Professional Writers

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Don Aker: Don, a junior high school teacher, has written a number of award-winning YA novels, including Of Things Not Seen and The First Stone.

Peggy Amirault: Peggy is a freelance writer and editor.

Bruce Armstrong: Bruce is a magician, poet, actor, lecturer and author of the award-winning book Sable Island.

Peggy Armstrong: Author of historical articles and contemporary profiles, Peggy has also produced several stage plays.

Susan Atkinson-Keen: Geologist turned children's writer, Susan is the author of The Adventures of Broughton Bear series, and Weekend in the Jurassic.

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Kent Baker: Fiction writer and former professor of English at George Brown College in Toronto, Kent Baker is the author of Finster Frets.

Catherine Banks: Catherine is a Nova Scotia-born Playwright. She wrote the award-winning Three Storey, Ocean View and The Summer of the Piping Plover.

Blanca Baquero: Blanca is an award-winning poet who lives in the Annapolis Valley, and for the past seven years has been studying haïkus.

John Barger: John is a Halifax poet and university instructor whose poems have been published in Europe, the United States, and Canada.

Joyce Barkhouse: Joyce Barkhouse is the author of stories, articles, plays, and verse. Her novel Pit Pony was adapted as a TV series and film, which originally aired on CBC.

Brian Bartlett: Brian Bartlett has published many collections of poetry, including The Atlantic Poetry Prize Winner Wanting the Day.

Jane Baskwill: Jane has been the President of the Nova Scotia Reading Association and Nova Scotia's Provincial Coordinator for the International Reading Association. She is the author of Pass the Poems Please, Whole Language Sourcebook and If Peace Is...

Michael Bawtree: Michael Bawtree has worked in Canadian theatre and television for over forty years and is the author of a number of plays.

Joan Baxter: Joan Baxter is a Nova Scotian author, journalist and anthropologist who now makes her home in Colchester County.

John Bell: John Bell is an author and editor of nearly twenty books, and a former editor of the poetry magazine Arc.

Chris Benjamin: Chris Benjamin is a fiction writer and journalist living in Halifax. He also works as a freelance writer, and is the Sustainable City Columnist for The Coast.

Sophie Bérubé: Wolfville writer Sophie Bérubé writes fiction, poetry and theatre scripts. She is the author of two children's books, Le chef-d'oeuvre de Lombrie and La truelle magique, and a poetry collection, La trombe sacrée.

Jocelyn Bethune: Baddeck, Cape Breton resident Jocelyn Bethune has written for The Chronicle Herald and Mclean's Magazine, among others.

Jenni Blackmore: Author, illustrator, and publisher Jenni Blackmore also writes for television, stage, and puppet theatre.

Gary Blackwood: Gary's work covers the whole spectrum of kids' books, from picture books to young adult, both fiction and nonfiction. He also writes plays for adults and young audiences.

Søren Bondrup-Nielsen: Søren Bondrup-Nielsen is the author of many scientific articles dealing with ecology and conservation, as well as the book Winter on Diamond: An Encounter with the Temagami Wilderness.

George Borden: Ex-Captain and writer George Borden now works as a journalist.

Binnie Brennan: Binnie Brennan’s fiction has been published in a number of literary journals, including The Wascana Review, Existere, and All Rights Reserved. Her novel, Harbour View, was published in 2009.

Douglas Arthur Brown: Cape Breton author Douglas Arthur Brown is the author of The Magic Compass, Archibald's Boo-Boo and A Deadly Harvest.

Harry Bruce: An accomplished writer, Harry's work includes Corporate Navigator, The Life of F. M. Covert, An Illustrated History of Nova Scotia and Never Content: How Mavericks and Outsiders Made a Surprise Winner of Maritime Life.

Tyne Brown: Tyne Brown is a writer who specializes in children's poetry. Her work has often appeared in publications by the award-winning Cricket Magazine Group.

Carol Bruneau: Carol's work has appeared in journals across Canada. Her fiction includes After the Angel Mill, Depth Rapture and the award-winning Purple for Sky.

Jill Bryant: Jill Bryant is a writer who specializes in children’s non-fiction. She is the author of the award-winning Making Shadow Puppets.

George Burden: George Burden has had an active twenty year career as a freelance writer, with a focus on travel, but with publications encompassing the gamut of medical-history, human interest, humour, poetry and fiction.

Alice Burdick: Poet Alice Burdick is the author of Simple Master.

Geoff Butler: Artist and author Geoff Butler wrote and illustrated The Hangashore, Ode to Newfoundland and The Look of Angels: Angels in Art.

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Silver Donald Cameron: One of Canada's most versatile writers, Silver Donald Cameron has written sixteen books, approximately 40 radio dramas, several TV scripts, and innumerable magazine stories.

Jonathan Campbell: Jonathan Campbell is the author of short stories, plays, and television dramas.

Wanda Campbell: Wanda Campbell is the author of four poetry collections including Looking for Lucy and has published both fiction and poetry in journals across Canada.

Katia Canciani: Katia Canciani is a French-Canadian author specializing in children's fiction, short stories, and articles. Her first novel, Un jardin en Espagne: Retour au Généralife was launched in March 2006.

Richard Charlton: A professional electrical engineer, Richard Charlton created the Kippernickker Adventure Stories for his grandchildren in California who asked for the stories so often he decided to write them all down.

Lesley Choyce: Writer, publisher, musician, surfer, and university professor Lesley Choyce has been called "Nova Scotia's answer to the Renaissance Man" (Peter Gzowski, Morningside, CBC).

George Elliott Clarke: Winner of the 2001 Governor General's Award for Poetry for Execution Poems and the 1998 Portia White Award, George has written numerous critically-acclaimed collections of poetry.

Jan Coates: Jan’s interest in writing for children grew out of her own love of words and stories and a passion for helping kids become lifelong readers.

Devon Code: Devon is the author of In the Mist, his debut collection of short fiction.

Carol Ann Cole: Carol Ann Cole is an author, professional speaker, and founder of the Comfort Heart Initiative. She has written two books, Comfort Heart - A Personal Memoir and Lessons Learned upside-the-head.

Ian Colford: Ian Colford is a fiction writer living in Halifax.

Valerie Compton: Valerie Compton writes fiction and non-fiction and teaches fiction writing.

Christy Ann Conlin: Author of the novel Heave, Christy Ann Conlin has published both fiction and non-fiction, and is an editorial assistant at New Shoots and PRISM International.

Greg Cook:Yarmouth-born writer Gregory M. Cook is the author of One Heart, One Way. Alden Nowlan: A Writer's Life.

Regina Coupar: Artist and author Regina Coupar is interested in the creative process as a tool for personal development. She has published a number of books, including The Art of Soul: An Artist's Guide to Spirituality.

Lesley Crewe: Lesley Crewe is a fiction writer and magazine columnist. Her books include Relative Happiness, Shoot Me, Ava Comes Home and Hit & Mrs.

Elizabeth Crocker: Co-owner of Woozles Bookstore, Liz wrote Life Beyond Teaching and Rosalynn Rabbit.

William Crowell: Former editor of Bluenose Magazine, Bill wrote The Raccoon Sporran and Atlantic Treasure Troves as well as The Best of Times, the Worst of Times, a story of WWII.

Mary Pat Cude: Mary Pat Cude is the author of The Bargain.

Sheldon Currie: Author for stage and screen, Sheldon's novel The Glace Bay Miners' Museum became the movie Margaret's Museum, starring Helena Bonham Carter.

Wayne Curtis: Wayne Curtis is a prolific and diverse writer hailing from Blackville, New Brunswick.

Brian Cuthbertson: A leading Nova Scotia historian and archivist, Brian has written many books, including the prize-winning The Loyalist Governor.

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Donna D'Amour: Cape Breton author Donna D'Amour wrote a book of essays, Colouring the Road, as Donna Doyle. She has spent many years as a freelance reporter for The Chronicle-Herald.

Meredith Dault: Meredith Dault is a versatile freelance journalist working in both print and broadcast media.

Gwen Davies: Gwen Davies is the founder of the Community of Writers, a writing retreat held in Tatamagouche. She writes fiction for adults and children and teaches creative writing classes and workshops.

Lynn Davies: Lynn's short stories have been included in Shivers in Your Nightshirt and The Witness. Her poetry collection, The Bridge That Carries The Road, was nominated for a Governor General's Award.

Jodi Delong: Jodi DeLong has been a professional freelance writer for over a decade.

Alison DeLory: Alison DeLory is a freelance writer and editor who has published articles on health care, fitness, forestry, education and other topics.

Marq de Villiers: Marq de Villiers is a veteran journalist who has written a dozen books on travel, history, and natural history; he has won a Governor General's Award for non-fiction, the Evelyn Richardson Prize for non-fiction, and has been shortlisted for both the Julia Child and the James Beard awards.

Frances Jewel Dickson: Frances' first book, The DEW Line Years, Voices from the Coldest Cold War, was published in 2007. Her short stories have appeared in the Globe and Mail and Readers’ Digest Magazine.

Philip Dinn: Philip Dinn is a stage and screen actor-writer and musician living in Halifax.

Kristin Bieber Domm: A teacher for more than twenty years, Kristin Domm is a freelance educational writer. Her children's books include The Hatchling's Journey / A Blanding's Turtle Story and Atlantic Puffin.

Mary Alice Downie: Mary Alice Downie is the author of more than twenty books for children and also writes poetry.

Judy Dudar: Judy Dudar is the author of the children's book I Spy a Bunny, published by Nimbus in 2009.

Deirdre Dwyer: Author of Going To The Eyestone and The Breath That Lightens the Body, Deirdre's poetry has appeared in various journals across Canada, including Arc, Canadian Literature and The Fiddlehead.

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Sally Erskine Doucette: Sally Erskine Doucette works as a freelance writer, and researcher who writes stories about life in Nova Scotia for the general public.

Cindy Etter-Turnbull: Cindy is natural letter writer, avid gardener and feisty fisherperson. She is currently working on a play and a children's book.

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Leigh Faulkner: A poet from Bass River, Nova Scotia, Leigh Faulkner's books include: Outside the Event Horizon, Where the Fields End, Into Nests, Each Perfect as an Inner Ear! and Charge.

Elizabeth Feltham: Liz Feltham has been the food writer for The Coast Weekly since 2000. She specializes in culinary writing, having been certified as a Journeyperson Chef and working in the cooking industry for many years.

Penny Ferguson: Co-founder of The Amethyst Review, Penny's poetry has appeared in many publications and is collected in Runaway Suite as well as Clarity That Is Darkness.

Marike Finlay de Monchy: A former teacher of humanities at McGill, Marike is the director and owner of Quoddy's Run, a small press and cultural centre located on the Eastern Shore.

Jane Finlay-Young: Jane is the author of From Bruised Fell and numerous short story and non-fiction publications, and is co-author of the novel Watermelon Syrop.

Robert Finley: An associate professor of English at the Memorial University of Newfoundland, Robert is the author of The Accidental Indies, which won the Cunard First Book Award.

Mark Finnan: A playwright, actor, journalist and scriptwriter, Mark Finnan wrote The Sinclair Saga and The First Nova Scotian.

Sheree Fitch: Award-winning children's writer Sheree Fitch is the author of many books for children and young adults.

Trudy Fong: Multilingual Trudy Deagle-Fong has published articles in newspapers and magazines around the world. The sixth edition of her travel book, Off the Beaten Path in the Maritime Provinces, was published in 2007.

Deanna Foster: Non-fiction writer Deanna Foster is author of The History of Hangings in Nova Scotia.

Melanie Furlong: is a freelance journalist who has written for a wide range of North American publications.

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Lina Gardiner: Author of Grave Illusions, Lina Gardiner loves to escape to a fictional world of her own making. Adding a touch of mystery, a hint of romance, vivid characters, and mixing them up to see what transpires is a recipe for Lina's enjoyment.

Carolyn Rose Gimian: Carolyn is a freelance writer, nonfiction editor and a senior editor of the work of Buddhist teacher Chogyam Trungpa.

Joyce Glasner: Joyce Glasner is a freelance writer, editor and the author of The Halifax Explosion: Surviving the Blast that Shook a Nation, Christmas in Atlantic Canada: Heartwarming Legends, Tales and Traditions, and Pirates and Privateers: Swashbuckling Stories from the East Coast.

Susan Goyette: Author of The True Names of Birds and Undone, Susan Goyette has had her poetry published in many journals. Her novel, Lures, was nominated for the 2003 Thomas H. Raddall Fiction Prize.

Monica Graham: Monica Graham is a freelance journalist and photographer living in Pictou County.

Shauntay Grant: Shauntay Grant is a Nova Scotia-born spoken word performer, journalist and musician.

Vicki Grant: A Gemini winner for Best Writing in a Children's or Youth Program, Vicki Grant is the author of the comic YA novels The Puppet Wrangler and Quid Pro Quo.

Sylvia Gunnery: Sylvia is a fiction writer for young adults and children, as well as a curriculum writer in the area of English language arts. Her books include Menace and Mischief, Robin's Impossible Crazy Idea, and Just Write!

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Susan Haley: Susan is the author of many novels, two of which, Getting Married in Buffalo Jump and A Nest of Singing Birds, have been made into movies for CBC TV.

Jackie Halsey: Originally from London, England, Jackie now lives in Halifax, Nova Scotia, where she works as a programmer and writes. She is the author of Peggy's Letters.

Sylvia Hamilton: Winner of the 2002 Portia White Prize, Sylvia has created documentaries, essays and poetry based on the experiences of African Nova Scotians.

Don Hannah: He has been writer in residence at the Tarragon Theatre, the Canadian Stage Company, the University of New Brunswick and for the Yukon Public Library Service.

Renée Hartleib: Renée works as a freelance writer and editor and also publishes fiction.

Jennifer Hatt: Jennifer is a former newspaper writer and editor turned freelancer.

Virginia Hayden: Virginia is a former academic who now writes plays, screenplays, short fiction and comedy sketches. Her play Well Women was produced at the 2002 Festival Antigonish Summer Theatre. She is also a member of Playwrights' Atlantic Resource Centre; Playwrights' Guild of Canada and the Comedy Writers' Association of the UK.

Michael Hennessey: Michael is the author of a novel, two non-fiction books, two collections of short stories and twelve produced plays.

Pamela Hickman: Former education coordinator for the Federation of Ontario Naturalists, Pam is the author of numerous children's nature books, including Animals and their Mates, Animals and their Young and Animals Eating.

Andria Hill-Lehr: Andria Hill-Lehr is the author of the non-fiction book, A Mother's Road to Kandahar.

Elaine Ingalls Hogg: Born into a family of storytellers, Elaine is the author of Remembering Honey and When Canada Joined Cape Breton.

Fred Ted Hollett: Fred Ted is an artist, journalist, writer, newspaper editor, and screenwriter.

Harold Horwood: Harold wrote over twenty books of fiction, biography, history and travel writing, including Among the Lions and A Walk in the Dream Time. He died in April, 2006.

Maureen Hull: Maureen Hull writes poetry and fiction, some of which is collected in Righteous Living. Her novel, The View From A Kite, was nominated for the 2007 Dartmouth Book Award for Fiction.

Charlotte Hutchinson: Charlotte is the author of such children's stories as Mr. Sweetums Wears Pink and My Mom's Purse.

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Martine Jacquot: The author of many books in French and English, Martine Jacquot's works of fiction include Les Terres Douces and Les Glycines.

Joanne Jefferson: Joanne Jefferson is a novelist, poet, and freelance writer whose work has focused on history, visual art, music, and parenting.

Sara Jewell-Mattinson: Sara Jewell has worked as a radio newscaster, freelance writer and high school substitute teacher. She currently writes an ongoing and award-winning column with the United Church Observer magazine.

Dean Jobb: Dean Jobb is an assistant professor of journalism at the University of King's College, and has worked as a reporter, editor, and columnist at the Halifax Chronicle-Herald for 20 years.

K.V. Johansen: K.V. Johansen is an author of many books, including Torrie and the Firebird, The Cassandra Virus and Pippin and the Bones.

Linda Johns: Artist and naturalist Linda Johns has written numerous books, including Wild & Woolly, For the Birds, and Birds of a Feather.

A. J.B. (John) Johnston: A.J.B. Johntson is the author (or co-author) of nearly a dozen books on Atlantic Canadian history, as well as a myriad of newspaper/magazine articles and academic papers.

Carol Johnstone: Halifax journalist and artist Carol Johnstone has been published in a number of magazines and newspapers.

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Brad Kelln: Brad Kelln works as a clinical and forensic psychologist. He is the author of the novels Lost Sanity, Method of Madness and the forthcoming In Tongues of the Dead.

Sean Kelly: Sean Kelly is a Nova Scotia-based writer, story editor, communications consultant and documentary filmmaker.

John C. Kennedy: John is a retired anthropology professor from Memorial University and the author of several non-fiction works.

Jessica Scott Kerrin: Jessica is the author of the Martin Bridge series for children.

Susan Kerslake: Susan is the author of Blind Date, The Book of Fears and Seasoning Fever.

Stephen Kimber: Stephen is an award-winning writer, editor and broadcaster. He is the author of one novel and five nonfiction books.

Kim Kinrade: Kim is the author of Ice Break and has a growing reputation as one of the country's action-thriller writers.

Tonja Gunvaldsen Klaassen: Tonja is the author of two poetry collections, ÖR and Clay Birds.

Mariolina Koller-Fanconi: Mariolina is a bilingual writer working in Italian and German.

William Kowalski: William Kowalski is the author of the award-winning Eddie's Bastard, as well as Somewhere South of Here, The Adventures of Flash Jackson, and The Good Neighbour. He's also written screenplays and published numerous articles.

Robert Kroll: American born Robert E. Kroll is a writer for television and radio, as well as for drama on the stage.

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Steven Laffoley: Steven Laffoley is the author of Mr. Bush, Angus and Me: Notes of an American-Canadian in the Age of Unreason.

Carole Langille: Carole has published such poetry collections as Late in a Slow Time as well as several children's books.

Don Ledger: An experienced pilot and UFO researcher, Don is the author of Swiss Air Down: A pilot's view of the crash at Peggy's Cove and Dark Object: The World's Only Government-Documented UFO Crash.

Diane-Carmel Léger: Originally from Victoria, BC, Diane is the author of the award-winning La Butte à Pétard and its sequel, Retour a la butte à Pétard.

Veronica Leonard: Veronica Leonard has been an educator, information officer and employment consultant as well a freelance writer for newspapers, magazines and private business. She specializes in articles about travel, adult education, employment issues and entrepreneurship.

Kathy Diane Leveille: Kathy's short stories have been published in a variety of journals, while her radio dramas have been aired by the CBC. She is the author of Roads Unravelling.

Ron Lightburn: Ron has won many awards for his glorious children's book illustrations.

Sandra Lightburn: Sandra wrote the award-winning children's book Driftwood Cove.

Wendy Lill: Playwright Wendy Lill was the Member of Parliament for Dartmouth, Nova Scotia.

Barbara Little (Townshend): Besides writing a column for the New Glasgow Evening News for the last five years, Barbara is author of Mystery at Port Royal and I Didn't Want Him Touching Me.

Linda Little: As well as being extensively involved with the annual Read By The Sea Literary Festival in River John, Linda is author of the novels Strong Hollow and Scotch River.

Jerry Lockett: A freelance writer, editor, and photographer, Jerry contributes regularly to a number of periodicals.

Bretton Loney: Bretton Loney is a 47-year-old former reporter, columnist and editor of both The Daily News in Halifax and The Telegram in St. John's, Nfld.

Jim Lotz: Jim Lotz was in the Royal Air Force from 1947-49. He is a freelance writer and consultant and brings world experience to his many books.

Lezlie Lowe: Staff writer for The Coast, Halifax writer Lezlie Lowe freelances for radio and magazines and teaches at the University of King's College.

Allan Lynch: A freelance writer focusing on business and travel articles, Allan is the author of All In The Family, Inc.: Insights from the Corporate Boardrooms and Kitchen Tables of Canadian Family Businesses.

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Kathy Mac: Kathy Mac's first poetry collection, Nail Builder's Plan for Strength and Growth, was a finalist for the Governor General's award, and won the 2003 Gerald Lampert Memorial award.

Anne Louise MacDonald: Former dog trainer and groomer, commercial artist and award-winning animal health technician, Anne Louise MacDonald is the author of Nanny-Mac's Cat, The Memory Stone, The Dog Wizard and The Ghost Horse of Meadow Green.

J. Hugh MacDonald: Children's writer and poet Hugh MacDonald is the author of Chung Lee Loves Lobsters, Tossed Like Weeds and Cold Against the Heart.

Frank Macdonald: Frank Macdonald is a columnist and reporter with The Inverness Oran. His first novel, A Forest for Calum, was published in 2005 and was nominated for the Dartmouth Book Award.

Josh MacDonald: Josh MacDonald is a writer and actor. His plays include: Whereverville, Halo, and Degrees.

Virginia MacIsaac: Virginia MacIsaac is a freelance writer from Judique, Nova Scotia.

Don MacLean: Don MacLean is a fisheries biologist in Nova Scotia.

Jill MacLean: Jill is a writer who has spent most of her life living in the maritimes. A keen naturalist, she has also been a palliative care volunteer and dog walker. Her book The Nine Lives of Travis Keating will be published in fall of 2008.

Alistair MacLeod: After decades of having his short stories taught in Canadian classrooms, Alistair won the prestigious International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award in 2001 for his novel No Great Mischief.

Sue MacLeod: Sue's poetry has been published in journals across Canada and in her books, The Language of Rain and That Singing You Hear at The Edges. Sue was the inaugural Poet Laureate of the Halifax Regional Municipality.

Beatrice Mac Neil: Beatrice Mac Neil is a full-time writer of Scottish and Acadian descent who was born in Glace Bay, Cape Breton Island.

Allison Maher: Allison Maher is a former marketing manager for a company that manufactures "spy gear" for police agencies worldwide. Her first novel, I, The Spy, was released in April 2006.

Stephens Gerard Malone: Ontario-born, Montreal-educated, Stephens Gerard Malone has been a mortgage clerk in Calgary, a silver-service waiter in New Zealand, an envelope-stuffer in Toronto and a sex-advice columnist for Instinct magazine.

Paul Marriner: Owner and operator of Gale's End Press, as well as a member of the Outdoor Writer's Association in Canada and America, Paul has authored several award-winning books on fishing and has written hundreds of articles.

Kathleen Martin-James: Author of the children's non-fiction books Swimming Salmon and Soaring Bald Eagles, among others, Kathleen has also been published in several magazines and newspapers.

Blake Maybank: Blake Maybank works as a writer, editor, naturalist, speaker, photographer, and ecotour guide. He has written two nature books: The Birding Sites of Nova Scotia and The National Parks and Other Wild Places of Canada.

Steven Mayoff: Steven is the author of Fatted Calf Blues. His fiction and poetry have appeared in magazines internationally.

Julia McCarthy: Julia is the author of Stormthrower, and the upcoming Return from Erebus. Her poetry has appeared in magazines internationally.

Elaine McCluskey: Elaine McCluskey is a former journalist who now writes fiction. Her debut collection of short stories, The Watermelon Social, was published in 2006 by Gaspereau Press.

Ami McKay: Ami is the author of The Birth House and the award-winning radio documentary Daughter of Family G, broadcast on CBC Radio.

Hugh McKervill: Hugh is the author of The Sinbuster of Smoky Burn and The Salmon People.

Susan McMaster: Susan McMaster is the author of a dozen books, as well an editor of anthologies, books and magazines. Her latest novel is The Gargoyle's Left Ear.

M. Adele Megann: Former editor of Dandelion Magazine, Adele is a short fiction writer living in Halifax. She is also Vice-President of Exodus Theatre Society

Joanne Merriam: Joanne is a poet, fiction writer and web designer. Her first collection of poetry, The Glaze from Breaking, was released in 2004.

Judith Meyrick: Judith is a freelance writer and editor. Originally from New Zealand, she published her first book, Gracie the Public Gardens Duck, in 2007.

Shandi Mitchell: Writer and film producer, Shandi Mitchell has won numerous awards for her nationally-screened television drama Baba's House.

Carol Moreira: Carol Moreira has had an international career in journalism. Her first novel is a young adult story called Charged (Lorimer, 2008).

Donna Morrissey: Donna is the author of Kit's Law, Downhill Chance (winner of the 2003 Thomas H. Raddall Atlantic Fiction Prize) and Sylvanus' Now.

Philip Moscovitch: Philip Moscovitch is a freelance writer in Halifax. He writes the Daisy Dreamer comic for Chickadee and is a regular contributor to magazines including Canadian Screenwriter and Reader's Digest.

donalee Moulton: donalee has been writing professionally for over 25 years. Her byline has appeared in more than 100 magazines and newspapers throughout North America. her area's of expertise include health care and business.

Paddy Muir: Paddy is an award-winning business writer.

David Muise: Children's writer David Muise is the author of Archie, The Pit Rat Hero.

Carrie Muller: A librarian with a love of literature, Carrie recently co-authored the book The Terrible, Horrible, Smelly Pirate with Jackie Halsey.

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Margorie Nams: Magi is an award-winning children's nature writer for Ranger Rick magazine.

Lorri Neilsen Glenn: Lorri Neilsen Glenn is the author and editor of six books. Her poetry, essays and book reviews have found homes in journals, magazines and newspapers. She is Halifax's Poet Laureate.

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Mark Oakley: Mark Oakley has published many comics and graphic novels over the years, the largest of which is the six-volume Thieves and Kings.

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Sharon Palermo: Sharon's The Lie That Had To Be was nominated for the Silver Birch, Red Cedar and Blue Heron children's choice awards, as well as the Geoffrey Bilson Award for Historical Fiction.

Mike Parker: Mike writes historical non-fiction. His publications include Fortress Halifax, The Smoke-Eaters, Running the Gauntlet, Wood Chips & Beans and Guides of the North Woods.

Daniel N. Paul: Author of We Were Not The Savages, Daniel N. Paul, C.M., O.N.S., is a journalist, lecturer, reviewer, consultant, Justice of the Peace for the province of Nova Scotia, and Commissioner of the Nova Scotia Supreme Court.

Joan Payzant: Author of several history books, Joan wrote Who's a Scaredy-Cat!, a children's novel commemorating the 75th anniversary of the Halifax Explosion, as well as We Love to Ride the Ferry: 250 Years of Halifax-Dartmouth Ferry Crossings.

LeRoy Peach: LeRoy writes poetry and non-fiction with a strong maritime flavour.

Dorothy Perkyns: Dorothy published many magazine articles before writing her young adult, mystery-adventure novels, The Mastodon Mystery and Bilson Award winner Rachel's Revolution She is also the author of the maritime classic, The Mystery of the Hemlock Ravine and Last Days in Africville.

Sandra Phinney: Sandra is a prolific freelance writer with many passions. Giving courses, writing poetry and fiction, also vie for her time.

Heidi Priesnitz: Fiction writer Heidi Priesnitz is the author of two novels, A Darker Light and Drifting, as well as a collection of short stories.

Richard L. Provencher: Richard has many stories & poems in print and online with various journals.

Heather Pyrcz: Heather Pyrcz is a poet with three books of poems: Town Limits, Nights on Prospect Street and Viaticum.

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Anna Quon: Anna is a freelance writer who has published two chapbooks of poetry.

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Alain Raimbault: Alain has published many French-language books for children as well as a collection of adult poetry.

Sherry Ramsey: Sherry writes science fiction and fantasy for both adults and young adults, and has been the Editor/Publisher of The Scriptorium Webzine for Writers for over ten years.

Tim Reeves-Horton: Tim works with Lighthouse Media Group in a variety of creative roles including writer, video producer and education coordinator.

Darcy Rhyno: Darcy Rhyno is the author of a collection of short stories, Conductor of Waves, as well as many articles, plays and radio productions.

Andi Rierden: Andi is the author of two nonfiction books, as well as over 1,500 articles that deal with a wide range of topics.

Darlene Ricker: Darlene wrote L'sitkuk, the story of the Bear River Mi'kmaw Community.

Barbara Robertson: Writer, editor, and photographer, Barbara Robertson's photography is included in Harry Bruce's Nova Scotia.

Paul Robinson: Paul is an educator, literacy advocate and writer of books for educators.

Sally Ross: Writer, translator, and editor, Sally Ross is the co-author of The Acadians of Nova Scotia, now available as Les Acadiens de la Nouvelle-Écosse.

Philip Roy: Philip is the author of the award-winning Subarmine Outlaw and its sequel, Journey to Atlantis.

Judith Hoegg Ryan: is the daughter of a Pictou County coal miner and author of Coal in Our Blood, The Mine and Birthplace of New Scotland: an illustrated history of Pictou County, Canada's cradle of industry.

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Andrew Safer: Formerly a magazine, curriculum and biography writer, Andrew is working as a technical writer.

Gary Lloyd Saunders: Gary has published more than sixty illustrated articles and six books including So Much Weather: Facts, Phenomena and Weather Lore from Atlantic Canada.

Eleonore Schönmaier: Poet Eleonore Schönmaier is the author of Passion Fruit Tea and Treading Fast Rivers.

Alfred Silver: Fiction writer Alfred Silver wrote Three Hills Home, The Haunting of Maddie Prue and won the Raddall Award for Acadia.

Marjorie Simmins: Marjorie Simmins has been a professional writer and editor since 1991. Her essays and articles have appeared in various newspapers, magazines, and periodicals from all over the country, including The Toronto Star, The Vancouver Sun, and Canadian Living.

Anne Simpson: Author of two novels and three books of poetry, Anne won the 2004 Griffin Poetry Prize.

Carol Sinclair: Carol has been a professional actor and playwright for more than thirty years.

Norene Smiley: Norene is the author of Simon and Catapult Man’s Perilous Playground Adventure and That Stripy Cat, both books for young children

Andy Smith: A former English teacher, Andy Smith now writes for various outdoor journals and wrote the provincial best-seller, Paddling the Tobeatic.

Thea E. Smith: Thea's first novel, She Let Herself Go, was published in 2002. She is also the author of many scientific articles.

Marjorie Speed: Marjorie is the author and illustrator of Alexander's Sky Blue Eggs and From Washdays to Watercolors.

Fara Spence: Author of both That Hurt Thing and Black Water Born, Fara is currently living in Dartmouth and working on her third novel.

Deborah Stiles: An Assistant Professor in Humanities at the Nova Scotia Agricultural College, Deborah wrote the poetry collection Riding Limestone and is the author of Movement Catalogued.

Heidi Jardine Stoddart: Heidi is the author and illustrator of two children’s books, East to the Sea and A Nothing-To-Do Day.

Deannie Sullivan-Fraser: Deannie is the author of family stories Time Shadows and Johnny and the Gipsy Moth.

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Jon Tattrie: Jon Tattrie is a journalist and novelist based in Halifax. He freelances for the Chronicle-Herald, Metro and Transcontinental Media, among others. His first novel is Black Snow (Pottersfield).

Joanne Taylor: Joanne has been a freelance writer and broadcaster, but her focus has been on writing for children, including Full Moon Rising, Making Room and her Young Adult novel, There You Are.

Lisa Teryl: Lisa is a lawyer, author, educator.

Harry Thurston: Journalist and poet Harry Thurston writes regularly for Harrowsmith, Equinox, and the Canadian Geographic and is the author of Island of the Blessed, among others.

Diana Lynn Tibert: Diana is a freelance writer specializing in genealogy, but dabbles in fantasy writing. She is the author of the Roots to the Past genealogy column.

Susan Tooke: Susan is an award-winning illustrator, whose work is features in the books Up Home, F is for Fiddlehead and A Seaside Alphabet.

Kathleen Tudor: Kathleen's short stories have been published in a number of magazines. Onwer of Roseway Publishing, she is author of Getting Away.

Edith Tufts: Author of Le petit Acadien, Edith Comeau Tufts won the 1997 Association of Francophones of America Award for her promotion of the French language.

Lynn Turner: Lynn Turner is the author of the books, Love's Safe Harbour and Salvaged, A Gottingen Witch Mystery and television and feature film scripts. She was a script editor for the television series Emily of New Moon.

Ryan Turner: Ryan is a fiction writer living in Halifax. His short story collection, What We're Made Of, will be published in the fall of 2009.

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Michael Ungar: Dr. Ungar is the author of dozens of peer-reviewed articles and six books for parents, educators and helping professionals including his most recent, Too Safe for their Own Good and Playing at Being Bad.

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Julie Vandervoort: Julie is the author of Tell the Driver and other pieces of creative non-fiction. She works in and around the law and is currently writing The Perimeter Dog, a collection of non-fiction essays on safe and dangerous places.

Megan Venner: Megan Venner is an award-winning journalist, currently writing for a wide variety of magazines and a roster of corporate clients.

Steve Vernon: Storyteller Steve Vernon works in journalism, poetry and mainstream fiction.

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J.A. Wainwright: J.A. Wainwright is a poet, novelist and an educator.

Ann Graham Walker: Former CBC broadcaster and journalist Ann Walker is a freelance writer.

Alice Walsh: Alice has published magazine articles and short stories, and is the author of the Brimer Award Winning, Pomiuk.

Darryl Whetter: Darryl Whetter is the author of two books of fiction, A Sharp Tooth in the Fur and The Push & The Pull.

Kate Watson: Kate Watson is a freelance writer, and the theatre critic for Halifax's alternative weekly newspaper The Coast.

Nancy Wilcox Richards: Her books have been translated into French, Spanish, Chinese and Norwegian. She finds inspiration for many of her stories from everyday life events and her own children. She has recently begun writing on-line teacher resources.

Budge Wilson: Writing for all age groups, Budge has published picture books, novels and short story collections including A Fiddle for Angus, The Leaving, Sharla, and Manfred the UnManageable Monster.

Annett Wolf: Annett Wolf is an award winning and critically acclaimed writer, producer, director, and interviewer, with an international record of accomplishment in the North American and European television, theatre, and film industries.

Frances Wolfe: Frances' picture books, Where I Live and One Wish, are published by Tundra.

Harrison Wright: Born in Pereaux, Nova Scota, Harrison Wright is the author of Probing Minds, Salamander Girls and a Dog Named Sally.

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Jo Ann Yhard: Jo Ann Yhard is the author of the award winning young adult novel, The Fossil Hunter of Sydney Mines.

Wenda Young: Wenda Young is the author of Angels in the Snow, set in Nova Scotia and Nagano Prefecture, Japan.

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Paul Zann: Paul is a versatile author - adult novel, A Real Son of a 'Vitch; children's books, The Aussie Six in Canada, The Aussie Six in Australia, and The Weirdest Class; satirical essays, You've Gotta be Kidding!; plays, Strike! and The Parasites; poetry book, Crouching at the Keyhole; numerous poems and stories in Canadian and U.S. journals.

Susan Zettell: Susan is the author of Night Watch and Holy Days of Obligation. Her first novel, The Check Out Girl, will be published in Fall 2008.

Ordering Books

The books listed in these writers' individual pages are available through:

Online Services: Including the American Amazon.com; the American chain Barnes and Noble; the Canadian chains Chapters.ca and Indigo.ca, Amazon.ca; also AbeBooks and the independents: Victoria's Bolen Books; Montreal's Bonder Bookstore; Edmonton's Greenwoods Bookshoppe (general and specialty: children's, mystery); Munro's Books of Victoria; Manitoba's artist-run Plug In Gallery (specialty: art); Amherst's Good Words Bookshop; and Halifax's the Bookmark; Seaside Book & Stamp (specialty: science fiction) and John W. Doull (specialty: antiquarian, rare and used). For poetry, check the League of Canadian Poets' Poetry Spoken Here webstore.

Firefly Books Ltd.: In Canada, phone toll free 1-800-387-6192 or fax toll free 1-800-450-0391; in the United States phone 1-800-387-5085; or in other countries phone (416) 499-8412 or fax (416) 499-8313. The publishers they distribute include: Annick, Berlitz, Black Moss, Black Sparrow, Bungalo, Camden House, Cottage Life, La Courte Echelle (outside Quebec), Great North, Greey de Pencier (except Northwood titles), Harrowsmith, Hedgehog, Juno, Log House, OWL, Old Bridge, Pomegranate, Re-think Inc, Rosetree, Rosseau (calendars), Sound and Vision, Sybex, Warwick and Wilcord Publications.

Nimbus Publishing Ltd.: Phone 1-800-646-2879. They distribute books for the following publishing companies: Acorn Press, Breton Books, Cape Breton University Press, Down East Books, GooseLane Editions, Norwood Publishing, Pottersfield Press, Mystic Seaport, Sheridan House, Wooden Boat Books.

University of Toronto Press: Email utpbooks@utpress.utoronto.ca or phone (416) 667-7791, or in Canada and the United States call toll free 1-800-565-9523 or fax 1-800-221-9985. The publishing companies they distribute include: Baltray, Between the Lines, Black Rose, Boardwalk, Candlewick (outside BC), Cedar Cave, Craftsman House (Canada only), Davus, Douglas & McIntyre (trade, eastern Canada), Dundurn, Everyman, Farrar Straus Giroux, Fifth House, Garfinkel, Gordon and Breach, Greystone (outside BC), Groundwood (outside BC), Guernica, Harwood Academic, Help We've Got Kids, Hounslow, International Publishers Distributor, Kids Can, McGill-Queen's UP, McGilligan, Millenium, Harvey Miller, N.C. Press, New Press, Orion, Phoenix, Ragged Bear, Rivercrest, Roussan, Science for Peace, Second Story, Sierra Club (outside BC), Simon & Pierre, Subway, Terra Bella, Thames & Hudson, Theytus, U of Manitoba, U of Ottawa, U of Toronto, Weidenfeld & Nicholson, Bridget Williams and The Women's Press.

Most of these services require credit card transactions, although some mail order companies will take cheques. If you're hesitant to give out your credit card number by phone or over the internet, take note of the ISBN number (in yellow) as well as the title and author of a book, and any bookstore will be happy to order it for you. For addresses of Canadian publishers, phone us at the office.