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Ritter, Erika

Erika

Ritter

Erika Ritter was born in Regina, Saskatchewan, and educated at McGill University in Montreal and the University of Toronto, specializing in drama. She lives mainly in Toronto, where she works as a playwright, radio dramatist, novelist, humourist, short fiction writer and radio…

Rivard, Ken

Calgary

Ken

Rivard

Calgary

Ken Rivard has lived in Calgary since 1976. Born in Montreal, he received his Masters Degree from McGill University. Aside from freelance writing, Ken currently works part-time as a university instructor. He has presented dozens of successful writing workshops at all levels…

Rivera, Patria

Toronto

Patria

Rivera

Toronto

Filipino Canadian writer Patria Rivera’s first poetry collection, Puti/White (Frontenac House Media, Calgary, Alberta, 2005), was shortlisted for the 2006 Canadian Trillium Book Award for Poetry. Rivera has also published three other books of poems: The Bride Anthology (…

Rivera, Raquel

Montreal

Raquel

Rivera

Montreal

Raquel Rivera is a writer, artist, performer and author of books for children and teens. Based in Montreal since 1999, she’s published five books for young readers. Prior to this she lived and worked as a copywriter in Washington DC, Kuala Lumpur and Singapore, as well as…

Rivers, Robin

Vancouver

Robin

Rivers

Vancouver

I can’t remember a time without writing. A lifetime ago, I kicked off a journalism career as a copy runner, getting the copy from the newsroom to paste-up in the basement of my local newspaper. Since then, I’ve worked as a writer at daily newspapers, magazines, and online…

Roberts, Clea

Whitehorse

Clea

Roberts

Whitehorse

Clea Roberts lives in Whitehorse, Yukon on the Takhini River. Her poetry has been translated and published internationally and has been nominated for the League of Canadian Poets Gerald Lampert Award, the ReLit Award and a National Magazine Award. She has received…

roberts lukins, sheilah

Portugal Cove-St. Philip's

sheilah

roberts lukins

Portugal Cove-St. Philip's

Sheilah has been a store clerk, a Bollywood movie extra, an art school model, a chambermaid, a barmaid/tender, riding instructor, a theatre arts administrator, a library assistant, and a teacher of various subjects, primarily, music and English. Generally, fearless. Loves …

Robertson, Dilys

Cobourg

Dilys

Robertson

Cobourg

Dilys Robertson is the author of many non-fiction books mostly about workplace health and safety. Born in England, she emigrated to Canada in 1976 with her family where she has worked in Ontario and Manitoba. She now lives in Cobourg Ontario. Awarded a BA degree in English…

Robertson , Dana

Oshawa

Dana

Robertson

Oshawa

Dana Robertson lives in Oshawa, Ontario, Canada. She completed a bachelor’s degree in English Literature and Psychology with Trent University in Peterborough Ontario, followed by a graduate creative writing program with the Humber School for Writers in Toronto, Ontario. Formerly…

Robertson, Patricia

Winnipeg

Patricia

Robertson

Winnipeg

Born in the UK and raised in northern British Columbia, Patricia Robertson has lived in Spain, London, Yukon, and elsewhere. Her third fiction collection, Hour of the Crab, was named co-winner of the Margaret Laurence Award for Fiction at the 2022 Manitoba Book Awards. Her first…

Haisla

Haisla

Eden Robinson is a Haisla/Heiltsuk author who grew up in Haisla, British Columbia. Her first book, Traplines, a collection of short stories, won the Winifred Holtby Memorial Prize and was a New York Times Notable Book of the Year in 1998. Monkey Beach, her first…

Robinson, Mansel

Chapleau

Mansel

Robinson

Chapleau

Mansel Robinson Stage plays have been professionally produced across the country. They include Muskeg & Money, Thea, Two Rooms, Bite the Hand, Picking Up Chekhov, Scorched Ice, Street Wheat, Spitting Slag, Ghost Trains, Downsizing Democracy, The Heart as It Lived, Collateral…

Robinson, Jill

Galiano Island

Jill

Robinson

Galiano Island

J. Jill Robinson, B.A., M.A. (Calgary), M.F.A. (Fairbanks). Born June 16, 1955 in Langley, B.C. Was married to poet Steven Ross Smith; one son, born 1995, Emmett H Robinson Smith. Writer of fiction both short and long, and of creative non-fiction. Writer-in-Residence, Regina…

Robinson, Jennifer

Winnipeg

Jennifer

Robinson

Winnipeg

Jennifer Robinson lives on Treaty 1 land, territory of the Anishinaabeg, Cree, Oji-Cree, Dakota, Dene and Metis nations. She is a psychotherapist and an emerging writer whose creative nonfiction has appeared in The Dalhousie Review, Existere Magazine, Reckon Review and Prairie…

Robson, Jennifer

Toronto

Jennifer

Robson

Toronto

Jennifer Robson is the international bestselling author of Somewhere in France, After the War is Over and Moonlight Over Paris. She holds a doctorate in British economic and social history from Saint Antony’s College, University of Oxford, where she was a…

Rode, Ajmer

Vancouver

Ajmer

Rode

Vancouver

A bilingual author of Indian Diaspora Ajmer Rode has published books of poetry, plays, non-fiction and translation in Punjabi and English. His 1000-page book, Leela, co-authored with N. Bharati is considered an important work of twentieth century Punjabi poetry. His works are…

Rodgers, Margaret

Oshawa

Margaret

Rodgers

Oshawa

Margaret Rodgers is a writer, artist, and curator. Over COVID she embarked on a coming-of-age memoir titled Maple Park. She is the author of Locating Alexandra (Toronto: ECW, 1995) about Painters Eleven artist and Oshawa resident Alexandra Luke. Her essays, articles and reviews…

Rodriguez, Carmen

VANCOUVER

Carmen

Rodriguez

VANCOUVER

Introduction: Bilingual writer, educator and journalist Carmen Rodríguez was born in Chile and moved to Vancouver following the military coup of 1973 in her native country. She has worked as instructor and professor across a range of disciplines – from literature and…

Rogal, Stan

Toronto

Stan

Rogal

Toronto

Stan Rogal was born in Vancouver, now lives and writes in Toronto. Work has appeared in numerous publication in Canada, the US and Europe. The author of 27 books: 8 novels, 7 story and 12 poetry. He has an MA English from York University.

St-Colomban

St-Colomban

Gina Roitman is a novelist, short story writer, biographer, and writing coach. Her work has been featured in anthologies including The New Spice Box, Wherever I Find Myself, and Living Legacies. Since 2018, she has been conducting writing workshops for The Generations After of…

Romanuk, Paul

Toronto

Paul

Romanuk

Toronto

Author of successful Hockey Superstars annual. This annual has been published since 1986 by Scholastic Publishing and has, by their estimates, reached the hands of over 2 million young readers via trade and, primarily, school book clubs across Canada. The book is…

Thornhill

Vancouver

Vancouver

Canada's least prolific living writer