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Golshan, Sahar
Mississauga
Sahar
Golshan
Mississauga
Sahar Golshan is the author of So Loud! (Annick Press, 2024) Illustrations by Shiva Delsooz. She is a writer, language learner, and the director of the short documentary KAR. Sahar is the 2022 winner of the Marina Nemat Award for Creative Writing in Non-…
Gom, Leona
Leona
Gom
Leona Gom was born on an isolated farm in the north Peace River district of Alberta, where she lived for 20 years. She received her B.Ed. and M.A. from the University of Alberta. She has taught at various colleges and universities, including the University of Alberta, U.B.C.,…
Gonzalez, Alyssa
Ottawa
Alyssa
Gonzalez
Ottawa
Alyssa
Alyssa Gonzalez is a biology Ph.D., public speaker, and writer. Her fiction uses science-fiction and fantasy elements to explore social isolation, autism, gender, trauma, and the relationships between all of these things. She is by some accounts one of the earliest…
Good, Michelle
Goodhand, Seyward
Winnipeg
Seyward
Goodhand
Winnipeg
Seyward
Seyward Goodhand's stories have been shortlisted for the Writers’ Trust/McClelland & Stewart Journey Prize and a National Magazine Award, and longlisted for the CBC Short Story Prize. Her first collection of stories, Even That Wildest Hope (Invisible…
Goodman, Pearl
Goodwill, Kelly
Goodwin, Debi
Gordon, Cait
Ottawa
Cait
Gordon
Ottawa
Cait
Cait Gordon is an autistic, disabled, and queer Canadian writer of speculative fiction that celebrates diversity. Originally from Verdun, Québec, Cait had worked for over two decades as a technical writer, then channelled her love for words into storytelling. She is the author…
Gordon, Ariel
Winnipeg
Ariel
Gordon
Winnipeg
Ariel
Ariel Gordon (she/her) is a Winnipeg/Treaty 1 territory-based writer, editor, and enthusiast. She is the ringleader of Writes of Spring, a National Poetry Month project with the Winnipeg International Writers Festival that appears in the Winnipeg Free Press. Gordon also…
Gordon, Katherine Palmer
Gabriola
Katherine Palmer
Gordon
Gabriola
Katherine Palmer
The author of eight non-fiction books and a contributor to several anthologies, Katherine Palmer Gordon has been writing for publications in both Canada and New Zealand since 1995. Born in England in 1963, her much-travelled French/Scottish family eventually settled in New…
Gordon Manley, Christine
Cornwall
Christine
Gordon Manley
Cornwall
Christine Gordon Manley has been a freelance editor for fifteen (ish) years and has worked on over 40 books, including fiction, memoirs, children’s books, educational material, YA, and even cookbooks. When she’s not helping other authors with their words, Christine likes to put…
Gorman, LeRoy
LeRoy
Gorman
LeRoy Gorman was born in Smiths Falls, Ontario on August 7, 1949, and was raised on a farm near Merrickville. He teaches in Kingston, and lives in Napanee with his wife Sheila and their children Lori, Kimberly and Sean.
Gossage, Carolyn
Toronto, Ontario
Carolyn
Gossage
Toronto, Ontario
Carolyn Gossage grew up in Toronto, where she learned to skip (school) and jump (queues) and other useful lifetime skills. As an only child, the allure of books and writing claimed her as an early victim. After studying French and German, she spent a year at the Sorbonne in…
Goto, Hiromi
Victoria
Hiromi
Goto
Victoria
Hiromi Goto is an emigrant from Japan who gratefully resides in W̱SÁNEĆ Territory.  Her first novel, Chorus of Mushrooms, won the 1995 Commonwealth Writers’ Prize Best First Book, Canada and Caribbean Region, and was the co-winner of the Canada-Japan Book Award. Her second…
Gould, John
Victoria
John
Gould
Victoria
John Gould is the author The End of Me – a collection of 56 sudden stories exploring the experience of mortality – and of two previous collections in the same form, including Kilter, a finalist for the Giller prize. He’s also written a novel, Seven Good…
Goulden, Alban
New Westminster
Alban
Goulden
New Westminster
Writer of speculative literary fiction and science fiction.
Gourdier, Catherine
Toronto
Grace Stewart, Heather
Heather
Grace Stewart
Heather
  Heather Grace Stewart is an award-winning poet and journalist who writes fast-paced, humorous and touching romance novels. The Ticket, a romantic comedy inspired by a true story, became an International Kindle bestseller.  Heather is the author of 26 works.…
Grady, Wayne
Wayne
Grady
Wayne Grady was born in 1948 in Windsor, Ontario. He was educated at Carleton University where he earned a B.A. in English in 1971. He has been a freelance magazine writer since 1981 and is the author of seven books. He is the editor of six literary anthologies and is also a…
Graham, Catherine
Toronto
Catherine
Graham
Toronto
Catherine Graham (Hon B.A., B.Ed., M.A. in creative writing) is a Toronto-based writer of poetry and fiction. Among her seven poetry collections The Celery Forest was named a CBC Best Book of the Year and appears on their Ultimate Canadian Poetry List. Her Red Hair Rises…
Graham, Taylor Marie
Cambridge
Taylor Marie
Graham
Cambridge
Taylor Marie
Taylor is a writer, theatre artist, and educator living in Cambridge, Ontario. In her writing, she enjoys digging into difficult subjects using humour, developing complex characters, and balancing complicated relationships. Her projects often ask decolonial and…
Graham, Genevieve
Genevieve
Graham
Genevieve
Genevieve Graham is the USA TODAY and #1 Globe & Mail and Toronto Star bestselling author of seven Canadian bestselling novels, including her instant #1 bestseller, The Forgotten Home Child, which was the Fourth Highest Selling fiction book in Canada in 2020.…
Graham, Laurie D.
Peterborough
Laurie D.
Graham
Peterborough
Laurie D.
Laurie D. Graham grew up in Treaty 6 territory (Sherwood Park, Alberta). She currently lives in Nogojiwanong, in the territory of the Mississauga Anishinaabeg (Peterborough, Ontario), where she is a writer, an editor, and the publisher of Brick magazine. Her first book, Rove,…
Graham, Monica
Sundridge
Monica
Graham
Sundridge
Monica Graham is a Nova Scotia-based freelance journalist, columnist, and the author of ten books of non-fiction. The most recent, Senior Moment - Navigating the Challenges of Caring for Mom, was published in 2021 by Nimbus. Monica served as 2008 Writer in Residence at…