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Toronto
Mel
Toronto
A Toronto native, Mel Bradshaw (crimenovel.ca) holds degrees in philosophy from Oxford and U of T, where he was film editor of The Varsity. He has taught English in Canada and Southeast Asia and has published crime novels set in three different eras. Victim Impact features biker…
Victoria, BC
Victoria, BC
Kate Braid was born in Alberta, raised in Montreal, went to school in New Brunswick and now lives in British Columbia. For fifteen years she worked in construction as a labourer, apprentice, journey carpenter, contractor and trades instructor. She then taught creative writing (…
Stratford
Stratford
Marianne Brandis was born in the Netherlands in 1938, came to Canada at age eight, and lived in British Columbia and Nova Scotia before moving to Ontario. She began writing in her teens, and continued while working as a copywriter at private radio stations and the CBC, and…
Ottawa
Ottawa
Laura Brandon was born in London, England in 1951 of Canadian parents. After graduating from the University of Bristol in 1973 in art history and history, she moved with her husband to Canada in 1976. They have lived in Toronto, Charlottetown, and Ottawa, which is now their home…
Saskatoon
Saskatoon
Bev Brenna is the author of 16 books, 14 of them for young people, including The White Bicycle—winner of a Printz Honor and shortlisted for a 2013 Governor General's Award; Wild Orchid, listed on CBC's Young Adult Books That Make You Proud to Be Canadian; Sapphire the Great and…
Johnville
Ann
Johnville
Ann Brennan holds a B. A., an MA., and an Honorary Doctor of Letters from the University of New Brunswick. She is one of the founders of the Writer’s Federation of New Brunswick, recently retired, Honorary President. Brennan is a member of the Writers Union of Canada and the…
Kitchener
Kitchener
Nic Brewer is a queer writer and editor from Toronto. She writes fiction, mostly; her first novel, Suture, was published with Book*Hug in Fall 2021. She is the co-founder of Frond, an online literary journal for prose by LGBTQI2SA writers, and formerly co-managed the micropress…
Toronto
Toronto
  Hugh Brewster has written 15 books for young readers and adults beginning with Anastasia’s Album (1996) which won both the Silver Birch and Red Cedar Awards. On Juno Beach won the Information Book Award in 2005 and At Vimy Ridge was a Norma Fleck Award winner in 2008.  Other…
Niagara-on-the-Lake
Niagara-on-the-Lake
Colin Brezicki A graduate of Western and Oxford University, I spent my career teaching and directing in England and Canada. I turned to writing when I retired in 2012. I've published two novels, “A Case for Dr. Palindrome”, and “All That Remains”(recently a finalist in the…
Winnipeg
Rae
Winnipeg
Rae St. Clair Bridgman is an award-winning Winnipeg author and illustrator of children’s books, including several picture books and the mythical MiddleGate Books. She has a knack for finding the magical and extraordinary in the ordinary, in between the cracks of reality. Rae is…
Toronto
Toronto
Linda Briskin is a writer and fine art photographer. In her fiction, she is drawn to writing about whimsy, fleeting moments, and the small secrets of interior lives. Her creative nonfiction bends genres, makes quirky connections and highlights social justice themes—quietly. “…
Whitehorse (traditional territories of Kwanlin Dün First Nation and Ta'an Kwach'an Council)
Montreal
Ami
Montreal
Ami Sands Brodoff is the award-winning author of three novels and two story collections. The Sleep of Apples, her new novel-in-stories, centres on nine closely linked characters confronting crises related to mental illness, mortality--sooner rather than later--and gender…
Perth
Perth
Brenda Brooks was born in Rivers, Manitoba, and grew up in various locales across the country. She graduated from York University in Toronto, and worked for many years at the Canadian Press. She now lives in Perth, Ontario, where she is working on a novel and poetry collection.…
Vancouver
Vancouver
Carellin Brooks served as the BC/Yukon regional representative on TWUC National Council (2013-2015). She was born in Vancouver and has lived in Ottawa, Montreal, New York, Oxford and London, UK, San Diego, Seattle, Japan, and Salt Lake City, Utah. She has a BA from McGill and a…