List of Canadian writers

An alphabetical list of Canadian Literary[?] figures, including poets, novelists, children's writers[?], essayists, and scholars.

• Milton Acorn (1923-1986) poet, has published 18 volumes of poetry
• Ian Adam (1937- )
• Linda Aksomitis[?] (nee Demyen) (1951?- ) novels, travel, poetry under pseudonym Sunflower Sue, manual for use of serger.
• Charlotte Vale Allen[?] (a.k.a. Katherine Marlowe) (1941- ) romantic novels, expert on child abuse
• Grant Allen, (1848-1899), The Woman Who Did
• Sidney Allinson[?]
• George Amabile, (born 1936)
• Rod Anderson[?]
• Hubert Aquin[?] (1929-1977) modernist[?] Quebecois novelist
• Gilles Archambault
• Jeannette Armstrong[?]
• David Arnason
• Margaret Atwood, (1939- ) The Handmaid's Tale (1985), Alias Grace, Surfacing
• Margaret Avison (1918- ) poet, has published 8 volumes of poetry
• Phillipe-Ignace Francois Aubert du Gaspe[?] (1814-1841), author of the first French Canadian novel.
• D.F. Bailey[?]
• Himani Bannerji[?]
• Volodimir Barabash[?]
• Bruce Barber[?]
• Steve Bareham[?]
• Gary Barwin
• Ronald Bates[?]
• Bill Bauer
• Nancy Bauer
• Henry Beissel, (born 1929)
• William Bell
• Nigel Bennett[?]
• Pierre Berton, (1920- ) prolific author of Canadian History, journalist and TV personality, popularizer of Canadian history
• Dennison Berwick, (1956 - ), literary travel author now working in fiction
• Gerard Bessette (1920- ) Quebecois author
• Carol Biberstein, children's book Great Grandma's Rocking Chair
• Sandra Birdsell, (born 1942), has published 3 works of short fiction and 3 novels, wrote The Two-Headed Calf
• Earle Birney[?] (1904-1995) anti-conventional poet, also wrote novels, short stories, drama
• Bill Bissett (1939- ) poet, famous for incorporating sound and the visual into poetry
• Neil Bissoondath (1955- )
• Marie-Claire Blais[?]
• Clark Blaise, (born 1940)
• Christian Bok, (born 1966), author of Eunoia
• Stephanie Bolster[?]
• Roo Borson, (born 1952)
• Nidholas Boving[?]
• George Bowering (1935- )
• Marilyn Bowering
• David Boyd
• George Elroy Boyd[?]
• Catherine Bradford[?]
• Karleen Bradford
• Max Braithwaite[?] (1911-1995) prairie depression era fiction
• Dionne Brand
• Di Brandt (1952 - ) Manitoba poet and literary critic
• Jaques Brault (1933- )
• Brian Brett
• Robert Bringhurst
• David Bromige
• Bertram Brooker[?] theosophist painter
• Nicole Brossard (1943- ) formalist poet[?]
• Robert Budde
• Margaret Buffie
• Bonnie Burnard
• Mick Burrs
• Sharon Butala ([[1940- )
• Anthony M. Buzzelli[?]
• Morley Callaghan (1903-1990) novelist and writer of short fiction, wrote A Fine and Private Place
• Silver Donald Cameron[?] (1937- )
• Phil Campagna[?]
• Bliss Carman (1861-1929) poet, wrote Low Tide on Grand Pre
• David Carpenter
• Roch Carrier (1937- ) French-Canadian novelist and writer of short fiction, wrote La Guerre? Yes sir? also landmark childerns story The Sweater
• Anne Carson, (born 1950)
• Gillian Chan
• Wayson Choy (1939- )
• Leslie Choyce
• Greg Clark[?] (1892-1977)
• Austin Clarke
• George Elliott Clarke poet, U of T professor
• Lynn Coady
• Leonard Cohen, (born 1934), poet and singer
• Matt Cohen[?] (1942- )
• Helena Coleman[?]
• Karen Connelly
• Ralph Conner (AKA Charles William Gordon)[?], The Man from Glengarry, Glengarry School Days.
• Hugh Cook
• Michael Cook[?]
• Dennis Cooley
• Doug Cooper[?]
• John Paul Copeland[?]
• Douglas Coupland, (born 1961), Generation X, Girlfriend in a Coma
• Isabella Valancy Crawford[?]
• Claude Cremazie[?] (1827-1879)
• Lynn Crosbie daring prose stylist
• Lorna Crozier
• Peter Cummings[?]
• Alan Cumyn
• Richard Cumyn
• Herb Curtis
• Leona Czwartkowski[?]
• Annie Charlton Dalton[?]
• Frank Davey
• Robertson Davies, (1913-1995) wrote Fifth Business (1970), publisher, professor, journalist
• Mazo de la Roche[?], Jalna saga
• Sandra Dempsey[?]
• Barry Dempster
• Alexander Dewdney computer science and philosophy
• Christopher Dewdney
• Don Domanski
• Heather Down[?]
• Candas Dorsey
• William Henry Drummond[?], (1854-1907), poet, The habitant
• Réjean Ducharme
• Dave Duncan
• Margaret Dyment[?]
• C. J. Everon, (born 1971), historian and novelist: Justice Better Attained
• Edmundo Farolan[?]
• Brian Fawcett
• Trevor Ferguson
• B.K. Filson[?]
• Timothy Findley, (1930-2002), Pilgrim
• Sheree Fitch[?]
• Judith Fitzgerald[?]
• Barbara Fletcher[?]
• Cecil Foster[?]
• Tess Fragoulis[?]
• Raymond Fraser author of "Rum River", Costa Blanca", etc.
• Louis Fréchette[?], (1839-1908), poet, essayist, journalist, dramatist
• Patrick Friesen[?]
• Robert Froetsch[?]
• Northrop Frye, (1912-1991), influential critic, Shakespeare and Blake scholar
• Robert Fulford[?] autodictat, journalist
• Nicola Furlong[?]
• James V. Fusco[?]
• Grover Gall[?]
• Mavis Gallant, (1922- )
• Saint-Denys Garneau[?]
• Margaret Gibson[?]
• William Gibson (1948-) Pioneering cyberpunk author, Neuromancer, All Tomorrow's Parties
• Joanna Glass[?]
• Jacques Godbout[?]
• David Godfrey[?]
• Leona Gom[?]
• Hiromi Goto[?]
• Katherine Govier[?]
• Barbara Gowdy The Romantic; The White Bone and short stories
• Neile Graham[?]
• John Grey[?]
• Frederick Phillip Grove[?]
• Richard Grove[?]
• Genni Gunn[?]
• Joan Haggerty[?]
• Roderick Haig-Brown[?]
• Arthur Hailey, (1920- )indefatigable researcher, author of Hotel (1965), Airport (1968)
• Thomas Chandler Haliburton way old humorist: Uncle Sam beard puller, author of The Clockmaker series
• Jane Hamilton[?]
• Claire Harris[?]
• Marjorie Harris[?]
• Elisabeth Harvor[?]
• Barbara Haworth-Attard[?]
• Anne Hebert[?], Acadian author, educator Kamouraska
• Louis Hémon[?] - (1880-1913), novelist and journalist, Maria Chapdelaine
• John Herbert[?]
• Thomson Highway[?] native playwright Dry Lips Moved to Kapuskasing
• Robert Hilles[?]
• Jack Hodgins
• Greg Hollingshead[?]
• Hugh Hood[?] Montreal Anglo poet. Master work is 10 volume novel.
• Cornelia Hoogland[?]
• Jan Horner[?]
• Harold Horwood[?]
• Matt Hughes[?]
• Bruce Hunter[?]
• Catherine Hunter[?]
• Maureen Hunter[?]
• Nancy Huston, (1953- )
• Hazel Hutchins[?]
• Bruce Hutchison[?]
• Michael Ignatieff[?]
• Susan Ioannou[?]
• Joan Irvine[?]
• Donald Jack[?]
• J. Robert Janes, (born 1932)
• K.V. Johansen[?]
• Pauline E. Johnson[?]
• Andy Jones[?] comedic playwright and performer
• Terry Jordan[?]
• John Joyce[?]
• Surjeet Kalsey[?]
• Smaro Kamboureli[?]
• Welwyn Wilton Katz[?]
• Guy Gavriel Kay fantasy genre fiction
• Lionel Kearns[?]
• Adam Kidd[?]
• Crawford Kilian[?]
• Crad Kilodney[?] american born misanthrope and self published author
• W.P. Kinsella[?] writes novels about baseball and natives Field of Dreams
• Thomas King[?]
• Alex Kizuk[?]
• Raymond Knister[?]
• Joy Kogawa[?], Obasan
• Lawrence Kootnikoff[?]
• Myrna Kostash[?]
• Henry Kriesel[?]
• Robert Kroetsch[?]
• Robert N.Kucey, (1940- )
• Tim Lander[?]
• Patrick Lane[?]
• Evelyn Lau[?] bitter ex-hooker, bitter ex of W.P. Kinsella
• Margaret Laurence[?] (1926 - 1987) novelist, wrote "The Stone Angel"
• Irving Layton[?] sex machine poet!
• Stephen Leacock, (1869-1944), McGill University economics and poltical science prof. text book writer and intenational renowned humorist
• Dennis Lee[?] - writer of children's poetry
• Sky Lee[?]
• Mark Leiren-Young[?]
• John Lent[?]
• Dorothy Livesay[?]
• Malcolm Lowry, (1909-1957) wrote Under the Volcano in Canada (1947)
• Agnes Maule Machar[?]
• Ann-Marie MacDonald[?]
• Bernell MacDonald, (1966-1996)
• Hugh MacDonald
• Jake MacDonald[?]
• Gwendolyn MacEwen[?]
• Isabel Ecclestone Mackay[?]
• Hugh MacLennan (1907 - 1990) novelist and essayist, wrote Two Solitudes and Barometer Rising
• Alistair MacLeod, (1936- )
• Antonine Maillet[?], Acadian author, educator
• Kevin Major[?]
• Eli Mandel[?]
• Miriam Mandel[?]
• Lee Maracle[?]
• Daphne Marlatt[?]
• John Marlyn, (1912-1985)
• David Margoshes[?]
• Nicole Markotic[?]
• Yann Martel, (born 1963), 2002 Booker Prize Winner
• Carol Matas[?]
• Shirlee Smith Matheson[?]
• Steve McCaffery[?]
• Nellie McClung[?] crusanding journalist, MP,
• John McCrae, (1872-1918), ("In Flanders' Fields")
• David McFadden[?]
• James McIntyre, (1827-1906), the "Cheese Poet," known as the worst poet in Canadian history
• Don McKay[?] poet
• Rhonda McLean[?]
• Marshall McLuhan, (1911-1980), English professor and media studies author.
• Susan McMaster[?]
• Robert McNeil[?]
• Sylvia McNicoll[?]
• John Metcalf
• Anne Michaels[?]
• Christine Michels[?]
• Roy Miki[?]
• Rohinton Mistry, (born 1952), Such a Long Journet, A Fine Balance
• jane Mitchell[?]
• Jared Mitchell[?]
• W.O. Mitchell Who has Seen the Wind
• Lucy Maude Montgomery, (1874-1942) = Anne of Green Gables
• Susanna Moodie[?] (nee Strickland), (1803-1885), Roughing it in the Bush
• Brian Moore[?]
• Keith Moreau[?], (born 1951), writer and illustrator of children's books like ABC Fun Things Book[?]
• Edythe Morahan de Lauzon, poetess
• Bernice Morgan[?]
• Kim Morrisse[?]
• Colin Morton[?]
• Daniel David Moses[?]
• Tara Moss[?] (1973- ) - wrote Fetish
• Erin Moure[?]
• Farley Mowat, (1921- ) Never Cry Wolf, My Discovery of America
• Karen Mulholland[?]
• Robert Munsch[?] - American born writer of children's stories
• Allison Muri[?]
• Alice Munro[?], (1931- )
• John Murrell[?]
• Jai Murugan[?]
• Susan Musgrave[?] Poet. Married for love.
• Brian Nation[?]
• Émile Nelligan[?], (1879-1941), French-Canadian poet
• John Newlove[?]
• George D. Nicholls[?]
• Kimberlley Nickmann[?]
• bpNichol poet
• James Norman[?]
• Alden Nowlan[?]
• Sheldon Oberman[?]
• Michael Ondaatje, (1943- ) wrote The English Patient (1993)
• P.K. Page[?]
• Len Peterson[?]
• Marjorie Pickthall[?]
• Ted Plantos[?]
• Simone Poirier-Bures[?]
• Daniel Poliquin[?]
• Sharon Pollock[?]
• Jacques Poulin[?], "The "Jimmy" Trilogy" (translated titled)
• E.J. Pratt[?] poet
• Robert Priest[?] poet
• E. Annie Proulx[?] The Shipping News
• Jean Baptiste Proulx[?], (1846-1904), dramatist and essayist
• Al Purdy[?] poet
• Darlene Quaife[?]
• Paul Quarrington[?]
• Gurcharan Rampuri[?]
• Nino Ricci[?]
• David Adams Richards, (1950- )
• Mordecai Richler, (1931-2001) The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz (1959)
• Gwen Pharis Ringwood[?]
• Sir Charles G.D. Roberts[?] author of a number of "animal stories"
• Ken Roberts[?]
• Paul William Roberts[?]
• Spider Robinson American born Science-Fiction/humour writer, "Callahan's Crosstime Saloon"
• Don Rogalski[?]
• Linda Rogers[?]
• Leon Rooke[?]
• Sinclair Ross[?] renowned short story author
• Gabrielle Roy, (1909-1983)The Tin Flute
• George Ryga[?]
• Rick Salutin[?] political writer, essayist editor
• John Ralston Saul businessman, essayist, diplomat
• Robert J. Sawyer[?]
• Andreas Schroeder[?]
• Alvin Schwartz
• Shyam Selvadurai[?]
• Robert Service[?] poet of the Yukon
• Mark Shainblum[?]
• Murphy O. Shewchuk[?]
• Carol Shields, (1935- )
• Marsha Skrypush[?]
• Joseph Skvorecky[?] Chekoslovakian born Canadian novelist, English professor
• Beverly Slopen[?]
• Esta Spalding[?]
• Elizabeth Smart, (1913-1986)
• Russell E. Smith[?]
• Taylor Smith[?]
• Brik Sproxton[?]
• Richard Stevenson[?]
• Kathy Stinson[?]
• Anne Stone[?]
• Samuel Strickland[?], (1804-1867) Twenty-seven Years in Canada West
• Rita Summers[?]
• james L. Swanson[?]
• Robert Sward[?]
• Mark Swartz[?]
• George Swede
• Anne Szumigalski[?]
• Kevin Taylor[?]
• Sharon Thesen[?]
• Audrey Thomas[?]
• John Thompson
• Elizabeth Thornton[?]
• Catherine Parr Traill[?] (nee Strickland), (1802-1899) Life in the Backwoods of Canada
• Rhea Tregebov[?]
• Michel Tremblay, (born 1942)
• Dietmar Trommeshauser[?]
• Maxine Trottier[?]
• Stuart Douglas Trueman[?]
• Elise Turcotte[?]
• Michael Turner[?]
• Jane Urquhart, (1949- ) novelist
• W.D. Valgardson[?], The Girl with the Bottecelli Face
• Edo Van Belkom[?]
• Guy Vandergaeghe[?]
• Kees Vanderhayden[?]
• Brain Vanderlip[?]
• Aritha Van Herk[?]
• M.G. Vassanji[?]
• David Watmough[?]
• Fred Wah[?]
• Bronwen Wallace[?]
• Ted Warnell[?]
• Alison Wearing[?]
• Rudy Weibe[?]
• John Weier[?]
• Elizabeth Wellburn[?]
• Frank Westcott[?]
• Mavis West[?]
• Thomas Wharton[?]
• Diana Wieler[?]
• Ethel Wilson[?], Swamp Angel, Hettie Dorval, "The Window"
• Rob Winger[?]
• Beverly Wood[?]
• George Woodcock, (1912-1995), poet, critic and anarchist author of Anarchism
• Patrick Woodcock[?]
• lance Woolaver[?]
• L.R. Wright[?]
• Robert L.J. Zenik[?]
• Jan Zwicky[?]

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