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Sylvester, Kevin
Toronto
Kevin
Sylvester
Toronto
Kevin
Kevin Sylvester is an award winning illustrator, writer and broadcaster. He has written and illustrated more than thirty books for kids. His novel is The Fabulous Zed Watson! Co-written with his kid Basil was a finalists for the 2021 GG awards! It’s the story of a non…
Syms, Shawn
Toronto
Shawn
Syms
Toronto
Shawn Syms has written for over 25 years for more than 50 publications. His work has been short-listed for the prestigious Journey Prize. Shawn wrote the short-fiction collection Nothing Looks Familiar, a National Post pick for the Top Books of 2014, recently seized by the…
Szado, Ania
Ania
Szado
Ania Szado is the bestselling author of two novels—STUDIO SAINT-EX and BEGINNING OF WAS (Penguin Random House). Her writing has been published in Canada, the US, and Europe; shortlisted for the Commonwealth Writers' Prize; and nominated for National Magazine Awards and the…
Sze, Gillian
Montreal
Gillian
Sze
Montreal
GILLIAN SZE is a writer and teacher. She is the author of multiple poetry collections, including Peeling Rambutan (Gaspereau Press, 2014), Redrafting Winter (BuschekBooks, 2015), and Panicle (ECW Press, 2017), which were finalists for the QWF's A.M. Klein Prize for Poetry. She…
Taber, Nancy
Nancy
Taber
Nancy Taber's debut novel, A SEA OF SPECTRES, published with Acorn Press in June 2024. Nancy is a university professor and fiction author who loves stories about strong complex women. She writes in the genres of non-fiction, historical fiction, mystery, and speculative fiction.…
Tacon, Claire
Tait, Lynn
Sarnia
Lynn
Tait
Sarnia
Lynn Tait is an award-winning poet and photographer residing in Sarnia, Ontario, Canada. Her poems have appeared in FreeFall, Vallum, CV2, Literary Review of Canada, Trinity Review, High Shelf Press, The Quarantine Review, Verse/Virtual, Muleskinner, Last Leaves and in over 100…
Taliesin, Liam
Quyon
Liam
Taliesin
Quyon
Liam Taliesin is a Red River Metis and proud citizen of the Manitoba Metis Federation. He grew up in Winnipeg's celebrated North End. He is a founder of the Manitoba Association of Playwrights and chaired the organization its first six years. Two of his plays, 'St. Peter's…
Tamaki, Jillian
Tamayose, Darcy
Darcy
Tamayose
Darcy
Darcy Tamayose is a PhD candidate in Cultural, Social, and Political Thought (CSPT) examining the Okinawan Canadian diaspora. Her MA (History) thesis explored the kika nisei journey of Naoko Shimabukuro—spanning from southern Alberta to Hamahiga Island with focus on the…
Tamberg, Urve
Toronto
Urve
Tamberg
Toronto
As the daughter of immigrant parents, Urve grew up in Toronto hearing stories about the history and culture of Estonia. Urve didn’t realize that she wanted to be a writer so she attended the University of Toronto and graduated with a B.Sc. (Physical Therapy).…
Tamm, Eric
Vancouver
Eric
Tamm
Vancouver
Eric Enno Tamm is an author, journalist and analyst with more than 15 years experience in the media and nonprofit sector. His first book, Beyond The Outer Shores: The Untold Odyssey of Ed Ricketts, the Pioneering Ecologist Who Inspired John Steinbeck and Joseph Campbell, was a…
Tanaka, Shelley
Kingston
Shelley
Tanaka
Kingston
Shelley Tanaka was born in Toronto, Ontario. She has a B.A. (Hons) in English and German from Queen's University and an M.A. in Comparative Literature from the University of Toronto. For the past thirty-five years she has been the fiction editor at Groundwood Books, Canada's…
Taranto, Léa
Burnaby
Léa
Taranto
Burnaby
Léa Taranto (she/her) is a disabled, Chinese Jewish Canadian writer who spent her childhood reading fantasy. Her adolescence was much the same, except certified in various inpatient facilities for life-threatening OCD and comorbid disorders. A University of British Columbia MFA…
Tarnopolsky, Damian
Toronto
Damian
Tarnopolsky
Toronto
Damian Tarnopolsky is a writer, editor and teacher.  His most recent work, The Defence, won the 2019 Voaden Prize, leading to a staged reading directed by Craig Walker at the Kingston WritersFest. His novel Goya’s Dog, the story of a dyspeptic British painter’s unhappy…
Tarvydas, Rea
Calgary
Rea
Tarvydas
Calgary
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Rea lives and writes prose (short and long) and screenplays in Calgary, Alberta. 
Taylor, Terri
Taylor, Charles
Taylor, Wanda
Toronto
Taylor, Jessica
Taylor, Jason
Victoria
Jason
Taylor
Victoria
Jason A. N. Taylor loves ideas and thinking but has struggled with being read because of dyslexia (don’t worry, Jason has spent lots of money on editing).  Taking inspiration from his parents, both of whom are dyslexic, and with the help of teachers, Jason has persevered…
Taylor, Andy
Sudbury
Taylor, Amanda
Taylor, Margie
Port Moody
Margie
Taylor
Port Moody
Originally from Thunder Bay, ON, Margie has lived and worked in Vancouver, BC, Calgary, AB, Guelph, ON, and London, England. As a CBC Radio host and producer, she worked on regional and national programs (“Morningside”, “Sunday Morning”, “Gabereau”), wrote a syndicated parenting…
Taylor, Alison
Fredericton
Alison
Taylor
Fredericton
Alison Taylor (they/them) is a writer, editor, and filmmaker based in Fredericton. Taylor’s short stories have appeared in various journals, and their debut novel Aftershock, published by HarperCollins Canada, received an Atlantic Book Awards John and Margaret Savage First Book…