in Writing and has served as Prose Editor for Grain magazine and as Assistant Editor for Thistledown Press. Her work, which centers on the fragility of aging and the vulnerability of those on the margins, has appeared in PRISM international, The New…

O'Keeffe, Frank

Calgary

Frank

O'Keeffe

Calgary

Frank was born in Dublin, Ireland, and began his writing career there while in fourth grade. One day Frank’s regular teacher was ill, and his class was combined with another. In order to keep this large group of students quiet, the teacher offered a prize of sixpence for the…

O'Reilly, Gillian

Gillian

O'Reilly

Gillian O’Reilly has been interested in words ever since she ate the dust jacket off the Shorter Oxford English Dictionary when she was 11 months old. She is the author of two non-fiction books for young readers and is currently working on fiction and picture book projects…

O'Rourke, Nancy

Nancy

O'Rourke

Based in Montréal/Tiohtià:ke, Nancy O’Rourke is a writer of essays, memoirs, and poetry. With a PhD in sociology, specializing in human rights and social justice, she has written widely on issues affecting the rights of women and children. An emerging writer, she has won several…

O'Toole, Maxwell

St. Catherines

Maxwell

O'Toole

St. Catherines

Maxwell O’Toole compulsively creates. A disabled and trans writer, he is particularly inspired by his activist work, using art to connect with himself, others, and our world. He has pieces published/forthcoming with UNESCO Chair, Chartium, ANMLY, Freefall Magazine, Vellichor…

Ohi, Ruth

Toronto

Ruth

Ohi

Toronto

Ruth Ohi is the illustrator of over 60 books, 23 of which she is also the author. Her latest are “Blanket” (Groundwood Books) and “Choose Kindness” (Scholastic Canada). Other author/illustrated books include “Scribble”, “No Help Wanted!” and the Fox and Squirrel Series (all…

Ohi, Debbie

Toronto

Debbie

Ohi

Toronto

Debbie Ridpath Ohi is the award-winning author and illustrator of Where Are My Books?, I Want To Read All The Books, and Sam & Eva (Simon & Schuster). She has helped create over 30 books, most of which are for young people. Her illustrations appear in books by Judy…

Okihiro, Lara

Lara

Okihiro

Lara is a writer, researcher, and educator who grew up in a diverse, working-class neighbourhood in Toronto, close to her Japanese Canadian grandparents and often visiting her Anglo-Irish Canadian grandmother on her rural Ontario farm. Though she did not like reading as a kid,…

Okot Bitek, Otoniya Juliane

Kingston

Otoniya Juliane

Okot Bitek

Kingston

100 Days (University of Alberta Press 2016)A is for Acholi (Wolsak and Wynn 2022)Song & Dread (Talonbooks 2023)11 Metal Tongues (AGNES 2023)We, the Kindling (Alchemy, Penguin Random House 2025)

Okun Hill, Debbie

Debbie

Okun Hill

Debbie Okun Hill has been writing for over 35 years. She began her writing career as a journalist with a community newspaper in rural Manitoba then moved towards a profession in public relations with The Winnipeg Art Gallery, Lakehead University in…

Olding, Susan

Victoria

Susan

Olding

Victoria

Susan Olding is the author of Big Reader: Essays, shortlisted for the CAA Fred Kerner Award and Trade Nonfiction Book of the Year at the Alberta Book Awards, and Pathologies: A Life in Essays, selected by 49th Shelf and Amazon.ca as one of 100 Canadian books to…

Oleksiw, Mark Paul

PIERREFONDS

Mark Paul

Oleksiw

PIERREFONDS

Mark Paul Oleksiw was born in the late 60s and remains a proud Montrealer. Mark is a graduate of McGill University, where he edited his faculty's offbeat, somewhat controversial, but always entertaining monthly publication. He has carved out a distinguished career in…