List of Canadian writers
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This is a list of Canadian literary figures, including poets, novelists, children's writers, essayists, and scholars.
Contents: Top - 0–9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
[edit] A
- Milton Acorn (1923-1986) poet, published 18 volumes of poetry
- Ian Adams (born 1937)
- Grant Allen (1848-1899), The Woman Who Did
- George Amabile (born 1936)
- Gail Anderson-Dargatz
- Jim Andrews (born 1959)
- Hubert Aquin (1929-1977) modernist Québécois novelist
- Gilles Archambault (born 1933)
- Jeannette Armstrong (born 1948)
- David Arnason
- Joanne Arnott (born 1960)
- Margaret Atwood (born 1939) The Handmaid's Tale (1985), Alias Grace, Surfacing
- Phillipe-Ignace Francois Aubert du Gaspe (1814-1841), author of the first French Canadian novel.
- Margaret Avison (born 1918) poet, has published 8 volumes of poetry
[edit] B
- Ken Babstock
- R. Scott Bakker
- Himani Bannerji
- Bruce Barber
- Gary Barwin (born 1964) novelist and children's author
- Bill Bauer
- Nancy Bauer
- Henry Beissel, (born 1929)
- Ken Belford
- William E. Bell (author)
- Nigel Bennett
- David Bergen
- Pierre Berton (1920-2004) prolific author of Canadian History, journalist and TV personality
- Dennison Berwick (born 1956), literary travel author now working in fiction
- Gerard Bessette (born 1920), Québécois author
- Navtej Bharati, Indo-Canadian poet
- Sandra Birdsell, (born 1942), has published 3 works of short fiction and 3 novels
- Earle Birney (1904-1995) anti-conventional poet, also wrote novels, short stories, drama
- Bill Bissett (born 1939) poet, famous for incorporating sound and the visual into poetry
- Lise Bissonnette
- Neil Bissoondath (born 1955)
- Marie-Claire Blais (born 1939)
- Clark Blaise (born 1940)
- Christian Bök (born 1966), poet, author of Eunoia
- Stephanie Bolster
- Roo Borson, (born 1952)
- Hédi Bouraoui
- George Bowering (born 1935)
- Marilyn Bowering (born 1949), poet and novelist
- David Boyd
- George Elroy Boyd
- Harry J. Boyle
- Karleen Bradford
- Dionne Brand (1953- ) poet born in Trinidad and Tobago
- Di Brandt (1952 - ) Manitoba poet and literary critic
- Jacques Brault (1933- )
- Nathan Braun, Good News for All Creation (co-author) and The History and Philosophy of Marriage (4th ed., editor)
- Brian Brett
- Robert Bringhurst (1946- ) poet, author, and typographer
- David Bromige (1944- ) poet
- Barry Broadfoot (1926-2003) interviewer, author
- Bertram Brooker theosophist painter
- Nicole Brossard (1943- ) formalist poet
- Nick Brune
- Ernest Buckler (1908-1984), novelist
- Robert Budde (1966- ) poet and novelist
- Margaret Buffie
- Bonnie Burnard (1945- ) novelist, The Good House
- Mick Burrs
- Sharon Butala (1940- )
[edit] C
- Barry Callaghan (born 1937) novelist and journalist
- Morley Callaghan (1903-1990) novelist and writer of short fiction, wrote A Fine and Private Place
- Elspeth Cameron, (born 1943) biographer
- Silver Donald Cameron (born 1937)
- Bliss Carman (1861-1929) poet, wrote Low Tide on Grand Pre
- David Carpenter
- Roch Carrier (born 1937) French-Canadian novelist and writer of short fiction, wrote La Guerre, Yes Sir!, as well as the children's story The Hockey Sweater (Le chandail de hockey)
- Anne Carson, (born 1950)
- Gillian Chan
- Pierre Francois Xavier de Charlevoix (1682-1761), first historian of New France.
- Wayson Choy (born 1939)
- Lesley Choyce (born 1951)
- Greg Clark (1892-1977), humorist
- Austin Clarke (born 1934)
- George Elliott Clarke (born 1960) poet, U of T professor
- Lynn Coady (born 1970)
- Leonard Cohen, (born 1934), poet and singer
- Matt Cohen (born 1942)
- John Robert Colombo (born 1936), poet and compiler of reference books
- Jan Conn (born 1952), poet and insect geneticist
- Karen Connelly (born 1969)
- George Ramsay Cook (born 1931), historian
- Hugh Cook (born 1942)
- Michael Cook
- Dennis Cooley (born 1944)
- Douglas Cooper, novelist
- Thomas B. Costain (1885-1965), historical fiction
- Douglas Coupland, (born 1961), Generation X, Girlfriend in a Coma
- Isabella Valancy Crawford
- Donald Creighton (1902-1979), historian
- Octave Crémazie (1827-1879), French-Canadian poet
- Lynn Crosbie daring prose stylist
- Lorna Crozier (born 1948)
- Michael Crummey
- Alan Cumyn (born 1960)
- Richard Cumyn
- Herb Curtis
[edit] D
- Frank Davey (1940- )
- Robertson Davies, (1913-1995) wrote Fifth Business (1970), publisher, professor, journalist
- Mazo de la Roche (1879-1961), Jalna saga
- Charles de Lint
- Sandra Dempsey
- Barry Dempster
- Alexander Dewdney computer science and philosophy
- Christopher Dewdney (1951- )
- Mary di Michele
- Marc di Saverio
- Kildare Dobbs (1923- ) short story writer
- Cory Doctorow (1971- )
- Don Domanski (1950- )
- Magie Dominic
- Candas Dorsey (1960- )
- Clive Doucet
- William Henry Drummond, (1854-1907), poet, The habitant
- Réjean Ducharme (1941- )
- Louis Dudek (1918-2001), poet
- Dave Duncan (1933- )
[edit] E
- Eaton, Edith Maude (1865-1914), author
- Eaton, Winnifred (1875-1954), author
- Louis Emond (born 1969)
- Howard Engel (1931- ), mystery writer
- Marian Engel (1933-1985), novelist
- Yves Engler political writer and activist
- Jon Evans (born 1973), novelist
[edit] F
- Emil Ludwig Fackenheim (1916-2003), historian, philosopher
- George Faludy - poet
- Brian Fawcett
- Trevor Ferguson (1947- )
- Jacques Ferron (1921-1985), playwright
- George Fetherling, poet, novelist, publisher, editor (formerly credited as Douglas Fetherling)
- Joy Fielding (1945- ), novelist
- Timothy Findley, (1930-2002), The Wars, Pilgrim
- Ken Finney, (1959-), "3D Game Programming All In One", "Advanced 3D Game Programming All In One"
- Sheree Fitch
- Judith Fitzgerald
- Helen Forrester (1919- ), novelist
- Cecil Foster
- Tess Fragoulis
- Mario Francis
- Brad Fraser
- Matthew Fraser
- Raymond Fraser author of "Rum River", Costa Blanca", etc.
- Sylvia Fraser (1935- ), novelist
- Louis Fréchette, (1839-1908), poet, essayist, journalist, dramatist
- David French (1939- ), playwright
- Patrick Friesen
- Northrop Frye (1912-1991), influential critic, Shakespeare and Blake scholar
- Robert Fulford autodidact, journalist
- Nicola Furlong
[edit] G
- Mavis Gallant (born 1922)
- Francois Xavier Garneau (1809-1866), writer and historian
- Hector de Saint-Denys Garneau (1912-1943), poet
- Hugh Garner (1913-1979), novelist
- Gale Zoë Garnett
- Pauline Gedge (born 1945), novelist
- Camilla Gibb (born 1968), novelist
- Graem C. Gibson (born 1934), novelist
- Margaret Gibson
- Sky Gilbert
- John Patrick Gillese
- Joanna Glass
- Jacques Godbout
- Rebecca Godfrey
- Glenda Goertzen (born 1967), children's book author
- Leona Gom
- Phyllis Gotlieb (born 1926), poet and science-fiction writer
- Sondra Gotlieb (born 1936), newspaper columnist
- Hiromi Goto
- Laurie Gough (born 1964)
- Katherine Govier (born 1948)
- Lee Gowan
- Barbara Gowdy (born 1950) The Romantic; The White Bone and short stories
- Neile Graham
- George Grant (1918-1988), historian
- Ed Greenwood, fantasy novelist and Forgotten Realms creator
- Grey Owl (1888-1938), conservationist
- Frederick Phillip Grove (1879-1948)
- Brett Josef Grubisic
- Genni Gunn (born 1949)
- Kristjana Gunnars
- Ralph Gustafson (1909-1995), poet
- Sandra Gwyn (born 1935), novelist
[edit] H
- Rawi Hage
- Joan Haggerty
- Alan Haig-Brown (1941- )
- Arthur Hailey (1920-2004), indefatigable researcher, author of Hotel (1965), Airport (1968)
- Thomas Chandler Haliburton One of Canada's first authors, writer of The Clockmaker series
- Matthew Hansen
- Claire Harris (1937- )
- Marjorie Harris
- Jill Hartman
- Kristen den Hartog
- Elisabeth Harvor
- Barbara Haworth-Attard (1953- )
- Anne Hébert, Acadian author, educator Kamouraska
- Steven Heighton
- David Helwig
- Louis Hémon (1880-1913), novelist and journalist, Maria Chapdelaine
- John Herbert (playwright), author of Fortune and Men's Eyes
- Sheila Heti
- Paul Hiebert
- Tomson Highway (1951- ) native playwright Dry Lips Moved to Kapuskasing
- Robert Hilles (1951- )
- Jack Hodgins (1938- )
- Greg Hollingshead (1947- )
- Michael Honeth (1970- )
- Hugh Hood (1928-2000), Master work is 12 volume novel-series (The New Age).
- Cornelia Hoogland (1952- )
- Nalo Hopkinson
- Harold Horwood (1923- )
- Tanya Huff
- Matt Hughes
- Bruce Hunter
- Catherine Hunter
- Maureen Hunter
- Nancy Huston (born 1953)
- Hazel Hutchins
- Bruce Hutchison
[edit] I
[edit] J
- Donald Jack (1924-2003)
- J. Robert Janes (born 1932)
- K.V. Johansen (1968- )
- E. Pauline Johnson (1861-1913)
- Wentworth M. Johnson (1939-)
- Wayne Johnston
- Andy Jones comedic playwright and performer
- Terry Jordan
- John Joyce
[edit] K
- Surjeet Kalsey
- Smaro Kamboureli
- Alan Kane (1954- ), Scrambles in the Canadian Rockies
- Welwyn Wilton Katz
- Guy Gavriel Kay (1954- ) fantasy genre fiction
- Lionel Kearns (1937- )
- Sean Kennedy (1973- )
- Crawford Kilian
- Crad Kilodney
- Jack King
- Thomas King (1943- )
- Mark Kingwell
- W.P. Kinsella (1935- ), writes novels about baseball and natives; Field of Dreams
- Raymond Knister
- Joy Kogawa, Obasan
- David Kootnikoff Getting Both Feet Wet
- Gordon Korman
- Myrna Kostash
- John Krizanc
- Robert Kroetsch (1927- )
- Robert N. Kucey, (1940- )
[edit] L
- Larissa Lai
- Tim Lander
- Patrick Lane (1939- ), poet
- Evelyn Lau (1971- )
- Margaret Laurence (1926-1987) novelist, wrote "The Stone Angel"
- Clive M. Law - founder of Service Publications and author.
- Irving Layton (1912-2006)
- Stephen Leacock, (1869-1944), McGill University economics and political science prof. text book writer and international renowned humorist
- Dennis Lee (1939- ) - writer of children's poetry
- John B. Lee
- Sky Lee
- Mark Leier, historian
- Mark Leiren-Young (1962- )
- John Lent
- Wyndham Lewis, writer and artist
- Dorothy Livesay
- Billie Livingston (1965-), novelist and poet
- Karin Lowachee, science fiction novelist
- Pat Lowther, poet (1935-1975)
- Malcolm Lowry, (1909-1957) wrote Under the Volcano in Canada (1947)
[edit] Ma
- Agnes Maule Machar
- Ann-Marie MacDonald
- Bernell MacDonald, (born 1950)
- Hugh MacDonald
- Jake MacDonald
- Maggie MacDonald
- Gwendolyn MacEwen (1941-1987)
- [Isabel Ecclestone Mackay]
- Hugh MacLennan (1907-1990) novelist and essayist, wrote Two Solitudes and Barometer Rising
- Rory MacLean (born 1954)
- Michael MacLennan
- Alistair MacLeod, (born 1936)
- Elizabeth Macleod, biographer
- Antonine Maillet (born 1929), Acadian author, educator
- Kevin Major (born 1949)
- Robert Majzels
- [Eli Mandel]
- [Miriam Mandel]
- David Manicom (born 1960) poet, novelist, diplomat.
- Lee Maracle (born 1950) poet/novelist from the Squamish First Nation. She was one of the first Aboriginal people to be published in the early 1970s.
- Daphne Marlatt (born 1942)
- John Marlyn, (1912-1985)
- David Margoshes (born 1941)
- Nicole Markotic
- Yann Martel, (born 1963), 2002 Booker Prize Winner
- Carol Matas (born 1949)
- Shirlee Smith Matheson
[edit] Mc
- Steve McCaffery
- Nellie McClung, crusading journalist, MP
- John McCrae, (1872-1918), ("In Flanders' Fields")
- David McFadden
- Peter McGehee (1955-1991)
- James McIntyre, (1827-1906), the "Cheese Poet," known as the worst poet in Canadian history
- Ami McKay, (born 1968), The Birth House
- Don McKay poet
- Marshall McLuhan, (1911-1980), English professor and media studies author
- Susan McMaster
- Sylvia McNicoll
- John Metcalf (born 1938)
- Anne Michaels
- Roy Miki
- Rohinton Mistry, (born 1952), Such a Long Journet, A Fine Balance
- W.O. Mitchell (1914-1998), Who has Seen the Wind
- Lucy Maud Montgomery, (1874-1942), Anne of Green Gables
[edit] Mo
- Susanna Moodie (nee Strickland), (1803-1885), Roughing it in the Bush
- Brian Moore (1921-1999)
- Lisa Moore
- Edythe Morahan de Lauzon, poet
- Pierre Morency (born 1942), poet and playwright
- Bernice Morgan
- Donna Morrissey
- Kim Morrissey
- Colin Morton
- Daniel David Moses, Aboriginal poet and playwright
- Tara Moss (born 1973) - wrote Fetish
- Erin Mouré (born 17 April 1955)
- Farley Mowat, (born 1921) Never Cry Wolf, My Discovery of America
[edit] Mu
- Roy McDonald London Ontario
- Robert Munsch (born 1945), American born writer of children's stories
- Alice Munro, (born 1931)
- Jim Munroe
- John Murrell
- Susan Musgrave (born 1951), poet and novelist
[edit] N
- Émile Nelligan, (1879-1941), French-Canadian poet
- Gordon Neufeld
- John Newlove
- bpNichol (1944-1988), poet
- Hal Niedzviecki
- Henri Nouwen
- Alden Nowlan (1933-1983)
[edit] O
- Sheldon Oberman
- Derrick O'Keefe, essayist, editor
- Michael Ondaatje, (1943- ) wrote The English Patient (1993)
- Kenneth Oppel
- Stephen Osborne
[edit] P
- P.K. Page (born 1916)
- Kevin Patterson
- Ted Plantos
- Daniel Poliquin
- Sharon Pollock (born 1936)
- Jacques Poulin, "The "Jimmy" Trilogy" (translated titled)
- E.J. Pratt (1883-1964), poet
- Robert Priest, poet
- Al Purdy (born 1918), poet
Harry Pollock Novelist and Poet
[edit] Q
[edit] R
- Thomas Raddall (1903-1994), historical novelist
- Mark A. Rayner
- Gurcharan Rampuri
- Edeet Ravel
- Angela Rawlings
- Wayne Ray short stories
- Michael Redhill
- Nino Ricci (born 1959)
- David Adams Richards, (1950- )
- Mordecai Richler, (1931-2001) The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz (1959)
- Ringuet (Phllipe Panneton) (1895-1960)
- Sir Charles G.D. Roberts (1860-1943) author of a number of "animal stories"
- Ken Roberts
- Paul William Roberts
- Eden Robinson
- Peter Robinson (1950-), English-born Canadian-based detective novelist
- Ajmer Rode Indo-Canadian writer, bilingual, poet, playwright, translator
- Gordon Rodgers (born 1952), poet and novelist from the province of Newfoundland and Labrador
- Spider Robinson American born Science-Fiction/humour writer, "Callahan's Crosstime Saloon"
- Richard Rohmer (born 1924)
- Linda Rogers
- Leon Rooke (born 1934)
- Patrick Roscoe
- Sinclair Ross 1908-1996, renowned short story author
- Gabrielle Roy, (1909-1983)The Tin Flute
- Jane Rule (born 1931)
- George Ryga (1932-1987), playwright and novelist
[edit] S
- Michelle Sagara West, fantasy author
- Dorianne Sager
- Rick Salutin (born 1942), political writer, essayist editor
- John Ralston Saul, (born 1947) businessman, essayist, diplomat
- Robert J. Sawyer, (born 1960)
- Andreas Schroeder
- Alvin Schwartz
- Stephen Scobie
- Frank Scott (1899-1985), poet
- Djanet Sears, playwright and actor
- Benjamin Sehene (born 1959 in Rwanda novelist, essayist, and political writer
- Shyam Selvadurai
- Robert W. Service (1874-1958), poet of the Yukon
- Ernest Thompson Seton (1860-1946)
- Mark Shainblum
- Murphy O. Shewchuk
- Carol Shields, (1935-2003)
- Aki Shimazaki, novelist
- Maggie Siggins
- Makeda Silvera
- Jaspreet Singh
- Marsha Skrypuch
- Josef Skvorecky (born 1924 in Czechoslovakia, professor of English in Canada since 1969, but still writing his fiction in Czech), novelist, essayist, The Engineer of Human Souls (1984 Governor General's Award)
- Michael Slade
- Joshua Slocum (1844-1909), sailor and author
- Elizabeth Smart, (1913-1986)
- Jean Edward Smith
- Michael V. Smith
- Russell Smith
- Evan Solomon
- Raymond Souster (born 1921), poet
- Esta Spalding
- Birk Sproxton (1943- )
- Richard Stevenson
- Walter Stewart (1941-2004)
- Kathy Stinson
- Anne Stone
- Robert Sward
- George Swede
- Margaret Sweatman
- Alastair Sweeny
- Scott Symons
[edit] T
- Kevin Taylor
- Timothy Taylor
- Yves Theriault (1915-1983)
- Sharon Thesen
- Audrey Thomas
- Ernest Thompson Seton (1860-1946) wrote about the Canadian wilderness
- John Thompson (poet)
- Miriam Toews
- Catharine Parr Traill (nee Strickland) (1802-1899), Life in the Backwoods of Canada
- Rhea Tregebov
- Michel Tremblay (born 1942)
- Roland Michel Tremblay (born 1972)
- Diane Tucker (poet, editor, born 1965)
- Élise Turcotte
- Michael Turner
- Michael Twist (born 1972), author, Highs & Lows
[edit] U
- Marie Uguay (1955-1981), francophone poet from the province of Quebec.
- Jane Urquhart (born 1949), novelist.
[edit] V
- W.D. Valgardson, The Girl with the Bottecelli Face
- Pierre Vallières
- Edo Van Belkom
- Guy Vanderhaeghe (1951- )
- Aritha Van Herk (1954- )
- A. E. van Vogt (1912-2000), science fiction writer
- Jean Vanier
- M.G. Vassanji
- Paul Vermeersch
- Sean Virgo
- Margaret Visser
[edit] W
- Fred Wah
- Bronwen Wallace
- Agnes Walsh, poet and playwright, In the Old Country of My Heart
- R. W. Watkins, poet
- David Watmough
- Sheila Watson (1909-1998),
- Alison Wearing
- Marc Weisblott (1971-), Canada's first professional blogger
- John Weier, poet
- Elizabeth Wellburn
- Dawud Wharnsby Ali (1972- ), poet, songwriter
- Thomas Wharton
- Armin Wiebe
- Rudy Wiebe (1934- ), novelist
- Ethel Wilson (1888-1980), Swamp Angel, Hettie Dorval, "The Window"
- Rob Winger
- Michael Winter
- Adele Wiseman (1928-1992), novelist and poet
- George Woodcock (1912-1995), poet, critic and anarchist, author of Anarchism
- Marnie Woodrow
- Lance Woolaver
- Eric Wright (1929- ), mystery writer
- L.R. Wright
[edit] Y
- Scott Young (1918- ), novelist
[edit] Z
- Carolyn Zonailo (poet, editor, consultant)
- Jan Zwicky
