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McWhirter, George
George
McWhirter
George McWhirter was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland in 1939 and came to Canada via Spain in 1966. He taught high school in Port Alberni before going to UBC in 1968. He retired from the Creative Writing Department as a Professor Emeritus in 2005 to write and translate…
Meadows, Sally
Martensville
Sally
Meadows
Martensville
Sally
Sally Meadows is an award-winning author, speaker, and singer/songwriter who currently resides in Saskatchewan. Her former work as a scientist, science entertainer, science outreach educator, and teacher has given her a rich background to draw from for her five children's books…
Medved, Maureen
Meehan Sirk, Sarah
Mehlmann, Gloria
Mehta, Anubha
MISSISSAUGA
Anubha
Mehta
MISSISSAUGA
Peacock in the Snow, Anubha’s debut novel, was an instant best-seller and launched in two countries- Canada and India. In Canada, it was published by Inanna Publications in September 2018 and in India, by Amaryllis Publications in January 2019 (Harper-Collins India…
Meindl, Maria
Maria
Meindl
Maria Meindl’s novel, The Work, is forthcoming from Stonehouse Publishing in Fall 2019. She is the author of Outside the Box from McGill-Queen’s University Press, winner of the Alison Prentice Award for Women’s History. Her essays, fiction and poetry have appeared in many…
Melanson, Arlene Evelyn
Ridgetown
Melgaard, Michael
Toronto
Michael
Melgaard
Toronto
Michael Melgaard is a Toronto-based author and editor. His debut story collection Pallbearing was published by House of Anansi in 2020. His stories have appeared in Joyland, Bad Nudes, Grain, and elsewhere. He has written essays and criticism for the National Post and Canadian…
Mendel, Charlotte
Enfield
Charlotte
Mendel
Enfield
I was born in Nova Scotia and spent several years travelling around the world, working in France, England, Turkey, and India, ending up in Israel where I spent ten years working as an Editorial Assistant in a publishing company. I returned to Canada to raise my children, and…
Meneghetti, Monica
Vancouver
Menezes, Braz
Mengel, Tom
Pouch Cove
Tom
Mengel
Pouch Cove
Tom Mengel has recently (March 1, 2023) retired from his position as leadership professor at the University of New Brunswick, Fredericton. He is a historian, futurist, and a writer. He journeys between and beyond times and spaces. Originally from Germany, he has…
Mercer, Rick
Mercer, George
North Saanich
George
Mercer
North Saanich
For more than three decades George worked as a national park warden in Canada, including work in six national parks on both east and west coasts, the North and the Rocky Mountains.  Since retiring in 2012 George's passion for parks and protected areas formed the backdrop…
Meredith, Don
COBBLE HILL
Don
Meredith
COBBLE HILL
Combining his interests in writing and biology, Don Meredith has forged a successful career as an outdoor writer and communications consultant. Born in Los Angeles, California, he came to Alberta in 1970 to finish his graduate studies in wildlife biology. He then worked as a…
Messier, Mireille
Toronto
Mireille
Messier
Toronto
Mireille
Mireille Messier is a Montreal-born, Ottawa-raised and now Toronto-based children’s author with a background in theatre and broadcasting. She has published over thirty picture books and chapter books, some in French, some in English. When she is not writing books, Mireille works…
Metcalfe-Chenail, Danielle
Whites Lake
Danielle
Metcalfe-Chenail
Whites Lake
Danielle specializes in telling inclusive hidden stories for all ages. She is a sought-after speaker, consultant, and the author/editor of four books, including the best-selling collection In This Together: Fifteen Stories of Truth and Reconciliation (Brindle & Glass, 2016…
Methot, Suzanne
Gabriola
Suzanne
Methot
Gabriola
Suzanne
Suzanne Methot is the author of the award-winning non-fiction book Legacy: Trauma, Story, and Indigenous Healing and the YA non-fiction book Killing the Wittigo: Indigenous Culture-Based Approaches to Waking Up, Taking Action, and Doing the Work of Healing. She is also co-…
Meyrick, Rich
New Dundee
Rich
Meyrick
New Dundee
Rich is the fingertips behind everything associated with Jaspa’s Journey. Born in Wales, he developed a fascination in geography, history and the environment at an early age, interests which culminated in a PhD from the University of Cambridge (UK) and a post-doc at the…
Mezghanni, Samar Samir
Ottawa
Samar Samir
Mezghanni
Ottawa
Samar Samir Mezghanni is a Tunisian-Iraqi-Canadian author and international speaker with two records in Guinness Book for World Records as the youngest writer in the world in 2000 and the youngest most prolific writer in the world in 2002. Her first book was published at the age…
Michaels, Sean
Montreal
Sean
Michaels
Montreal
SEAN MICHAELS is a novelist, short story writer and critic. Born in Stirling, Scotland and raised in Ottawa, he eventually settled in Montreal, where he founded the pioneering music blog Said the Gramophone. His award-winning writing has also appeared in The Observer, McSweeney'…
Michaels, Anne
Anne
Michaels
In addition to the publications listed, Anne Michaels's work has been included in numerous anthologies--among them Poetry by Canadian Women (Toronto: Oxford University, 1988), Sudden Miracles (Toronto: Second Story Press, 1991), and Worst Journeys (U.K: Picador, 1992).
Micros, Marianne
Midgley, Peter
Edmonton
Peter
Midgley
Edmonton
Peter Midgley is a writer and editor based in Edmonton. He has received the IBBY-ASAHI Award for Literacy Promotion and has been shortlisted for several other writing awards for poetry, drama, and non-fiction. He is a past recipient of both the Tom Fairley Award and of the…