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Diezyn, Caroline
London
Caroline
Diezyn
London
Caroline Diezyn is a writer, artist, and PhD candidate. Caroline's professional writing experience began in 2006, writing and editing for websites including Offbeat Wed.  Caroline worked as a writing instructor at the university level from 2015-2023, including a year…
Dillon , Pamela
Pamela
Dillon
PAMELA DILLON is a writer and poet. A graduate of creative writing from the University of Toronto, Pamela’s short story, We Come and We Go and her novel excerpt, As Good as Any Other won top ten placements in the 2013 and 2015 Penguin Random House of Canada Student Award for…
Dionne, JoAnn
Victoria
JoAnn
Dionne
Victoria
JoAnn Dionne holds an Honours BA in English from McGill University and an MFA in Writing from the University of Victoria. Her first book, Little Emperors: A Year with the Future of China, was a finalist for the City of Victoria Butler Book Prize and short-listed for the…
DiRaddo, Christopher
Montreal
Christopher
DiRaddo
Montreal
Christopher DiRaddo is the author of the novels The Family Way (2021), shortlisted for the F.G Bressani Literary Prize, and The Geography of Pluto (2014). His essays and short stories have appeared in First Person Queer: Who We Are (So Far), Here & Now: An…
Ditmars, Hadani
often in transit
Hadani
Ditmars
often in transit
Author, journalist, and photographer Hadani Ditmars has reported from Lebanon, Israel/Palestine, and Iraq, often examining the human costs of sectarian strife as well as cultural resistance to war, occupation and embargo.Currently, Hadani is a co-editor at the New…
Dixon, Catharine
Djwa, Sandra
West Vancouver
Sandra
Djwa
West Vancouver
Sandra Djwa, FRSC, CM., is a writer, critic and cultural biographer. A Newfoundlander, she completed a PhD at the University of British Columbia. She taught Canadian literature in the English department at Simon Fraser University from 1968 to 2005 when she retired as J…
Dobson, Michael
Sturgeon Falls
Michael
Dobson
Sturgeon Falls
  As a Canadian author and artist, my involvement in the arts spans five decades. I have served on art councils, boards and juries, and I have been the Director/Curator of a public gallery in Ontario. My artwork and artist’s books have been exhibited in Canada and…
Doctor, Farzana
Etobicoke
Farzana
Doctor
Etobicoke
Farzana Doctor is a Tkaronto-based author, activist and a psychotherapist. She has written four critically acclaimed novels and a poetry collection. Her latest novel, Seven, which Ms. Magazine described as “fully feminist and ambitiously bold”, …
Doege, Michelle
Vernon
Michelle
Doege
Vernon
Michelle Doege holds an MFA in Creative Writing in poetry and mixed genre from Augsburg College (2016), Minneapolis. Her debut book of poems, Root of Light, explores borders and migrations, but also, ancestors, sexuality, crossing internal borders to live our truest, bold selves…
Dolan, Sean Patrick
Town of the Blue Mountains
Sean Patrick
Dolan
Town of the Blue Mountains
Sean Patrick Dolan is a retired teacher and guidance counsellor. Since 2000, he has written professionally for the education community. He has worked on textbook teams at the Oxford University Press, has written columns and features for Canadian School Counsellor magazine, …
Dolinin, Alexander
Hamilton
Alexander
Dolinin
Hamilton
Alexander C. Dolinin is a Canadian writer of Russian origin. He writes both in English and in Russian.He was born and raised in Leningrad (now St. Petersburg) in the former Soviet Union, where he earned an MA in Iranian philology from the State University of Leningrad. After…
Dolman, AJ
Ottawa
AJ
Dolman
Ottawa
AJ Dolman’s (they/she) first full-length poetry collection, Crazy / Mad, will be published by Gordon Hill Press in spring 2024. Their short fiction collection Lost Enough was released by Morning Rain Publishing in 2017. Dolman's poetry, fiction and nonfiction…
Donahue, Anne
Cambridge
Anne
Donahue
Cambridge
Anne T. Donahue is a writer and person whose work has appeared in the Globe and Mail, Marie-Claire, Glamour, Cosmopolitan, Playboy, The Cut, Vulture, and others. Her first book, Nobody Cares, was published with ECW in September 2018.
Donahue, Patricia
White Rock
Patricia
Donahue
White Rock
A published academic in psychology and a university instructor, Patricia's pioneering work in Morita Therapy, a Japanese Psychotherapy, has been published internationally. Later she turned her focus to fiction-writing. Drawing from the rich cultural mix of the…
Donaldson, Gerald
Gerald
Donaldson
Gerald Donaldson was born in Almonte, Ontario, and is a graduate of the Ontario College of Art. He worked in advertising and freelance journalism and has for many years covered Formula One (F1) racing internationally, as a TV commentator, journalist and author. He has written…
Donaldson, Ceilidh
Montreal
Ceilidh
Donaldson
Montreal
Ceilidh Michelle is an author from rural Nova Scotia. Her first novel, Butterflies Zebras Moonbeams, published with Palimpsest Press, was shortlisted for the Hugh MacLennan Award for Fiction. Her second book, a work of nonfiction called Vagabond, was published by Douglas &…
Donaldson, Sue
Kingston
Sue
Donaldson
Kingston
Sue Donaldson (aka Susan Cliffe) is an author, animal advocate, and research associate in the Department of Philosophy, Queen's University. She was born in Ottawa in 1962, and has lived most of her life in Eastern Ontario. She studied at Queen’s (B.A. Hon), University of Toronto…
Donoghue, Emma
London
Emma
Donoghue
London
Born in Dublin in 1969, I am an award-winning novelist, screenwriter, and playright, living in Canada with my family. Set in Dublin during the Great Flu pandemic in 1918 (and written before COVID-19), my novel The Pull of the Stars (2020) is about a nurse midwife…
Donovan, Rita
Ottawa
Rita
Donovan
Ottawa
Born in Montreal, Rita Donovan completed an undergraduate degree at Concordia University (Loyola) in Montreal, and a Master's degree at the University of Alberta in Edmonton. She has lived in Montreal, Kitchener, Edmonton, Ottawa, and Germany. She has also taught writing courses…
Doornink, Richard W.
Richard W.
Doornink
Richard W. Doornink was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1958, moved to Yorkton, Saskatchewan  with his family in 1966, and lived there until 1969 when they moved to Toronto, Ontario. Richard received his Bachelor of Arts from York University, with a major in film and video,…
Doose, Dylan
St Catharines
Dylan
Doose
St Catharines
Dylan Doose is the author of the ongoing dark fantasy series, Sword & Sorcery. He also pens the new weird western horror series, Red Harvest. Dylan's debut novel, Fire and Sword, received an honorable mention in Library Journal’s Indie Ebook Awards and was a Shelf Unbound…
Douglas, Angela
Summerland
Angela
Douglas
Summerland
Angela Douglas is a Canadian author who lives in the Okanagan with her husband and kids. Her debut novel and psychological thriller, EVERY FALL, is being published by Rising Action Publishing Collective in January 2025. She is a member of International Thriller Writers, Crime…
Douglas, Tom
Oakville
Tom
Douglas
Oakville
Tom
Tom Douglas, an award-winning freelance writer, copy editor and author living in Oakville, Ontario, has had five books with a military theme published in the Amazing Stories series now handled by James Lorimer & Co. after the demise of Altitude Publishing. Tom has also…
Douglas, Marion
Marion
Douglas
Marion Douglas was born in Southern Ontario in 1952. She is currently living in Calgary and working on her third novel. While she desires to write fiction that is accessible to most people, she has and will continue to include characters who happen to be lesbian or gay.