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Ruprai, Sharanpal

Sharanpal

Ruprai

Dr. Sharanpal Ruprai (she/her) is an Associate Professor and is the Chair of the Department of Women’s and Gender Studies at the University of Winnipeg. Dr. Ruprai is an internationally recognized writer, her début poetry collection, Seva was shortlisted for the…

Ruskin, Ronald

Toronto

Ronald

Ruskin

Toronto

Ron Ruskin grew up in Toronto and graduated from medical school at Queen's University in Kingston. Always interested in humanities, Ron wrote for the Queen's Journal as an art reporter and published poetry in Quarry. After his MD he took a year off and studied art…

Russell, Jason

London

Jason

Russell

London

I reside in Southern Ontario and I am a full professor at SUNY Empire State University in Buffalo, New York, where I teach History and Labour Studies. My current research focuses on labour and management in Canada and the United States from the 1940s to the 2000s. My…

Ruth, Elizabeth

Toronto

Elizabeth

Ruth

Toronto

Elizabeth Ruth’s work has been recognized by the Writers’ Trust of Canada Fiction Prize, The Amazon.ca Best First Novel Award, the City of Toronto Book Award, and One Book, One Community Program. The CBC named Elizabeth Ruth one of 10 Canadian Women writers you need to read…

Ruus, Syr

crescent beach

Syr

Ruus

crescent beach

Syr Ruus was born in Tallinn, Estonia, was educated in the United States and has lived in Nova Scotia, Canada for most of her life. She has published a book of short fiction, three novels, a novella and a memoir, with more forthcoming.

Montreal

North Cowichan

North Cowichan

Jay Ruzesky's most recent book is In Antarctica: An Amundsen Pilgrimage. He was raised in the Okanagan Valley and now lives on Vancouver Island. He is the Book Reviews Editor and is on the poetry editorial board of the Malahat Review and teaches at Vancouver Island…

Ryan, Garry

Calgary

Garry

Ryan

Calgary

In 2004, Garry Ryan published his first Detective Lane novel, Queen’s Park. The second, The Lucky Elephant Restaurant, won a 2007 Lambda Literary Award. He has since published seven more titles in the Calgary Herald-bestselling series: A Hummingbird Dance, Smoked, Malabarista,…

Millbrook

Calgary

Calgary

Tim Ryan has published stories in The Write Launch, The Prairie Journal, Prometheus Dreaming, Short Editions, Chaleur Magazine, Alberta Views Magazine and the Short Story Dispenser. His story “Scottie” won the 2017 Alberta Views Annual Short Story contest and was a finalist for…

Rykov, Mary

Toronto

Mary

Rykov

Toronto

When not playing with words or music, Puerto Rican Canadian María Helena Auerbach Rykov is a voracious knitter and ardent dandelion enthusiast, cyclist, and foodie. More at https://maryrykov.com.

Saab, Katia

The Laurentians

Katia

Saab

The Laurentians

Katia Saab was born in Beirut, Lebanon. At 16, she and her family fled the civil war and sought refuge in Quebec, Canada. This experience nurtured a resilience and inner strength that have defined her journey.After beginning studies in journalism in 1984, Katia paused her…

Sabaye Moghaddam, Maria

Ottawa

Maria

Sabaye Moghaddam

Ottawa

An Ottawa-based writer, storyteller, and arts educator, Maria Saba was born and raised in Iran. She has published three books of nonfiction (in Farsi) and over a hundred articles, essays, interviews, and stories. "My First Friend", her short story published in…

Sadler, Judy-Ann

London

Judy-Ann

Sadler

London

Judy-Ann Sadler was raised in a big, noisy family on a farm outside of London, Ontario. Ever since she can remember, she has loved to read, write and make things. She feels passionate about sharing stories and crafts with children. She knows that using your imagination and…

Saeed, Jamal

Kingston

Jamal

Saeed

Kingston

Jamal Saeed is a Syrian-Canadian writer who fled the ongoing conflict in Syria with his family and came to Canada in December 2016. His first short-story collection, The Suns’ Crazy Girls, was published in Arabic in 1993. He is the co-author, with Sharon McKay, of Yara’s Spring…

Saidullah, Ahmad

Toronto

Ahmad

Saidullah

Toronto

AHMAD SAIDULLAH's Happiness and Other Disorders: Short Stories was published to critical acclaim in Canada and India in 2008. It was shortlisted for the Danuta Gleed Literary Award and longlisted for the Crossword Vodafone Book Award for global South Asian fiction in 2010. In…

Saikaley, Sonia

Ottawa

Sonia

Saikaley

Ottawa

Sonia Saikaley was born and raised in Ottawa, Canada to a big Lebanese family. The daughter of a shopkeeper, she had access to all the treats she wanted. Her first book, The Lebanese Dishwasher, co-won the 2012 Ken Klonsky Novella Contest. She has two poetry collections Turkish…

Saint-Onge, Kathleen

Toronto

Kathleen

Saint-Onge

Toronto

Dr. Kathleen Saint-Onge is a teacher and independent researcher living in the GTA. She holds an M.Ed. (2011) and Ph.D. (2016) from York University, and she is interested in some of the intersects between psychoanalysis and language, in particular through the work of Freud and…

Saklikar, ReneeSarojini

Vancouver: traditional/unceded territories of the Coast Salish Peoples, including the Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh peoples

ReneeSarojini

Saklikar

Vancouver: traditional/unceded territories of the Coast Salish Peoples, including the Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh peoples

Renée Sarojini Saklikar’s ground-breaking poetry book about the bombing of Air India Flight 182, children of air india, won the Canadian Authors Association Poetry Prize and was shortlisted for the Dorothy Livesay Prize. Her book, Listening to the Bees, co-authored with Dr. Mark…

Salverson, Julie

Kingston

Julie

Salverson

Kingston

Julie Salverson is a playwright, librettist, scholar and non-fiction writer who teaches at Queen’s University's Dan School of Drama and Music, and at the Royal Military College of Canada. She has published essays about the artist as witness, atomic culture, ethics and the…

Sam, Eleanor P.

Toronto

Eleanor P.

Sam

Toronto

Eleanor Sam is a Toronto based novelist, born on a sugar plantation in Guyana, South America, with West and Central African ancestry. Her two novels are The Wisdom of Rain, 2nd edition, Isalea Publishing 2022 and Manor on the Viridian Sea, Isalea Publishing 2023. Eleanor …

Sambury, Liselle

Hamilton

Liselle

Sambury

Hamilton

Liselle Sambury is a Trinidadian-Canadian author and Governor General’s Literary Awards Finalist. She has a love for stories with dark themes, complicated families, and edges of hope. In her free time, she shares helpful tips for upcoming writers and details of her publishing…

Sanche, Linda

Calgary

Linda

Sanche

Calgary

Linda Sanche is a crime writer whose work explores themes of corruption and conflicting loyalties. Her debut novel, Off the Mark, was published this fall by Signature Editions and she is currently working on the sequel. She also writes short stories. Her story, “The Electrician…

Sander-Green, Nadine

Calgary

Nadine

Sander-Green

Calgary

Nadine Sander-Green grew up in Kimberley, B.C. She has spent the past decade living and writing throughout British Columbia, Alberta, the Yukon and Ontario. Nadine completed her MFA from the University of Guelph and now lives in Calgary. Her stories can be found in the…

Sanders, Shelly

Oakville

Shelly

Sanders

Oakville

Shelly discovered her Jewish heritage when she was 18, and didn’t know about her Latvian Jewish roots until just a few years ago, when she found old photos of her great-grandmother taken in Dvinsk, the Yiddish name for Daugavpils, Latvia. Astounded, she started researching the…