Susin Nielsen
Susin got her start feeding cast and crew on the popular television series, Degrassi Junior High. They hated her food, but they saw a spark in her writing. Nielsen went on to pen sixteen episodes of the hit TV show. Since then, Nielsen has written for over 20 Canadian TV series. Her first young adult novel, Word Nerd, was published in 2008 to critical acclaim. It won multiple Young Readers’ Choice Awards, as did her second novel, Dear George Clooney: Please Marry My Mom. Her third novel, The Reluctant Journal of Henry K. Larsen, was published in August 2012. It went on to win the Governor General’s Literary Award, the Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Award, the Canadian Library Association’s Children’s Book of the Year Award, and a number of Young
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Amanda Leduc
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Eddy Boudel Tan
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William Sutcliffe
William Sutcliffe was born in 1971 in London. He is the author of eight novels, New Boy, Are You Experienced?, The Love Hexagon, Bad Influence, Whatever Makes You Happy, The Wall, Concentr8 and We See Everything, which have been translated into twenty-six languages.
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The Wall was shortlisted for the 2014 CILIP Carnegie Medal. Are You Experienced? has been reissued on the prestigious Penguin Essentials list.
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Rachel Wells
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After having a child she moved back home and is currently juggling writing full time and being a single mum.
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Martine Latulippe
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Rebecca Behrens
Rebecca Behrens is the award-winning author of three critically acclaimed middle-grade novels that explore famous historical figures and fascinating places: When Audrey Met Alice, Summer of Lost and Found, and The Last Grand Adventure. Her thrillingly realistic survival story The Disaster Days is a Junior Library Guild selection, a Bank Street Best Children’s Book, and an ILA Teachers’ Choices selection. Her latest middle-grade adventure, Alone in the Woods, is now available. Rebecca grew up in Wisconsin, studied in Chicago, and now lives with her husband in New York City. You can visit her online to learn more about her books at www.rebeccabehrens.com.
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Elsie Chapman
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Elsie Chapman grew up in Prince George, Canada, and has a degree in English literature from the University of British Columbia. She is the author of the YA novels Dualed, Divided, Along the Indigo, and Caster as well as the MG novel All the Ways Home, and co-editor of A Thousand Beginnings and Endings and Hungry Hearts. She currently lives in Tokyo, Japan, with her family. -
Jeanette Lynes
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She has served in writer-in-residence positions in Saskatoon and Dawson Creek, BC. She holds a Ph.D in English from York University and an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Southern Maine.
Jeanette spent six years working in Thunder Bay before taking her current position as an English professor at St. Francis Xavier University where she is the campus newspaper editor.
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Carolyn Parkhurst
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Ali Benjamin
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Kyle Edwards
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Elinor Florence
My new historical novel Finding Flora, about women homesteaders on the prairies, was published by Simon & Schuster in April 2025.
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My debut novel Bird's Eye View, about a young woman who joins the air force in World War Two and becomes an aerial photographic interpreter, became a Canadian bestseller in 2016.
My second novel Wildwood is about a single mother from the big city who must fulfill the conditions of her inheritance by living for one year in an abandoned, off-the-grid farmhouse in northern Canada.
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Heather O'Neill
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She published her debut novel, Lullabies for Little Criminals, in 2006. The novel won the Canada Reads competition (2007) and was awarded the Hugh Maclennan Award (2007). It was nominated for eight other awards included the Orange Prize, the Governor General's Award and the IMPAC Dublin Literary Prize. It was an international bestseller.
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Lesley Crewe
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From 2000-2005, Lesley was a features writer and columnist (Home Fires) for Cape Bretoner Magazine, and from 2005-2009, a columnist (Lesley's Letters) with the on-line magazine, Cahoots.
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Caroline Pignat
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I was born and raised in Montreal, in a neighbourhood called Park
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Extension. This was a great place for a writer to grow up because there
were lots of colourful characters around, lots of street life, and lots of
different ethnicities to be curious about. The predominant ethnic group at
the time (the 60s) was Greek. I grew up hearing as much Greek as
French and English, and I learned to love the food and customs of my
Greek friends. It was, however, early training in being more of an
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Kevin Sylvester
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Gennifer Choldenko
There’s a Lego in my bum which fits with the Lego in my chair and when I sit down to write, I hear the satisfying snap of the two pieces fitting together. I love words, dictionaries, thesauruses, sharp pencils, the smell of book ink and the delicious art of carving out sentences on clean white paper. I love to slip into another person’s skin and feel what it’s like to live another life. I love when characters come to me out of nowhere and make me cry so hard my mascara runs or laugh until my stomach hurts. I love the crazy fun and infinite possibility of storytelling.
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Gabrielle Zevin
GABRIELLE ZEVIN is a New York Times best-selling novelist whose books have been translated into forty languages.
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Joseph Delaney
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He was the author of Wardstone Chronicles, Starblade Chronicles, Arena 13, Aberrations and a new book came out in April 2020, Brother Wulf. This is a new spooks story featuring Tom and Alice, but introducing a new character, a young monk called Brother Wulf.
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Varsha Bajaj
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Fleur Beale
Fleur Beale is the author of many award-winning books for children and young adults, best known for her novel I am not Esther which has been published worldwide.
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Beale was one of six children of a dairy farmer Cedric Corney and of a teacher and author Estelle Corney (née Cook). She was born in Inglewood, Taranaki, New Zealand, on the farm where her father was born. Beale grew up in the town before attending Victoria University, Wellington and Christchurch Teachers' Training College, where she met her husband. Since 1985 she has taught at Melville High School in Hamilton, Waikato and in Wellington. Beale's first stories were written for the children's radio programme Grandpa's Place. Her first book was a small reader and picture book for youn -
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Matthew Quick
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Caroline Pignat is the two-time Governor Generalʼs Award winning author of highly acclaimed young adult novels. Her historical fiction, contemporary, and free verse novels use multiple points of view and varied forms to engage readers of all ages.
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As a Writer's Craft student, Caroline wrote a short story that years later became Greener Grass, the first of a critically acclaimed series, and went on to win her first Governor General’s Award for Children’s Literature in 2009.
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Anna van Praag
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Simon Boulerice
Enfant, Simon Boulerice chantait dans la cage d’escalier, parce que sa voix y résonnait beaucoup. Il croyait chanter aussi bien que Whitney Houston. Mais ce n’était pas le cas. Depuis que sa voix a mué, Simon se plait à danser, à écrire et à jouer. Jouer surtout, oui. Parce qu’il aime beaucoup rire.
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Il sort peu de chez lui. Il le reconnaît : il est un casanier qui sort un soir sur deux au théâtre. Il boit encore son jus d’orange à même le goulot. On ne lui a rien appris. Néanmoins, il a étudié en littérature (Cégep de Saint-Laurent et UQAM), puis en interprétation théâtrale (Cégep de Lionel-Groulx, promotion 2007). Lors de sa formation, en plus de recevoir le prix de la création à la finale nationale de Cégeps en spectacle 2005 pour un solo -
Patrick Isabelle
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Il écrit des romans, autant pour la jeunesse (Henri & Cie, Les légendes de Géranium) que pour ados (Eux, Camille, la série Anna Caritas... etc.) que pour les adultes.
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Kiran Millwood Hargrave
Kiran Millwood Hargrave is an award winning poet, playwright, and novelist.
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Her books include the bestselling winner of the British Book Awards Children's Book of the Year and the Waterstones Children's Book Prize 2017 The Girl of Ink & Stars, and Costa Book Awards- and Blue Peter Awards-shortlisted The Island at the End of Everything, and The Way Past Winter, Blackwell's Children's Book of the Year 2018. A Secret of Birds & Bone, her fourth middle grade title, was published in 2020. Julia and the Shark, in collaboration with her husband, artist Tom de Freston, was Indie Book of the Month, Scottish Booktrust Book of the Month, and has been shortlisted for the Waterstones Book of the Year 2021.
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Holly Bourne
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Inspired by what she saw, she started writing teen fiction, including the best-selling, award-winning ‘Spinster Club’ series which helps educate teenagers about feminism. When she turned thirty, Holly wrote her first adult novel, 'How Do You Like Me Now?', examining the intensified pressures on women once they hit that landmark.
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Estelle Laure
Estelle Laure is a Vonnegut worshipper who believes in love and magic and the power of facing hard truths. She has a BA in Theater Arts from New Mexico State University and an MFA in Writing for Children and Young Adults from Vermont College of Fine Arts, and thinks everyone should have to wait tables or work in a kitchen at least once in their lives. She lives in Taos, New Mexico with her children.
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Annet Huizing
Annet Huizing (1960) schrijft fictie en non-fictie voor kinderen. Ze woont op een woonboot in de Utrechtse wijk Lombok. Sinds 1997 heeft ze haar eigen tekstbureau. In 2014 debuteerde ze bij Lemniscaat met de jeugdroman Hoe ik per ongeluk een boek schreef (bekroond met een Zilveren Griffel). Het boek is vertaald naar het Duits, Frans, Sloveens en Koreaans. Een Turkse en Russische vertaling zijn in voorbereiding. In september 2017 verscheen De zweetvoetenman. Voor dit non-fictieboek (voor alle leeftijden) dook ze in de wereld van het recht. Samen met illustrator Margot Westermann brengt ze de rechtsstaat tot leven in spannende, ontroerende en grappige waargebeurde verhalen.
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Marie-Ève Cotton
Marie-Eve Cotton est médecin psychiatre. Elle exerce à Montréal et au Nunavik. Pivot est sont premier roman.
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Benoit Picard
Benoit Picard est l'auteur des populaires romans Aller simple pour l'inconnu, Jusqu'à l'horizon et Nos vies parallèles. Après un plongeon dans la magie de Noël avec Illuminer décembre, le voici dans l'univers fascinant des secrets de familles profondément enfouis avec Pour qu'il reste des vagues.
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Salma Hussain
SALMA HUSSAIN (she/her) grew up in the U.A.E., and immigrated to Canada when she was thirteen years old. She has a B.A. (Hon.) in English Literature, with a concentration in creative writing from the University of Calgary, a law degree from the University of Calgary, and a Masters in Law from McGill University. Her short stories and poems have been published in filling Station, West Coast Line, Other Voices, and in the anthology Homebound: Muslim Women Poetry Collection (Outburst Press). She is a graduate of the Humber Summer Writing Workshop and won the International Festival of Authors’ Litjam short story competition (2018). She was also a mentee in the Diaspora Dialogues long-form mentorship program in 2019. She lives in Toronto.
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Jack Wang
JACK WANG is the author of the story collection WE TWO ALONE (House of Anansi Press, 2020; HarperVia, 2021), shortlisted for the Kobo Emerging Writer Prize and winner of the Danuta Gleed Literary Award from the Writers’ Union of Canada for best debut collection in English. His fiction has appeared in Brick, PRISM international, The Malahat Review, The New Quarterly, The Humber Literary Review, and Joyland and has been shortlisted for the Commonwealth Short Story Prize and longlisted for the Journey Prize. In 2014–15, he held the David T. K. Wong Creative Writing Fellowship at the University of East Anglia in Norwich, England, and in 2020, he was awarded a residency at Historic Joy Kogawa House in Vancouver. He holds an MFA from the Universi
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Nico de Braeckeleer
Nico De Braeckeleer werd geboren in Dendermonde op 8 april 1974. Tijdens zijn jeugd was voetbal zijn voornaamste hobby. Tot 1999 speelde hij veldvoetbal bij KFC Baasrode, daarna ging hij zaalvoetballen. Als kind had Nico een hekel aan lezen. Toen hij 13 jaar was, las hij voor het eerst zonder morren een boek. Geen wonder dat het om een fantasy-boek ging, want dit was lectuur die bij de meeste leraars niet echt in de smaak viel. Vanaf dat moment leest Nico boeken die bijna allemaal onder te brengen zijn in de genres fantasy, science fiction, mysterie, bovennatuurlijke thriller, magisch realisme, griezel en horror. De verhalen die hij las boeiden hem zo sterk dat hij al vlug zelf korte verhaaltjes begon neer te pennen. Hij droomde ervan ooit
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Laura Sibson
Laura Sibson worked for years as a career counselor for undergraduates before getting her MFA from the Vermont College of Fine Arts. When she’s not writing, counseling, or drinking impossibly strong coffee, you can find her running miles around her home in Philadelphia, walking her dog, or ingesting pop culture (along with great takeout) with her family. She is the author of the young adult novels The Art of Breaking Things and Edie In Between, both from Viking.
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Kate Gies
Kate Gies is a writer and educator living in Toronto. She teaches creative nonfiction and expressive arts at George Brown College. Her fiction, non-fiction, and poetry have been published in The Malahat Review, The Humber Literary Review, Hobart, Minola Review, the Conium Review, and the Best Canadian Essays 2024 Anthology.
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Eleanor Farjeon
Daughter of Benjamin Leopold Farjeon, sister of Herbert Farjeon and J. Jefferson Farjeon.
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Eleanor Farjeon was an English author of children's stories and plays, poetry, biography, history and satire. Many of her works had charming illustrations by Edward Ardizzone. Some of her correspondence has also been published. She won many literary awards and the prestigious Eleanor Farjeon Award for children's literature is presented annually in her memory by the Children's Book Circle, a society of publishers.
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Anne Twist
Anne Twist is a debut children's author. She is the mother of Gemma and Harry. When her children were little, she read aloud to them constantly, especially at bedtime. After the death of her husband in 2017, Twist turned to writing poetry as a way of navigating her feelings of grief and loss. Her garden in the countryside of Cheshire, England, brought her peace as her craft grew and was the place where this story first bloomed. She hopes her debut book, Betty and the Mysterious Visitor becomes a bedtime favorite.
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Philippa Dowding
Philippa Dowding is an author, poet, and composer/musician based in Toronto. She is the winner of the Governor General's Literary Award, Young People's Literature, Text, and the Ruth & Sylvia Schwartz Children's Book Award, for her book FIREFLY.
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Philippa was a writer early in life, and began writing poetry and short stories at age nine. She studied English Language & Literature at Western University in London, Ontario, and completed an M.A. in English at The University of Toronto. Soon after graduating, she began her professional writing life as a copywriter in the magazine and newspaper industry, where she won many industry awards.
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Salma Hussain
SALMA HUSSAIN (she/her) grew up in the U.A.E., and immigrated to Canada when she was thirteen years old. She has a B.A. (Hon.) in English Literature, with a concentration in creative writing from the University of Calgary, a law degree from the University of Calgary, and a Masters in Law from McGill University. Her short stories and poems have been published in filling Station, West Coast Line, Other Voices, and in the anthology Homebound: Muslim Women Poetry Collection (Outburst Press). She is a graduate of the Humber Summer Writing Workshop and won the International Festival of Authors’ Litjam short story competition (2018). She was also a mentee in the Diaspora Dialogues long-form mentorship program in 2019. She lives in Toronto.
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Bindu Suresh
A former journalist and current paediatrician, Bindu Suresh is the author of short stories that have appeared in various literary publications. She studied literature at Columbia University and medicine at McGill University. Born in Wales, she grew up in Canada and has spent equal parts of her life in Saskatchewan, Alberta, Ontario, and Quebec. She currently lives in Montreal.
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Carlo Greppi
Carlo Greppi (Torino, 1982) è uno storico e scrittore italiano.
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Oltre all'attività di storico e scrittore, è membro del Comitato scientifico dell'Istituto nazionale Ferruccio Parri, ha fondato l'Associazione Deina, collabora con Rai Storia e con Radio 3 e cura la serie Fact Checking: la Storia alla prova dei fatti della casa editrice Laterza. Scrive su Doppiozero, sul supplemento Robinson de La Repubblica e su varie altre testate nazionali. Anima il blog Raccontiamo la storia, raccontiamola tutta. -
Tara Goedjen
Tara Goedjen never stays in one place for long. She wrote NO BEAUTIES OR MONSTERS on the island of Guam and in the desert of New Mexico, and she now lives and writes in the Pacific Northwest. She is also the author of The Breathless.
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Beth Goobie
Beth Goobie is best known for her quirky and dark young adult novels. She's published several of them, beginning in 1994. Her novel Before Wings won the Canadian Library Association's Young Adult Book Award in 2000, and was chosen by young readers for the Best Books list of the American Library Association.Much of the turmoil in Goobie's life has been laid bare in two books for adult readers, Scars of Light, which is autobiographical poetry, and The Only-Good Heart, a book of short stories. Both are built on the theme of cults, abuse, and emotional torture. They were, she says, both therapeutic for herself and a warning to others.
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Jenna Greene
Jenna Greene is a writer, podcaster, teacher, clumsy dancer, dragonboat coach, and semi-professional napper. She's also the co-host of "Quill and Ink: A Podcast for Book Lovers" with Miranda Oh.
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Susan White
Sue White was born in New Brunswick and moved from one New Brunswick city to another. As a teenager her family moved to the Kingston Peninsula and she only left long enough to earn her BA and BEd at St. Thomas University in Fredericton. Settling on the peninsula, she and her husband raised four children and ran a small farm while she taught elementary school. Since retiring she is grateful to now have the time to work on her writing and the freedom to regularly visit her new granddaughter in Alberta.
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Dennis E. Bolen
Dennis E. Bolen has published six novels, two books of short fiction and a poetry collection; holds an MFA in creative writing from the University of British Columbia and was fiction editor at sub-TERRAIN magazine for ten years; has been a part-time editorial writer and reviewer for The Vancouver Sun; literary reviewer for the Georgia Straight; freelance critic for numerous publications.
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Aaron Chapman
Aaron Chapman is a writer, historian, and musician with a special interest in Vancouver's entertainment history.
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He is the author of The Last Gang in Town, the story of Vancouver's Clark Park Gang; Liquor, Lust, and the Law, the story of Vancouver's Penthouse Nightclub, now available in a second edition; and Live at the Commodore, a history of the Commodore Ballroom that won the Bill Duthie Booksellers' Choice Award (BC Book Prizes) in 2015. He lives in Vancouver.