| Name |
Lifetime |
Genre |
Notable works |
| Irving Abella |
b. 1940 |
historian |
None is Too Many |
| Hugh Abercrombie |
1890-1965 |
playwright |
Auld Lang Syne |
| Mark Abley |
b. 1955 |
poet, journalist |
Spoken Here: Travels Among Threatened Languages |
| Marianne Ackerman |
b. 1952 |
playwright, novelist, journalist |
|
| Janice Acoose |
b. 1954 |
journalist |
Iskwewak Kah Yaw Ni Wahkomakanak |
| Milton Acorn |
1923-1986 |
poet |
The Island Means Minago |
| Ken Adachi |
1929-1989 |
historian, critic |
The Enemy That Never Was |
| Evan Adams |
b. 1966 |
dramatist |
Dreams of Sheep, Snapshots, Dirty Dog River |
| Ian Adams |
b. 1937 |
novelist, non-fiction |
Agent of Influence |
| Gil Adamson |
|
novelist, short stories, poetry |
The Outlander |
| Caroline Adderson |
b. 1963 |
novelist, short stories |
Bad Imaginings, Sitting Practice |
| Marie-Célie Agnant |
b. 1953 |
poet, novelist |
Le Silence comme le sang |
| Freda Ahenakew |
b. 1932 |
linguist, children's literature |
|
| Kelley Aitken |
|
short stories |
Love in a Warm Climate |
| Donald Akenson |
b. 1941 |
novelist, historian |
|
| Kateri Akiwenzie-Damm |
|
poet |
My Heart is a Stray Bullet |
| Linda Aksomitis |
b. 1954 |
children's literature |
Adeline's Dream |
| Donald Alarie |
b.1945 |
poet |
Jérôme et les mots |
| Scott Albert |
b. 1975 |
novelist, screenwriter |
|
| André Alexis |
b. 1957 |
novelist, journalist, short stories |
Childhood, Asylum |
| Edna Alford |
|
poet |
|
| Sandra Alland |
|
poet, journalist |
|
| Donna Allard |
|
poet |
|
Charlotte Vale Allen
(also known as Katherine Marlowe) |
b. 1941 |
romantic novels, expert on child abuse |
|
| Grant Allen |
1848-1899 |
science writer, novelist |
The Woman Who Did |
| Harper Allen |
|
romantic fiction |
|
| Lillian Allen |
b. 1951 |
poet |
Rhythm an' Hardtimes |
| Ralph Allen |
1913-1966 |
novelist, journalist |
Peace River Country |
| Sidney Allinson |
b. 1930 |
historian, historical fiction |
|
| Paul Almond |
b. 1931 |
novelist, screenwriter |
|
| Anne-Marie Alonzo |
1951-2005 |
poet |
Bleus de mine |
| George Amabile |
b. 1936 |
poet |
|
| Elissa Ambrose |
|
romantic fiction |
|
| Anahareo |
1906-1986 |
autobiographer |
Devil in Deerskins: My Life With Grey Owl |
| Marguerite Andersen |
b. 1924 |
poet |
Courts métrages et instantanés |
| Doris Anderson |
1921-2007 |
journalist |
The Unfinished Revolution, Rebel Daughter |
| Patrick Anderson |
b. 1915 |
poet |
|
| Rod Anderson |
b. 1935 |
poet, accounting texts |
|
| Gordon Stewart Anderson |
1958-1991 |
novelist |
The Toronto You Are Leaving |
| Gail Anderson-Dargatz |
b. 1963 |
novelist |
The Cure for Death by Lightning |
| Michael Andre |
|
poet |
|
| François-Réal Angers |
1812-1860 |
legal texts |
Décisions des tribunaux du Bas-Canada |
| Trey Anthony |
|
playwright |
Da Kink in My Hair |
| Salvatore Antonio |
|
playwright |
In Gabriel's Kitchen |
| Lisa Appignanesi |
b. 1946 |
novelist, biographer |
Losing the Dead: A Family Memoir |
| Emmanuel Aquin |
b. 1968 |
novelist |
|
| Hubert Aquin |
1929-1977 |
novelist |
Prochain épisode |
| Gilles Archambault |
b. 1933 |
novelist |
L'obsédante obèse et autres aggressions |
| Nelly Arcan |
b. 1973 |
novelist |
Putain |
| Bert Archer |
b. 1968 |
journalist, essayist |
The End of Gay |
| Jeannette Armstrong |
b. 1948 |
novelist, poet |
Slash |
| Kelley Armstrong |
b. 1968 |
horror fiction |
Women of the Otherworld |
| David Arnason |
b. 1940 |
poet, novelist, historian |
The Imagined City: A Literary History of Winnipeg |
| Joanne Arnott |
b. 1960 |
poet, children's literature |
Wiles of Girlhood |
| Margaret Atwood |
b. 1939 |
novelist, poet, critic |
The Handmaid's Tale, Alias Grace, Surfacing |
| Phillipe-Ignace François Aubert du Gaspé |
1814-1841 |
novelist |
L'influence d'un livre |
| Philippe-Joseph Aubert de Gaspé |
1786-1871 |
novelist, memoirist |
|
| Jean-Paul Audet |
1918-1993 |
theologian |
|
| Margaret Avison |
1918-2007 |
poet |
The Winter Sun, Concrete and Wild Carrot |
| Malcolm Azania |
|
science fiction |
The Coyote Kings of the Space-Age Bachelor Pad |
| Caroline Azar |
|
playwright |
The Surreal Detective |
| Name |
Lifetime |
Genre |
Notable works |
| Todd Babiak |
|
novelist |
The Garneau Block |
| Ken Babstock |
|
poet |
Mean, Airstream Land Yacht |
| R. Scott Bakker |
b. 1967 |
fantasy |
Prince of Nothing |
| Shauna Singh Baldwin |
b. 1962 |
novelist |
What the Body Remembers, The Tiger Claw |
| Himani Bannerji |
b. 1942 |
poet, academic |
Dark Side of the Nation: Essays on Multiculturalism, Nationalism and Racism |
| Nick Bantock |
b. 1949 |
novelist |
Griffin and Sabine |
| Bruce Barber |
|
art critic |
Voices of Fire: Art Rage, Power, and the State |
| Joan Barfoot |
b. 1946 |
novelist |
Dancing in the Dark, Luck |
| Gary Barwin |
b. 1964 |
novelist, children's literature |
Seeing Stars |
| Rodrigo Bascunan |
b. 1976 |
non-fiction |
Enter The Babylon System |
| Michel Basilières |
b. 1960 |
novelist |
Black Bird |
| Bill Bauer |
|
poet |
The Trail of the Lonesome Pine |
| Nancy Bauer |
b. 1934 |
arts journalist |
Flora, Write This Down |
| Kevin Bazzana |
|
music historian |
Wondrous Strange: The Life and Art of Glenn Gould |
| Yves Beauchemin |
b. 1941 |
novelist |
Juliette Pomerleau, Le Matou |
| Doug Beardsley |
b. 1941 |
poet |
Dancing Star |
| D. Y. Béchard |
|
novelist |
Vandal Love |
| Peter Behrens |
|
novelist, short-story writer |
The Law of Dreams |
| Henry Beissel |
b. 1929 |
poet, translator |
Under Coyote's Eye |
| Ken Belford |
b. 1946 |
poet |
Pathways into the Mountains |
| William E. Bell |
b. 1945 |
children's literature |
Forbidden City |
| John Bemrose |
|
journalist, novelist |
The Island Walkers |
| Nigel Bennett |
b. 1949 |
fantasy |
Keeper of the King, His Father's Son |
| David Bergen |
b. 1957 |
novelist |
The Time in Between, A Year of Lesser |
| David Berman |
b. 1962 |
non-fiction |
Do Good Design |
| Pierre Berton |
1920-2004 |
historian, journalist, memoirist |
The National Dream, The Last Spike |
| Dennison Berwick |
b. 1956 |
travel writer |
Savages, the Life & Killing of the Yanomami |
| Gérard Bessette |
1920-2005 |
novelist |
Le libraire, Le Cycle |
| H. S. Bhabra |
1955-2000 |
novelist |
The Adversary, Bad Money |
| Navtej Bharati |
|
poet, publisher Third Eye Press |
Leela |
| Dave Bidini |
|
non-fiction, songwriter |
Around the World in 57½ Gigs, Tropic of Hockey |
| Sandra Birdsell |
b. 1942 |
novelist, short story writer |
The Rüsslander, The Two-Headed Calf |
| Earle Birney |
1904-1995 |
poet, novelist, short stories, drama |
David and Other Poems, Turvey |
| Bill Bissett |
b. 1939 |
experimental poet |
nobody owns th earth |
| Lise Bissonnette |
b. 1945 |
novelist, journalist |
Marie suivait l'été, Choses crus |
| Neil Bissoondath |
b. 1955 |
novelist |
A Casual Brutality, Selling Illusions |
| Marie-Claire Blais |
b. 1939 |
novelist |
Une Saison dans la vie d'Emmanuel |
| Clark Blaise |
b. 1940 |
novelist, short stories |
Lunar Attractions |
| Lance Blomgren |
b. 1970 |
short stories, essays |
Walkups, Corner Pieces |
| Giles Blunt |
b. 1952 |
mystery |
Forty Words for Sorrow, Blackfly Season |
| Dennis Bock |
b. 1964 |
novelist |
The Ash Garden |
| Fred Bodsworth |
b. 1918 |
journalist, naturalist |
The Last of the Curlews |
| Christian Bök |
b. 1966 |
poet |
Eunoia |
| Stephanie Bolster |
|
poet |
White Stone: The Alice Poems |
| Roo Borson |
b. 1952 |
poet |
Short Journey Upriver Toward Oishida |
| Hédi Bouraoui |
b. 1932 |
poet, novelist |
Vésuviade, La Femme d'entre les lignes |
| Pan Bouyoucas |
b. 1946 |
novelist, playwright, poet |
The Man Who Wanted to Drink Up the Sea |
| George Bowering |
b. 1935 |
novelist, poet |
The Gangs of Kosmos, Burning Water |
| Marilyn Bowering |
b. 1949 |
poet, novelist |
Visible Worlds, Autobiography |
| David Boyd |
|
children's literature |
Bottom Drawer |
| George Boyd |
|
dramatist |
Consecrated Ground |
| Joseph Boyden |
b. 1966 |
novelist |
Three Day Road, Through Black Spruce |
| Harry J. Boyle |
1915-2005 |
humorist |
Homebrew and Patches, Luck of the Irish |
| Karleen Bradford |
b. 1936 |
children's literature |
There Will Be Wolves |
| Max Braithwaite |
1911-1995 |
novelist, non-fiction |
The Night We Stole the Mountie's Car |
| Shannon Bramer |
b. 1973 |
poet |
The Refrigerator Memory |
| Dionne Brand |
b. 1953 |
poet, novelist |
What We All Long For, Land to Light On |
| Di Brandt |
b. 1952 |
poet, literary critic |
Jerusalem, beloved, Now You Care |
| Jacques Brault |
b. 1933 |
poet, translator |
Quand nous serons heureux, Il n'y a plus de chemin |
| Nathan Braun |
|
academic |
Good News for All Creation (co-author), The History and Philosophy of Marriage (4th ed., editor) |
| Brian Brett |
b. 1950 |
novelist, memoirist |
Uproar's Your Only Music, The Fungus Garden |
| Robert Bringhurst |
b. 1946 |
poet, author, and typographer |
The Beauty of the Weapons: Selected Poems 1972–82, Ursa Major |
| David Bromige |
b. 1944 |
poet |
My Poetry |
| Barry Broadfoot |
1926-2003 |
historian |
Six War Years, The Immigrant Years |
| Frances Brooke |
1724-1789 |
novelist, essayist |
The History of Emily Montague |
| Bertram Brooker |
1888-1955 |
poet, advertising |
Subconscious Selling |
| Nicole Brossard |
b. 1943 |
poet |
Double impression, Méchanique jongleuse |
| Sigmund Brouwer |
b. 1959 |
children's literature |
Watch Out for Joel! |
| Nick Brune |
b. 1952 |
historian |
Defining Canada: History, Identity, and Culture |
| Carol Bruneau |
b. 1956 |
novelist |
Purple for Sky |
| Ernest Buckler |
1908-1984 |
novelist |
The Mountain and the Valley |
| Robert Budde |
b. 1966 |
poet, novelist |
Finding Fort George |
| Margaret Buffie |
|
children's literature |
The Dark Garden, The Finder |
| Bonnie Burnard |
b. 1945 |
novelist |
A Good House |
| Mick Burrs |
|
poet |
Variations on the Birth of Jacob |
| Catherine Bush |
b. 1961 |
novelist |
Minus Time, The Rules of Engagement |
| Sharon Butala |
b. 1940 |
novelist |
The Perfection of the Morning |
| Name |
Lifetime |
Genre |
Notable works |
| Barry Callaghan |
b. 1937 |
novelist and journalist |
Barrelhouse Kings |
| Morley Callaghan |
1903-1990 |
novelist, short stories |
A Fine and Private Place |
| Anne Cameron |
b. 1938 |
novelist, poet, short story writer |
Daughters of Copper Woman |
| Elspeth Cameron |
b. 1943 |
biographer |
No Previous Experience |
| Silver Donald Cameron |
b. 1937 |
|
|
| Natalee Caple |
b. 1970 |
novelist |
The Plight of Happy People in an Ordinary World |
| Bliss Carman |
1861-1929 |
poet |
Low Tide on Grand Pre |
| David Carpenter |
|
|
|
| Roch Carrier |
b. 1937 |
novelist, short stories |
La Guerre, Yes Sir!, Le chandail |
| Anne Carson |
b. 1950 |
poet |
Autobiography of Red |
| Gillian Chan |
|
|
|
| David Chariandy |
|
novelist |
Soucouyant |
| Pierre Francois Xavier de Charlevoix |
1682-1761 |
historian |
|
| Chris Chambers |
|
|
|
| Herménégilde Chiasson |
b. 1946 |
poet, playwright |
|
| Denise Chong |
|
memoirist |
The Concubine's Children |
| Wayson Choy |
b. 1939 |
novelist |
The Jade Peony, All That Matters |
| Lesley Choyce |
b. 1951 |
|
|
| Eliza Clark |
b. 1963 |
novelist |
Bite the Stars |
| Greg Clark |
1892-1977 |
humorist |
|
| Joan Clark |
b. 1934 |
novelist |
Latitudes of Melt, The Hand of Robin Squires |
| Austin Clarke |
b. 1934 |
novelist |
The Polished Hoe, Growing Up Stupid Under the Union Jack |
| George Elliott Clarke |
b. 1960 |
poet, novelist, dramatist |
Whylah Falls, George and Rue |
| Lynn Coady |
b. 1970 |
novelist |
Saints of Big Harbour, Strange Heaven |
| Leonard Cohen |
b. 1934 |
poet, novelist, singer-songwriter |
Beautiful Losers |
| Matt Cohen |
1942-1999 |
novelist |
Emotional Arithmetic, Elizabeth and After |
| Don Coles |
b. 1928 |
poet |
Forests of the Medieval World |
| John Robert Colombo |
b. 1936 |
poet and compiler of reference books |
|
| Jan Conn |
b. 1952 |
poet and insect geneticist |
|
| Karen Connelly |
b. 1969 |
|
|
| Kevin Connolly |
|
poet, book editor |
Drift, Revolver |
| Ralph Connor (also known as Charles William Gordon) |
1860-1937 |
novelist, essayist |
The Man from Glengarry, Glengarry School Days |
| George Ramsay Cook |
b. 1931 |
historian |
|
| Hugh Cook |
b. 1942 |
|
|
| Michael Cook |
|
|
|
| Dennis Cooley |
b. 1944 |
|
|
| Douglas Cooper |
|
novelist |
|
| Thomas B. Costain |
1885-1965 |
historical fiction and non-fiction |
Below the Salt, Ride with Me, The Black Rose, The Silver Chalice |
| Douglas Coupland |
b. 1961 |
novelist |
Generation X, Girlfriend in a Coma |
| Daniel Allen Cox |
b. 1976 |
novelist |
Shuck, Tattoo This Madness In |
| Isabella Valancy Crawford |
|
|
|
| Donald Creighton |
1902-1979 |
historian |
|
| Octave Crémazie |
1827-1879 |
poet |
|
| Lynn Crosbie |
|
|
|
| Lorna Crozier |
b. 1948 |
poet |
|
| Michael Crummey |
|
|
|
| Alan Cumyn |
b. 1960 |
|
|
| Richard Cumyn |
|
|
|
| Herb Curtis |
|
|
|
| Name |
Lifetime |
Genre |
Notable works |
| Mavis Gallant |
b. 1922 |
short stories |
From the Fifteenth District, Home Truths, Paris Notebooks |
| François-Xavier Garneau |
1809-1866 |
historian |
History of Canada : from the time of its discovery till the union year |
| Saint-Denys Garneau |
1912-1943 |
poet |
Regards et jeux dans l'espace |
| Hugh Garner |
1913-1979 |
novelist |
Cabbagetown |
| Elyse Gasco |
b. 1967 |
short stories |
Can You Wave Bye Bye, Baby? |
| Bill Gaston |
b. 1953 |
novelist, short stories |
The Order of Good Cheer, Mount Appetite |
| Pauline Gedge |
b. 1945 |
novelist |
Stargate, House of Illusions |
| Camilla Gibb |
b. 1968 |
novelist |
Sweetness in the Belly |
| John Murray Gibbon |
1875-1952 |
non-fiction novelist |
Canadian Mosaic |
| Graeme Gibson |
b. 1934 |
novelist |
Five Legs, Perpetual Motion |
| Margaret Gibson |
1948-2006 |
novelist, short story writer |
The Butterfly Ward, Opium Dreams |
| William Gibson |
b. 1948 |
science fiction |
Neuromancer, All Tomorrow's Parties |
| Sky Gilbert |
b. 1952 |
playwright |
Brother Dumb, Drag Queens in Outer Space |
| John Patrick Gillese |
1926-1999 |
novelist, short stories |
Kirby's Gander |
| David Gilmour |
b. 1949 |
novelist |
A Perfect Night to Go to China |
| Joanna Glass |
b. 1936 |
playwright |
If We Are Women, Trying |
| Susan Glickman |
b. 1953 |
poet, novelist, critic |
The Violin Lover, The Picturesque & the Sublime: A Poetics of the Canadian Landscape |
| Douglas Glover |
b. 1948 |
novelist |
Elle, The Life and Times of Captain N |
| Jacques Godbout |
b. 1933 |
novelist |
Salut Galarneau!, Une histoire américaine |
| Dave Godfrey |
b. 1938 |
novelist |
The New Ancestors |
| Glenda Goertzen |
b. 1967 |
novelist |
The Prairie Dogs |
| Leona Gom |
b. 1946 |
novelist, mystery, poet |
Housebroken, Freeze Frame |
| Phyllis Gotlieb |
b. 1926 |
poet, science fiction |
A Judgement of Dragons |
| Sondra Gotlieb |
b. 1936 |
newspaper columnist |
True Confections |
| Hiromi Goto |
b. 1966 |
science fiction |
Chorus of Mushrooms, The Kappa Child |
| John Gould |
|
short stories |
Kilter: 55 Fictions |
| George R. D. Goulet |
b. 1933 |
historian |
The Trial of Louis Riel: Justice and Mercy Denied, The Metis: Memorable Events and Memorable Personalities, Louis Hébert and Marie Rollet: Canada's Premier Pioneers, The Métis in British Columbia: From Fur Trade Outposts to Colony |
| Katherine Govier |
b. 1948 |
novelist |
Angel Walk, The Truth Teller |
| David Gow |
b. 1964 |
playwright, screenwriter |
Steel Toes |
| Lee Gowan |
b. 1961 |
novelist |
Make Believe Love, The Last Cowboy |
| Barbara Gowdy |
b. 1950 |
novelist, short stories |
The Romantic, The White Bone |
| Gwethalyn Graham |
1913-1965 |
novelist |
Earth and High Heaven |
| Neile Graham |
b. 1958 |
poet |
Spells for Clear Vision, Blood Memory |
| Martin Allerdale Grainger |
1874-1941 |
novelist, journalist |
Woodsmen of the West |
| George Grant |
1918-1988 |
historian, philosopher |
Lament for a Nation |
| Jack Granatstein |
b. 1939 |
historian |
|
| Ed Greenwood |
b. 1959 |
fantasy |
Forgotten Realms |
| Grey Owl |
1888-1938 |
conservationist |
Grey Owl and the Beaver, City of the Ancients |
| Frederick Phillip Grove |
1879-1948 |
novelist |
Settlers of the Marsh, Consider Her Ways |
| Brett Josef Grubisic |
|
novelist, critic |
The Age of Cities |
| Genni Gunn |
b. 1949 |
novelist, poet |
Tracing Iris, Faceless |
| Kristjana Gunnars |
b. 1948 |
poet, novelist |
Settlement Poems, One-Eyed Moon Maps |
| Ralph Gustafson |
1909-1995 |
poet |
Fire on Stone |
| Sandra Gwyn |
1935-2000 |
journalist |
The Private Capital: Ambition and Love in the Age of Macdonald and Laurier |
| Name |
Lifetime |
Genre |
Notable works |
| Sonnet L'Abbé |
|
poet |
A Strange Relief, Killarnoe |
| Larissa Lai |
b. 1967 |
novelist |
When Fox Is a Thousand |
| Randolph Lalonde |
b. 1976 |
novelist |
First Light Chronicles, Spinward Fringe series |
| Vincent Lam |
b. 1974 |
medical writer, novelist |
Bloodletting and Miraculous Cures |
| Tim Lander |
b. 1938 |
poet |
Street Heart Poems |
| Patrick Lane |
b. 1939 |
poet |
Poems, New and Selected |
| Evelyn Lau |
b. 1971 |
poet, novelist, memoirist |
Runaway: Diary of a Street Kid |
| Margaret Laurence |
1926-1987 |
novelist |
The Stone Angel, The Diviners |
| Mary Lawson |
b. 1946 |
novelist |
Crow Lake (novel) |
| Eric Layman |
1943-2008 |
poet |
To a Stark and Clean Place |
| Irving Layton |
1912-2006 |
poet |
A Wild Peculiar Joy |
| Stephen Leacock |
1869-1944 |
humorist |
Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town |
| Dennis Lee |
b. 1939 |
poet |
Garbage Delight, Alligator Pie, Civil Elegies |
| Jen Sookfong Lee |
|
novelist |
The End of East |
| John B. Lee |
b. 1951 |
poet |
The Pig Dance Dreams, Variations on Herb |
| Nancy Lee |
b. 1970 |
short stories |
Dead Girls |
| Ronald Lee |
b. 1934 |
novelist |
Goddam Gypsy |
| Sky Lee |
b. 1952 |
short stories, novelist |
Disappearing Moon Cafe |
| Mark Leiren-Young |
b. 1962 |
playwright |
Blueprints from Space |
| Roger Lemelin |
1919-1992 |
novelist, essayist |
The Town Below |
| John Lent |
1948-2006 |
poet, novelist |
So it Won't Go Away |
| Douglas LePan |
1914-1998 |
poet, novelist |
The Deserter |
| Norman Levine |
1923-2005 |
short stories |
One Way Ticket, Thin Ice |
| Shar Levine |
b. 1953 |
children's science |
Extreme 3-D Weird Animals, Fun with Your Microscope |
| Wyndham Lewis |
1882-1957 |
novelist |
The Apes of God |
| Jean Little |
b. 1932 |
novelist |
Mine for Keeps |
| Dorothy Livesay |
1909-1996 |
poet |
Day and Night, Poems for People |
| Billie Livingston |
b.1965 |
novelist, short stories, poet |
Going Down Swinging, Cease to Blush |
| Douglas Lochhead |
b. 1922 |
poet |
High Marsh Road, Shepherds Before Kings, The Millwood Road Poems |
| Malcolm Lowry |
1909-1957 |
novelist |
Under the Volcano |
| Pat Lowther |
1935-1975 |
poet |
Milk Stone, A Stone Diary |
| Janet Lunn |
b. 1928 |
children's literature |
The Root Cellar, The Hollow Tree |
| Name |
Lifetime |
Genre |
Notable works |
| Rozena Maart |
b. 1962 |
novelist, short stories |
Rosa's District Six, The Writing Circle |
| Patrick MacAdam |
|
|
Gold Medal Misfits |
| Agnes Maule Machar |
|
|
|
| Ann-Marie MacDonald |
b. 1958 |
novelist, playwright |
Fall on Your Knees, Goodnight Desdemona (Good Morning Juliet) |
| Bernell MacDonald |
b. 1950 |
|
|
| Hugh MacDonald |
|
|
|
| Jake MacDonald |
|
|
|
| Maggie MacDonald |
|
|
|
| Gwendolyn MacEwen |
1941-1987 |
poet |
|
| Rory Maclean |
b. 1954 |
|
|
| Hugh MacLennan |
1907-1990 |
novelist and essayist |
Two Solitudes, Barometer Rising |
| Matt MacLennan |
|
|
|
| Michael MacLennan |
|
|
|
| Alistair MacLeod |
b. 1936 |
novelist, short stories |
No Great Mischief |
| Elizabeth Macleod |
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biographer |
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| Rick Maddocks |
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short stories |
Sputnik Diner |
| Antonine Maillet |
b. 1929 |
novelist, playwright |
La Sagouine, Pélagie-la-Charette |
| Kevin Major |
b. 1949 |
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| Eli Mandel |
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| David Manicom |
b. 1960 |
poet, novelist |
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| Lee Maracle |
b. 1950 |
poet, novelist |
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| Daphne Marlatt |
b. 1942 |
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| Paul Marlowe |
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novelist, short stories |
Sporeville |
| John Marlyn |
1912-1985 |
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| David Margoshes |
b. 1941 |
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| Nicole Markotic |
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| Yann Martel |
b. 1963 |
novelist, short story writer |
The Life of Pi |
| Bruno Massé |
b. 1982 |
novelist |
The Noxious and the Daemon Flower |
| Carol Matas |
b. 1949 |
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| Shirlee Smith Matheson |
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| Colin McAdam |
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novelist |
Some Great Thing |
| Steve McCaffery |
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| Nellie McClung |
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journalist |
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| John McCrae |
1872-1918 |
poet |
"In Flanders' Fields" |
| Colin McDougall |
1917-1984 |
novelist |
"Execution" |
| Jaimie McEvoy |
b. 1965 |
historian |
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| David McFadden |
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| Leslie McFarlane (a/k/a Franklin W. Dixon) |
1902-1977 |
children's literature |
The Hardy Boys |
| James McIntyre |
1827-1906 |
poet |
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| Ami McKay |
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The Birth House |
| Don McKay |
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| Leo McKay, Jr. |
b. 1964 |
novelist, short stories |
Twenty-Six, Like This |
| Stuart McLean |
b. 1948 |
humorist, short stories |
Welcome Home, Stories from the Vinyl Cafe |
| Marshall McLuhan |
1911-1980 |
academic |
|
| Susan McMaster |
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| Sylvia McNicoll |
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| John Melady |
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| Judith Merril |
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| John Metcalf |
b. 1938 |
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| Anne Michaels |
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poet, novelist |
Fugitive Pieces |
| Roy Miki |
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| Ron Miksha |
b. 1954 |
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Bad Beekeeping |
| Kenneth G. Mills |
1923-2004 |
poet |
|
| Rohinton Mistry |
b. 1952 |
novelist |
Such a Long Journey, A Fine Balance |
| Jared Mitchell |
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| W.O. Mitchell |
1914-1998 |
novelist, short stories |
Who Has Seen the Wind, Jake and the Kid |
| Lucy Maud Montgomery |
1874-1942 |
novelist, children's literature |
Anne of Green Gables |
| Susanna Moodie |
1803-1885 |
memoirist |
Roughing it in the Bush |
| Brian Moore |
1921-1999 |
|
Black Robe, The Luck of Ginger Coffey |
| Christopher G. Moore |
b. 1952 |
novelist, short stories |
Vincent Calvino Private Eye series |
|
| Lisa Moore |
|
short stories, novelist |
|
| Shani Mootoo |
b. 1958 |
novelist |
Cereus Blooms at Night |
| Edythe Morahan de Lauzon |
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poet |
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| Pierre Morency |
b. 1942 |
poet and playwright |
|
| Bernice Morgan |
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| Dwayne Morgan |
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| Donna Morrissey |
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| Kim Morrissey |
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| Colin Morton |
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| Daniel David Moses |
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poet and playwright |
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| Tara Moss |
b. 1973 |
|
Fetish |
| Erin Mouré |
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poet |
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| Farley Mowat |
b. 1921 |
novelist, naturalist |
Never Cry Wolf, My Discovery of America |
| Alice Munro |
b. 1931 |
short stories |
The Progress of Love, Lives of Girls and Women, The Love of a Good Woman |
| Jim Munroe |
1945 |
science fiction |
Flyboy Action Figure Comes with Gasmask, Everyone in Silico |
| Robert Munsch |
b. 1945 |
children's literature |
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| John Murrell |
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playwright |
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| Susan Musgrave |
b. 1951 |
poet and novelist |
Cargo of Orchids |
| Name |
Lifetime |
Genre |
Notable works |
| Thomas Head Raddall |
1903-1994 |
novelist |
The Pied Piper of Dipper Creek, At the Tide's Turn and Other Stories |
| Gurcharan Rampuri |
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| Edeet Ravel |
b. 1955 |
novelist |
A Wall of Light, Ten Thousand Lovers |
| Angela Rawlings |
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| Wayne Ray |
|
short stories |
Giants of the North, Going Down Goose Lane Toward Broken Jaw |
| Mark A. Rayner |
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| James Reaney |
1926-2008 |
poet, playwright |
The Red Heart, A Suit of Nettles, Colours in the Dark, Black Donnelly's |
| Michael Redhill |
|
novelist, short stories |
Martin Sloane |
| Gayla Reid |
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| Stephen Reid |
|
memoirist, novelist |
Jack Rabbit Parole |
| Kati Rekai |
b. 1921 |
|
The Adventures of Mickey, Taggy, Puppo, and Cica and How They Discover Toronto, Ottawa, Montreal, Budapest, Vienna, The Netherlands, France, Italy, Switzerland, and Greece |
| Nino Ricci |
b. 1959 |
novelist |
Lives of the Saints |
| David Adams Richards |
b. 1950 |
novelist |
The Bay of Love and Sorrows, Mercy Among the Children, Nights Below Station Street |
| John Richardson |
1796-1852 |
novelist |
Wacousta |
| Mordecai Richler |
1931-2001 |
novelist |
The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz, Joshua Then and Now, Barney's Version |
| Ringuet (Phillipe Panneton) |
1895-1960 |
novelist |
Thirty Acres |
| Charles G.D. Roberts |
1860-1943 |
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| Ken Roberts |
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| Paul William Roberts |
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| Lisa Robertson |
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poet |
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| Eden Robinson |
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novelist |
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| Peter Robinson |
b. 1950 |
mystery |
|
| Ajmer Rode |
|
poet, playwright, translator |
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| Spider Robinson |
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science fiction, humorist |
Callahan's Crosstime Saloon |
| Richard Rohmer |
b. 1924 |
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| Linda Rogers |
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| Leon Rooke |
b. 1934 |
novelist |
Shakespeare's Dog |
| Patrick Roscoe |
|
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| Simon Rose |
|
science fiction and fantasy novelist |
The Alchemist's Portrait, Sorcerer's Letterbox, The Clone Conspiracy |
| Rebecca Rosenblum |
b. 1978 |
short stories |
Once |
| Sinclair Ross |
1908-1996 |
short stories, novelist |
As for Me and My House |
| Gabrielle Roy |
1909-1983 |
novelist |
The Tin Flute, Children of My Heart |
| Holley Rubinsky |
b. 1943 |
novelist, short stories |
At First I Hope For Rescue |
| Jane Rule |
1931-2007 |
novelist |
Desert of the Heart |
| Elizabeth Ruth |
b.1968 |
novelist |
Smoke |
| George Ryga |
1932-1987 |
playwright and novelist |
The Ecstasy of Rita Joe |
| Geoff Ryman |
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|
|
| Name |
Lifetime |
Genre |
Notable works |
| Michelle Sagara |
|
fantasy |
|
| Kerri Sakamoto |
|
novelist |
The Electrical Field |
| Trish Salah |
|
poet |
Wanting in Arabic |
| Rick Salutin |
b. 1942 |
columnist, novelist |
A Man of Little Faith |
| Laura G. Salverson |
1890-1970 |
novelist |
The Dark Weaver |
| Mairuth Sarsfield |
|
novelist |
No Crystal Stair |
| John Ralston Saul |
b. 1947 |
essayist, philosopher |
The Unconscious Civilization |
| Gloria Sawai |
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| Robert J. Sawyer |
b. 1960 |
science fiction |
The Neanderthal Parallax, Calculating God, Flashforward |
| Jacob Scheier |
b. 1980 |
poet |
More to Keep Us Warm |
| Libby Scheier |
1946 - 2000 |
poet, short stories |
Kaddish for My Father, Saints & Runners |
| Diane Schoemperlen |
b. 1954 |
novelist |
In the Language of Love, Forms of Devotion |
| Andreas Schroeder |
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| Alvin Schwartz |
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| Duncan Campbell Scott |
1862-1947 |
poet |
In the Village of Viger |
| Frank Scott |
1899-1985 |
poet |
|
| Richard Scrimger |
|
children's writer, novelist |
|
| Djanet Sears |
|
playwright |
The Adventures of a Black Girl in Search of God |
| Benjamin Sehene |
b. 1959 |
novelist, essayist, and political writer |
|
| Shyam Selvadurai |
|
novelist |
Funny Boy, Cinammon Gardens |
| Robert W. Service |
1874-1958 |
poet |
The Cremation of Sam McGee, The Shooting of Dan McGrew |
| Ernest Thompson Seton |
1860-1946 |
|
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| Mark Shainblum |
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| Leanne Shapton |
|
graphic novelist |
Important Artifacts and Personal Property From the Collection of Lenore Doolan and Harold Morris, Including Books, Street Fashion and Jewelry |
| William Shatner |
b. 1931 |
actor, novelist |
TekWar |
| Sarah Sheard |
|
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| Murphy O. Shewchuk |
|
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| Carol Shields |
1935-2003 |
novelist, short stories |
The Stone Diaries, Larry's Party |
| Aki Shimazaki |
|
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| Maggie Siggins |
|
historian, biography |
Riel |
| Antanas Sileika |
|
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| Makeda Silvera |
|
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| Merilyn Simonds |
|
journalist |
The Convict Lover |
| Colin Simpson |
|
|
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| Jaspreet Singh |
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| Marsha Skrypuch |
|
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| Josef Skvorecky |
b. 1924 |
novelist, essayist |
The Engineer of Human Souls |
| Joshua Slocum |
1844-1909 |
|
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| Elizabeth Smart |
1913-1986 |
|
By Grand Central Station I Sat Down and Wept |
| Jean Edward Smith |
|
|
|
| Michael V. Smith |
|
novelist |
Cumberland |
| Neil Smith |
|
short stories |
Bang Crunch |
| Russell Smith |
|
journalist, novelist |
How Insensitive, Muriella Pent |
| Evan Solomon |
|
journalist, novelist |
Crossing the Distance |
| Madeline Sonik |
|
|
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| J. Dewey Soper |
1893-1982 |
naturalist |
|
| Gaétan Soucy |
b. 1958 |
novelist |
L'Immaculée conception, La petite fille qui aimait trop les allumettes |
| Raymond Souster |
b. 1921 |
poet |
|
| Esta Spalding |
|
|
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| Linda Spalding |
|
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| Birk Sproxton |
b. 1943 |
|
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| Edna Staebler |
|
|
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| Harold Standish |
1919-1972 |
poet and novelist |
|
| Robert Stead |
1880-1959 |
novelist, poet |
Grain |
| John Steffler |
b. 1947 |
poet, novelist |
The Afterlife of George Cartwright |
| Fred Stenson |
|
|
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| Richard Stevenson |
|
|
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| Shannon Stewart |
|
poet, children's writer |
| Walter Stewart |
1941-2004 |
journalist and editor |
|
| Kathy Stinson |
|
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| Anne Stone |
|
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| Alan Sullivan |
1868-1947 |
poet, novelist |
Three Came to Ville Marie |
| Mary Swan |
|
novelist, short story writer |
The Boys in the Trees |
| Susan Swan |
|
|
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| Robert Sward |
|
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| Margaret Sweatman |
|
|
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| George Swede |
|
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| Alastair Sweeny |
|
|
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| Scott Symons |
|
|
|
| Guy Sylvestre |
|
journalist, critic |
|
| Anne Szumigalski |
1922-1999 |
poet |
Voice |
| Name |
Lifetime |
Genre |
Notable works |
| Fred Wah |
b. 1939 |
poet, novelist |
Loki is Buried at Smoky Creek: Selected Poetry, Waiting for Saskatchewan |
| Bronwen Wallace |
1945-1989 |
poet, short stories |
Signs of the Former Tenant, People You'd Trust Your Life To |
| Frederick William Wallace |
1886-1958 |
journalist, novelist |
Wooden Ships and Iron Men |
| Tom Walmsley |
b. 1948 |
novelist, dramatist, poet |
Doctor Tin |
| Sabrina Ward Harrison |
b. 1975 |
spirituality, self-help |
Spilling Open: The Art of Becoming Yourself |
| Dianne Warren |
b. 1950 |
playwright |
Serpent in the Night Sky, Club Chernobyl |
| David Watmough |
b. 1926 |
playwright, novelist, short stories |
Names for the Numbered Years, The Time of Kingfishers |
| Sheila Watson |
1909-1998 |
novelist |
The Double Hook |
| Alison Wearing |
b. 1967 |
travel |
Honeymoon in Purdah |
| John Weier |
b. 1949 |
poet |
Stand the Sacred Tree: Journeys in Place and Memory |
| Steve Weiner |
|
novelist |
The Museum of Love |
| Elizabeth Wellburn |
|
children's literature |
Echoes From the Square |
| Zachariah Wells |
b. 1976 |
poet, critic |
Fool's Errand, Unsettled |
| Michael Wex |
b. 1954 |
novelist, playwright, non-fiction |
The Adventures of Micah Mushmelon, Boy Talmudist |
| Dawud Wharnsby Ali |
b. 1972 |
poet, songwriter |
Nasheed Artist |
| Thomas Wharton |
|
novelist |
Salamander |
| Rudy Wiebe |
b. 1934 |
novelist |
A Discovery of Strangers, The Temptations of Big Bear |
| Eric Wilson |
|
mystery |
|
| Ethel Wilson |
1888-1980 |
novelist |
Swamp Angel, Hetty Dorval, The Window |
| John Wilson |
b. 1987 |
historical fiction |
Four Steps to Death, Flames of the Tiger, And in the Morning |
| Sheri-D Wilson |
|
poet, playwright |
The Sweet Taste of Lightning, Boy Wonder |
| Carol Windley |
b. 1947 |
novelist, short stories |
Home Schooling |
| Rob Winger |
|
poet |
Muybridge's Horse |
| Michael Winter |
b. 1965 |
novelist |
This All Happened, The Big Why |
| Adele Wiseman |
1928-1992 |
novelist, poet |
The Sacrifice, Old Women at Play |
| George Woodcock |
1912-1995 |
poet, critic |
Anarchism, The Crystal Spirit |
| Marnie Woodrow |
b. 1969 |
novelist |
Spelling Mississippi |
| Lance Woolaver |
b. 1948 |
poet, playwright |
World Without Shadows, Lord Strange |
| Eric Wright |
b. 1929 |
mystery |
The Night the Gods Smiled, Always Give a Penny to a Blind Man |
| L. R. Wright |
1939-2001 |
mystery |
The Suspect, Strangers Among Us |
| Richard B. Wright |
b. 1937 |
novelist |
Clara Callan |
| Tim Wynne-Jones |
b. 1948 |
children's literature |
Some of the Kinder Planets, Mischief City, The Maestro |
| Tim Wynveen |
|
novelist |
Angel Falls, Balloon |
