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Dr. Renée von Paschen, (M.A.): Born in Canada, at home in North America and Europe, Renée is a writer, poet, literary translator, editor and screenwriter. PhD in Theater, Film & Media, Univ. of Vienna; M.A. in Gender Studies. Literary Translator's Fellowship at International…
Crofton
Crofton
Giselle Vriesen (she/they) is an author living on Halalt First Nations land on Vancouver Island Canada. Her debut YA fantasy novel Why We Play with Fire released in February of 2024 through Row House Publishing, distributed by Simon and Schuster, and she is currently working on…
Calgary, AB, Canada
Calgary, AB, Canada
Barbara Baker grew up in Banff, Alberta and spends her free time racing up and down the Rockies to keep up with an active family of outdoor enthusiasts. The highlights of her writing experience include: Carousel Pictures made a film of her Globe and Mail essay, Life Support,…
Sebright
Sebright
Winner of the Writer’s Union of Canada’s Prose Contest in 2016, Susan Wadds’ award-winning work has appeared in The Blood Pudding, Room, Quagmire, Waterwheel Review, Funicular, WOW-Women on Writing, and many more. The first two chapters of her debut novel, What The Living Do, (…
Toronto
Toronto
Playwright, educator, feminist, activist, environmentalist, gardener and avid walker, Colleen Wagner’s writing interests embrace screenwriting, poetry and short fiction. Recipient of numerous awards including a Governor General’s Literary Award her work has been translated into…
J. A. Wainwright was born in Toronto in 1946. He has lived in England, Spain, and Greece, but mostly in Nova Scotia since 1972. He received a B.A. from the University of Toronto and an M.A. and Ph.D. in Canadian Literature from Dalhousie University where he is McCulloch Emeritus…
Calgary
Calgary
Jessica Waite lives with her teenaged son and their bear-sized rescue dog in Calgary (Moh'kins'tsis), in the foothills of the Canadian Rockies. Jessica encourages people to write as a way of healing, and to share stories as a way of connecting. Her website www.endlesstories.love…
Nanaimo
Nanaimo
Chelsea Wakelyn’s debut novel, What Remains of Elsie Jane, was published by the Rare Machines imprint of Dundurn Press in 2023. She holds an MA in Health Leadership and has a day job focused on strategic responses to the toxic drug crisis in B.C. Chelsea is of white settler and…
Montreal
Montreal
Marcia Walker’s writing has appeared in Electric Literature’s Recommended Reads, The Chicago Review, The New Quarterly, Fiddlehead, The New York Times, PRISM international, Room, EVENT, The Globe and Mail, CBC radio, and elsewhere. She has been shortlisted for the Commonwealth…
Oshawa
Oshawa
The first submission by RUTH E. WALKER (she/her), author of the novel LIVING UNDERGROUND (Seraphim Editions, 2012), won first prize in Canadian Living magazine's 1996 short story contest. She built on that amazing kickstart with poetry, fiction and creative nonfiction in…
Brookline, Massachusetts
Ian
Brookline, Massachusetts
Ian Wallace is one of Canada's best known and loved author-illustrators of children's books. Over a long and distinguished career he has published many picture book classics, including 'Canadian Railroad Trilogy' by Gordon Lightfoot, 'Chin Chiang and the Dragon's Dance', 'Boy of…
Woodbridge
Woodbridge
Author of seven books is a lover of the outdoors and enjoys canoeing, skiing and traveling. Among other things. He’s lived at various times in the Dordogne in France where his book Harvest is based. He began writing when taking a year off between high school and university to…
Windsor
Windsor
Jade Wallace’s poetry, fiction, and essays have been published internationally, including in This Magazine, Canadian Literature, and Hermine. Their writing has received support from the Canada Council for the Arts, the Ontario Arts Council, the City of Windsor's Arts, Culture…
Toronto
Max
Toronto
Max Wallace is a Toronto-based New York Times bestselling author, historian, documentary filmmaker, and disability advocate. His 2000 book, Muhammad Ali’s Greatest Fight, about Ali’s stand against the Vietnam War, was adapted into a film directed by Oscar-nominated director…
Toronto
Toronto
Myna Wallin is a Toronto-based author and editor with her Masters degree in English Literature from U of T. She is the author of three chapbooks: Vulnerable Positions (2002), The Old Abandonment (2003), and Warning Signs (2005), all with believe your own press. Her first full-…
Ann
Ann Walmsley is the author of The Prison Book Club (2015 Viking, Penguin Canada), which tells the story of the 18 months she spent participating in a book club in a men's medium-security prison. The Prison Book Club is the winner of the 2016 Edna Staebler Award for Creative Non-…
Wakefield
Wakefield
My dive into the arts began in theatre and contemporary dance on Canada’s west coast. I performed and earned credits in both from Simon Fraser University, where I also completed a BA and MA in social-political history. A desire to discover the world contributed to a career in…
Toronto
Toronto
Helen Walsh’s debut novel, Pull Focus, published September 7, 2021 by ECW Press in North America and October 7, 2021 in the UK. Walsh is also the founder and president of Diaspora Dialogues, a charitable organization that supports writers to turn their craft into a career,…
Toronto
Toronto
Mary W. Walters is the author of four novels, a collection of short stories, and a book of non-fiction. Her most recently published novels are The Adventures of Don Valiente and the Apache Canyon Kid, a novel co-written (word by word, on the phone) with the Santa Fe author John…
Westmount
Westmount
Cecily has been writing since she was a girl. She wrote her first book when she was twelve, an 88 page novella about a girl who could fly like Peter Pan. She has loved fantasy and storytelling ever since. With a background as a screenwriter, Cecily was behind the script of the…
Guelph
Guelph
Eric began writing for his grade 5 class to entice them to write and read.  This first book, Stand Your Ground, was published in 1994.  Subsequently he has written 128 novels and picture books for children and young adults, which are available around the world and have been…
Kitchener, ON
Kitchener, ON
David is the author or coauthor of more than 20 books of poetry, fiction, nonfiction and recipes. As “Tante Tina,” he has also been known to don a dress and kerchief and to pontificate on the trials of being a Mennonite farm woman in a men’s world gone mad. His science books, as…