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Pal, Rajinderpal

Toronto

Rajinderpal

Pal

Toronto

Rajinderpal S. Pal is a writer and performer based in Toronto. Pal's debut novel, However Far Away, was published by House of Anansi in August 2024 and was long-listed for CBC's Canada Reads 2025. Pal’s first collection of poetry, pappaji wrote poetry in a language i cannot…

TORONTO

TORONTO

Biography Lamara hails from a richly diverse heritage, with roots in Canada, Georgia, Ukraine, Russia and Syria. She is an accomplished scholar, holding a degree in Political Science and a Master’s in Arts. Lamara has also explored comparative literature at the University of…

Parameswaran, Uma

Uma

Parameswaran

Born in Chennai, India, Uma Parameswaran (nee Ganesan) was educated at Jabalpur (B.A.), Nagpur (Dip journalism and M.A), Indiana University (M.A. creative writing), and Michigan State University (Ph.D). Married to a mathematician, she has lived in Winnipeg since 1966. She joined…

Parchewsky, Carol Ann

Calgary

Winnipeg

Winnipeg

Cheryl Parisien is a Red River Métis writer who lives in Winnipeg, Manitoba, in Treaty 1 territory. Her ancestors lived on the river lots of St. Norbert and her roots stretch back to the beginning of the Métis homeland. Loosely based on her family’s history, The Unweaving is her…

John Parr wass born in Chicago, June 18, 1928. He now lives in Winnipeg with his wife, Joan. He has two daughters, Kristin and Louise. He graduated from the University of Manitoba, and taught English for a number of years, most recently at Red River Community College. He is…

Partridge, Shawna

Sudbury

Shawna

Partridge

Sudbury

Shawna Diane Partridge was born and raised in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario. She now resides in Sudbury, Ontario, where she is an English professor. Her first book, Rule of Seconds, was published in 2016, by Latitude 46 Publishing and shortlisted for the Northern Lit…

Paruzel-Gibson, Natalia

Burlington

Natalia

Paruzel-Gibson

Burlington

Natalia Paruzel-Gibson grew up backstage in the theaters and art galleries in Poland. Her mom’s passion for the arts inspired Natalia to write and create. After emigrating to Canada, Natalia was recognized by the Turzanski Foundation with a Young Talent Award for writing…

Passfield, John

Cayuga

John

Passfield

Cayuga

John Passfield was born in St. Thomas, Ontario, Canada, and continues to reside in Southern Ontario, near Cayuga, with his family. He is interested in exploring the development of the novel as an art-form, and has written many novels, planning notebooks and journals in his…

Patel, Nisha

Edmonton

Nisha

Patel

Edmonton

Nisha Patel is an award-winning queer poet & artist. She is the City of Edmonton’s Poet Laureate, and the 2019 Canadian Individual Slam Champion, and the 2021 Regional Writer in Residence with the Strathcona County Library. She is a recipient of the Edmonton Artists’ Trust…

Pateman, Annette

Thunder Bay

Annette

Pateman

Thunder Bay

I was born in south London, England to Jamaican parents and into a large family I always enjoyed literature and poetry and was an avid reader growing up. I have lived in since 2012. My father was a great oral storyteller and would tell stories of life growing up in…

Paterson, Pamela

Kingston

Pamela

Paterson

Kingston

Pamela Paterson, MS, CBAP, PMP, (pamthewriter.com) is a writer based in Kingston, Ontario. Pamela is a best-selling author and senior IT consultant specializing in business analysis and project management. She has also been a published author since she was 10 years old, writing…

Patkau, Karen

Toronto

Karen

Patkau

Toronto

Karen Patkau was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Her mother wrote a telling note on a photo of her at 10 months old, – “Here is Karen looking at a book. She enjoys books, especially those with animals in them.” Karen started drawing at the age of three. In public school she was…

Patterson, Ellis (Sara)

Ellis (Sara)

Patterson

Ellis Patterson is a Toronto writer who has spent time in Florida, North Carolina and California. Their work has appeared in publications such as YES Poetry, Minola Review, Plenitude Magazine, Sinking City Review, Humber Literary Review, South Florida Poetry Journal, and Coffin…

Patton, Christopher

Toronto

Christopher

Patton

Toronto

Christopher Patton is a poet, translator, and literary curator. His poetry has appeared in The Paris Review, New American Writing, Kenyon Review, and elsewhere, his visual poetry in Diagram, Ancient Exchanges, Asymptote, and again elsewhere. His most recent books, all with…

Patz, Deborah

Coquitlam

Deborah

Patz

Coquitlam

Author of the internationally successful books, Film Production Management 101, (for film professionals), Write! Shoot! Edit! (for teens) and Surviving Production, Deborah (Deb) Patz has been a film and TV professional since the mid-80s and continues to conduct…

Paul, Julie

Victoria

Julie

Paul

Victoria

Julie Paul's second poetry collection, Whiny Baby, was published in April 2024 with MQUP. She has published three collections of short stories, The Jealousy Bone (2008), The Pull of the Moon (2014), which won the 2015 Victoria Book Prize, and Meteorites (2019), as well as…

Paul, Heather

Barrie

Heather

Paul

Barrie

Heather Paul is a writer, an artist, a teacher, a mother, a partner, a seeker, a pilgrim, a friend, an adventurer, and a whole bunch of other labels that really don't express her essence of self. Bloom where you're planted is a mantra Heather has…

Pawelski, Ele

Toronto

Ele

Pawelski

Toronto

Ele Pawelski has lived in Afghanistan, South Sudan, Bosnia, Kenya, Uzbekistan and Kosovo. She has climbed in the Himalayas, walked the Camino and hiked in Newfoundland. Now living in urban Toronto with her husband, she’s always planning for her next travel adventure. Her stories…

Paylor, Loghan

Chilliwack

Loghan

Paylor

Chilliwack

LOGHAN PAYLOR is a queer, trans author who lives in Chilliwack, British Columbia. Their short fiction and essays have previously appeared in Room and Prairie Fire, among others. A graduutae of The Writer's Studio program at Simon Fraser University, Paylor has a…

Payne, Jessica

Toronto

Jessica

Payne

Toronto

Jessica is a writer, poet, gardener and interdisciplinary artist. Her creative practice explores identity, wildness, art, grief, memory, love, survival and the natural world. She’s the recipient of a HA&L Short Works Prize in literary nonfiction and her poem…