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Shyam Selvadurai was born in 1965 in Colombo, Sri Lanka. He came to Canada with his family at the age of nineteen, after the 1983 riots in Colombo. Selvadurai has studied creative writing and journalism, and has a B.F.A. from York University. He has written for television, and…
Shyam
Selvadurai
Ohsweken
Indigenous Author and Master of Transformative Knowledge for Wellness
Book: The False Healer: A Trilogy.
As an Indigenous Author and Master of Transformative Knowledge for Wellness, Paula Sevestre has been led to explore and integrate Wholeness Medicine. This simply means, by…
Ohsweken
Paula
Sevestre
John Sewell is a lawyer by training, but has spent most of his working life involved in different aspects of local politics: Toronto city councillor 1969-84, Mayor of Toronto 1978-80; community organizer and activist 1966-present; urban affairs columnist for The Globe and Mail…
John
Sewell
Renée M. Sgroi writes poetry and fiction. Her debut poetry collection, life print, in points was published in the UK in 2020 by erbacce-press. She also edited the poetry anthology, Written Tenfold (Toronto: Poetry Friendly Press, 2018). A new collection of poetry is forthcoming…
Renée
Sgroi
Vancouver
Carol Shaben is an award-winning author and journalist. Her first book, Into the Abyss, was a national bestseller, selected as a Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers pick, a BBC Radio 4 Book of the Week, and an Amazon.com Bestseller and Editor's Choice. Carol’s…
Vancouver
Carol
Shaben
Shaheen (also known in print as Wali Alam Shaheen, W. A. Shaheen, and occasionally by his former pen name Shaheen Ghazipuri) is the author of five collections of Urdu poetry, including Pushtara which was published in 2010. He has been extensively translated, and…
Wali
Shaheen
Edmonton
Theresa Shea is a novelist and author of The Shade Tree (Fall 2021) and The Unfinished Child (Brindle & Glass, 2013). She lives in Edmonton.
Edmonton
Theresa
Shea
Ottawa
Saint John
Casey Shelley is a teacher and author from Saint John, New Brunswick. She has collected several degrees, including a Bachelor of Arts in English Literature from the University of New Brunswick, a Bachelor of Education from the University of New Brunswick and a Master of…
Saint John
Casey
Shelley
Burnaby
Ottawa
'Off Centre' (Oberon 2004) Caroline Shepard’s debut collection of short fiction was short listed for the 2005 Danuta Gleed Award. Her first novel, 'Unlit Spaces' (Friesen Press, 2014) was nominated for the Whistler Independent Book Awards. Caroline spent her childhood in…
Ottawa
Caroline
Shepard
Montreal
Born in Toronto and raised in Montreal, Andrea has written and danced all her life. She took her first ballet class at age 4, dabbled in everything from tap dancing to theatre to salsa, and finally fell head-over-stiletto-heels in love with Argentine tango in her late 20s.
In…
Montreal
Andrea
Shepherd
Mary was born in Corner Brook, Nfld. She has spent more than 25 years in the media with Maclean's Magazine, CBC radio, the Women's Television Network and has taught journalism at Ryerson University. She became the executive producer of CBCNews.ca in 2003. Married with two…
Mary
Sheppard
Windsor
Hello! Vanessa, here. Thanks for stopping by! I hope you find my profile informative. Be sure to send me a message if you have any questions or if you're interested in working together! I teach full or half-day writing workshops in the elementary and secondary school system…
Windsor
Vanessa
Shields
Toronto
Leslie Shimotakahara's memoir, The Reading List, won the Canada-Japan Literary Prize, and her fiction has been shortlisted for the KM Hunter Artist Award. She has written two critically acclaimed novels, After the Bloom and Red Oblivion. After the Bloom received a starred…
Toronto
Leslie
Shimotakahara
Born and raised in London, Ontario, Jocelyn graduated from York University and has studied writing at St. Lawrence College and the Humber School for Writers. She always wanted to be a writer, and won her first award at age nine, for poems entered in the local Hobby Fair. Jocelyn…
Jocelyn
Shipley
Waterloo
Robert J.M. Shipley grew up in southern Ontario. He studied at University of Western Ontario (BA 1971) and became an officer, first in the army then the navy. During his four years, he served on the prairies, both coasts and at sea. As a freelancer in the 1970s,…
Waterloo
Robert
Shipley
Toronto
I was born in Toronto in 1945. I completed an Honours BA in French language and literature at the University of Toronto, an MA in Comparative Literature at Carleton University and a PhD in Comparative Literature at l'Université de Montréal. I founded and edited Manna: a review…
Toronto
Lorne
Shirinian
Ottawa
Anne Shmelzer's Ottawa Citizen award-winning memoir, The Night My Father Came Back from the War, served as a precursor to her debut novel, A Marginally Noted Man. Anne's extensive knowledge and experience as a psychiatric nurse helped shape her characters and her…
Ottawa
Anne
Shmelzer
