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Rivers, Robin
Vancouver
Robin
Rivers
Vancouver
I can’t remember a time without writing. A lifetime ago, I kicked off a journalism career as a copy runner, getting the copy from the newsroom to paste-up in the basement of my local newspaper. Since then, I’ve worked as a writer at daily newspapers, magazines, and online…
Roberts, Clea
Whitehorse
Clea
Roberts
Whitehorse
Clea Roberts lives in Whitehorse, Yukon on the Takhini River. Her poetry has been translated and published internationally and has been nominated for the League of Canadian Poets Gerald Lampert Award, the ReLit Award and a National Magazine Award. She has received…
roberts lukins, sheilah
Portugal Cove-St. Philip's
sheilah
roberts lukins
Portugal Cove-St. Philip's
sheilah
Sheilah has been a store clerk, a Bollywood movie extra, an art school model, a chambermaid, a barmaid/tender, riding instructor, a theatre arts administrator, a library assistant, and a teacher of various subjects, primarily, music and English. Generally, fearless. Loves …
Robertson, Dilys
Cobourg
Dilys
Robertson
Cobourg
Dilys Robertson is the author of many non-fiction books mostly about workplace health and safety. Born in England, she emigrated to Canada in 1976 with her family where she has worked in Ontario and Manitoba.  She now lives in Cobourg Ontario. Awarded a BA degree in English…
Robertson, Patricia
Winnipeg
Patricia
Robertson
Winnipeg
Born in the UK and raised in northern British Columbia, Patricia Robertson has lived in Spain, London, Yukon, and elsewhere. Her third fiction collection, Hour of the Crab, was named co-winner of the Margaret Laurence Award for Fiction at the 2022 Manitoba Book Awards. Her first…
Robinson, Laura Jane
Robinson, Jennifer
Winnipeg
Jennifer
Robinson
Winnipeg
Jennifer Robinson lives on Treaty 1 land, territory of the Anishinaabeg, Cree, Oji-Cree, Dakota, Dene and Metis nations. She is a psychotherapist and an emerging writer whose creative nonfiction has appeared in The Dalhousie Review, Existere Magazine, Reckon Review and Prairie…
Robinson, Eden
Haisla
Eden
Robinson
Haisla
Eden Robinson is a Haisla/Heiltsuk author who grew up in Haisla, British Columbia.  Her first book, Traplines, a collection of short stories, won the Winifred Holtby Memorial Prize and was a New York Times Notable Book of the Year in 1998.  Monkey Beach, her first…
Robinson, Mansel
Chapleau
Mansel
Robinson
Chapleau
Mansel Robinson Stage plays have been professionally produced across the country. They include Muskeg & Money, Thea, Two Rooms, Bite the Hand, Picking Up Chekhov, Scorched Ice, Street Wheat, Spitting Slag, Ghost Trains, Downsizing Democracy, The Heart as It Lived, Collateral…
Robson, Jennifer
Toronto
Jennifer
Robson
Toronto
Jennifer Robson is the international bestselling author of Somewhere in France, After the War is Over and Moonlight Over Paris. She holds a doctorate in British economic and social history from Saint Antony’s College, University of Oxford, where she was a…
Rochon, Lisa
Toronto
Lisa
Rochon
Toronto
Lisa Rochon is a bestselling author and two-time winner of the National Newspaper Awards. She writes non-fiction (Up North, Where Canada's Architecture Meets the Land, Key Porter Books, 2005) and fiction (Tuscan Daughter, Harper Collins, 2021) as well as essays (AIR, Food, …
Rode, Ajmer
Vancouver
Ajmer
Rode
Vancouver
A bilingual author of Indian Diaspora Ajmer Rode has published books of poetry, plays, non-fiction and translation in Punjabi and English. His 1000-page book, Leela, co-authored with N. Bharati is considered an important work of twentieth century Punjabi poetry. His works are…
Rodgers, Margaret
Oshawa
Margaret
Rodgers
Oshawa
Margaret
Margaret Rodgers is a writer, artist, and curator. Over COVID she embarked on a coming-of-age memoir titled Maple Park. She is the author of Locating Alexandra (Toronto: ECW, 1995) about Painters Eleven artist and Oshawa resident Alexandra Luke. Her essays, articles and reviews…
Rodriguez, Carmen
VANCOUVER
Carmen
Rodriguez
VANCOUVER
Introduction: Bilingual writer, educator and journalist Carmen Rodríguez was born in Chile and moved to Vancouver following the military coup of 1973 in her native country. She has worked as instructor and professor across a range of disciplines – from literature and…
Rogal, Stan
Toronto
Stan
Rogal
Toronto
Stan
Stan Rogal was born in Vancouver, now lives and writes in Toronto. Work has appeared in numerous publication in Canada, the US and Europe. The author of 27 books: 8 novels, 7 story and 12 poetry. He has an MA English from York University. 
Rognvaldson, Marilyn
Roitman, Gina
St-Colomban
Gina
Roitman
St-Colomban
Gina
Gina Roitman is a novelist, short story writer, biographer, and writing coach. Her work has been featured in anthologies including The New Spice Box, Wherever I Find Myself, and Living Legacies. Since 2018, she has been conducting writing workshops for The Generations After of…
Romanuk, Paul
Toronto
Paul
Romanuk
Toronto
Author of successful Hockey Superstars annual. This annual has been published since 1986 by Scholastic Publishing and has, by their estimates, reached the hands of over 2 million young readers via trade and, primarily, school book clubs across Canada. The book is…
Rona, Zoltan
Thornhill
Rondina, Catherine
Greater Toronto Area
Roomy, David
Vancouver
David
Roomy
Vancouver
David Roomy is author of several books on Jungian psychotherapy, and so far, one collection of his poetry; he is a life-time practitioner in these fields. His master’s degree from Union Theological Seminary, NYC, was in the Program of Psychiatry and Religion.  Jungian…
Rooney, Frances
Frances
Rooney
Sometime administrator, librarian, university teacher, social worker, church worship coordinator, senior editor and research officer, Frances Rooney now freelance edits, writes and works with a human resources consulting firm. She lives with her partner, cat and dog in a house…
Rose, Rachel
Rachel
Rose
Rachel
Rachel Rose’s fiction debut, The Octopus Has Three Hearts, was published by Douglas & McIntyre in 2021, and was longlisted for the Scotiabank Giller Prize. She is the author of four collections of poetry, including Marry & Burn, which received a 2016 Pushcart…
Rosen, Rachel
TORONTO
Rachel
Rosen
TORONTO
Rachel A. Rosen is the author of Cascade (The Sleep of Reason Book 1) and the co-author of The Sad Bastard Cookbook: Food You Can Make So You Don't Die. She is an activist, graphic designer, and for her sins, a high school teacher. In a previous life, she…
Rosenbaum, Bev Katz
Toronto
Bev Katz
Rosenbaum
Toronto
Bev Katz
Bev Katz Rosenbaum is the author of several works of fiction. She has worked as a fiction and magazine editor, and has taught writing at the college level. Currently, Bev juggles freelance fiction editing with writing books for teens. Her newest YA novel, I'm Good and Other Lies…