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Dairywala, Tasneem
Wasaga
Tasneem
Dairywala
Wasaga
Tasneem has a degree in Drawing and Painting and a minor in English from OCAD University, but she learned most of what she knows from reading children’s books with her daughter. Her books are Amazon bestsellers in categories such as Children’s Inspirational &…
Dale, Stephen
Ottawa
Stephen
Dale
Ottawa
The author of five books of non-fiction, Stephen Dale has also made documentaries for CBC Radio's "Ideas" and other programs; worked as Canadian correspondent for InterPress Service (a news agency based in Rome, Italy, with a focus on the developing world); written a column for…
Dalrymple, Lisa
Victoria
Lisa
Dalrymple
Victoria
Lisa Dalrymple won The Writers’ Union of Canada’s Writing for Children Competition (2011) for her picture book story "Skink on the Brink," which was later published by Fitzhenry & Whiteside. Skink on the Brink also won the 2014 SCBWI Crystal Kite Award for Canada,…
Dandapani, Arundati
Toronto/gta
Arundati
Dandapani
Toronto/gta
Arundati Dandapani, MLitt, CAIP, CIPP/C, is an award winning researcher and the founder of Generation1.ca, a platform and community that places Canada's immigrant newcomers, legal cannabis and non-profit associations at the forefront of data and insights innovation using…
Dangi, Jasveer Singh
Toronto
Jasveer Singh
Dangi
Toronto
Jasveer
Jasveer is an author, podcast host, behavioural trainer and award-winning health and safety professional. He is currently based in Canada. He was part of the team of trainers that trained 22,000 volunteers for the Commonwealth Games 2010 in New Delhi. He loves the outdoors and…
Daniell, Ruth
Dansereau, Virginia
Dantas, Heleneide
Toronto
Heleneide
Dantas
Toronto
Helen Dantas is a Brazilian Canadian novelist, public speaker, and workshop designer and facilitator. She was born to a middle-class family in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, in southeast Brazil. Dantas completed her studies in 1986, graduating with a bachelor of arts degree in…
Darwin, Véronique
Rossland
Véronique
Darwin
Rossland
Véronique Darwin writes fiction and essays. She has stories in PRISM International and The Quarantine Review, and forthcoming in McSweeney's Quarterly Concern. Her humour pieces appear in Geist, and literary essays and reviews in carte blanche, Porter House Review, Literary…
Das, Subrata
East York
Subrata
Das
East York
I am a writer, curator and organizer based in Toronto. I have twenty nine books to my credit. My Bengali book on Canadian literature, published in 2019, was applauded hugely. I was is the recipient of Nalanda Best Canadian Bengali Author Award at Canadian South Asian…
Dashtgard, Annahid
Toronto
Annahid
Dashtgard
Toronto
Annahid is author of non-fiction books Bones of Belonging: Finding Wholeness in a White World (Dundurn 2023) and Breaking the Ocean: A Memoir of Race, Rebellion and Reconciliation.  A leading voice on issues of racism, inclusion and belonging, Annahid is also Co-…
Daurio, Beverley
Toronto
Beverley
Daurio
Toronto
Beverley Daurio is the author of three books, including Hell & Other Novels (Coach House/Talon). Her short fiction has been published in the U.S., Australia, England and Romania, as well as in journals across Canada. Her non-fiction has also been widely published, including…
Davey, Frank
davey, douglas
GUELPH
douglas
davey
GUELPH
Douglas Davey is an author, librarian, civil servant, and musician living in guelph, ontario.
Davidson, Leslie
Davies, Adriana
Edmonton
Adriana
Davies
Edmonton
Adriana A. Davies was born in Italy and grew up in Canada and has BA and MA degrees from the University of Alberta and a PhD from the University of London, England. She is a historian, poet, curator and specialist in fine and decorative arts. She authored two volumes of the…
Davies, Lynn
Fredericton
Lynn
Davies
Fredericton
Lynn writes poems, essays, reviews, and freelance pieces, also poems and stories for children. Born in Moncton, N.B., her first paying job was working in her parent’s independent bookstore, The Bookmark. She graduated with a B.A. in English (Honours) from the…
Davis, Lauren B.
Princeton, New Jersey
Lauren B.
Davis
Princeton, New Jersey
Lauren B. Davis’s most recent works are EVEN SO, published by Dundurn Press in 2021, and named one of the "Best Books of the Year" by the Quill & Quire and the Winnipeg Free Press; THE GRIMOIRE OF KENSINGTON MARKET, called “timely and important” by the Toronto Star, …
davis halifax, nancy viva
Davison, Nicola
Dartmouth
Nicola
Davison
Dartmouth
Nicola
Nicola Davison is a writer and photographer. Her first book, In the Wake (Vagrant Press) won the Margaret and John Savage First Book Award for fiction and was a finalist for the Dartmouth Book Award. Her second novel, Decoding Dot Grey (Nimbus Publishing) won the…
Davy, Denise
Burlington
Denise
Davy
Burlington
Award winning journalist and bestselling author of Her Name Was Margaret. 
dawn, jimy
by the lake
jimy
dawn
by the lake
jimy
The Wager is Jimy Dawn’s 2nd book of poetry. His first book, Sun and the Son was, in part, a requiem for his departed son, Morgen. Both books are published by Night Forest Press. Dawn also contributes to a music project as a writer and vocalist, with Shaun Day-Woods, known as…
Dawson, Hilary
Dawydiak, Orysia
Union Road
Orysia
Dawydiak
Union Road
Orysia is the firstborn child of Ukrainian immigrants.  She learned to speak English (and several other languages for a short time) while playing with the children of other European immigrants in Sudbury, Ontario.  She began her first novel about horses at age nine but…
Day, Brian