1. George Woodcock (1912)

Canadian Writer

A Canadian biographer, historian, essayist, critic, poet, and anarchist, he is known for his 1962 work, Anarchism: A History of Libertarian Ideas and Movements. His other publications include The Anarchist...

2. Susanna Moodie (1803)

Canadian Writer

An English-born author who wrote about her experiences as a settler in Canada, she is best remembered for Roughing it in the Bush, an 1852 memoir. Her novels include Mark...

3. Evan Solomon (1968)

Canadian Writer

Canadian political journalist and media personality who found fame as the host of The Evan Solomon Show on radio's CFRB. He has also presented the political news program Question Period on...

4. Anne Hébert (1916)

Canadian Writer

A three-time winner of The Governor General's Award, she is best known for Le Tombeau des rois, published in 1954, and Kamouraska, published in 1970. Her other works include Les...

5. Kelley Armstrong (1968)

Canadian Writer

A Canadian fiction writer, she is best known for her teenage supernatural book series, The Darkest Powers, as well as for her urban fantasy series, Women of the Otherworld. Her...

6. Timothy Findley (1930)

Canadian Writer

A Canadian author and playwright, he is best known for The Last of the Crazy People and The Wars, published during the 1960s and 1970s, respectively.

7. Mordecai Richler (1931)

Canadian Writer

A Canadian-born author, screenwriter, and essayist, he is best known for such novels as The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz, Barney's Version, and Solomon Gursky Was Here. He is also known...

8. Janette Oke (1935)

Canadian Writer

Known for her works of Christianity-themed historical fiction, this Canadian novelist became famous for her Love Comes Softly, Prairie Legacy, and Seasons of the Heart series. Between 1981 and 2011,...

9. Anne Cameron (1938)

Canadian Writer

Known for works that focus on the First Nations tribes of the Pacific Northwest, this Canadian author is perhaps best known for her 1978 novel Dreamspeaker and for her 1981...

10. Marie-Claire Blais (1939)

Canadian Writer

A Canadian author of plays, poetry, short fiction, and nearly two dozen novels, she is best known for her debut novel, La Belle Bête. Her works often contain pointed social...

11. Margaret Atwood (1939)

Canadian Writer

A Canadian poet and novelist known for her bleak, dystopian work, The Handmaid's Tale, she was shortlisted for the Booker Prize five times. Her other well-known works include Cat's Eye,...

12. Susan Swan (1945)

Canadian Writer

Well known for her novels The Wives of Bath, The Western Light, and The Biggest Modern Woman of the World, she also penned the Commonwealth Writers' Prize-nominated work What Casanova...

13. Carmen Rodríguez (1948)

Canadian Writer

Chilean-Canadian writer and political activist known for her poetry collection Guerra Prolongada and her short stories in "and a body to remember with".

14. Andrew Weiner (1949)

Canadian Writer

Novelist and short story writer whose works of science fiction includes Among the Missing and This is the Year Zero. Over the course of his career, he published dozens of...

15. Susan Musgrave (1951)

Canadian Writer

A Canadian poet and children's author, she is best known for a Governor General's Award-nominated poetry collection entitled A Man to Marry, A Man to Bury. Her works of children's...

16. George Elliott Clarke (1960)

Canadian Writer

Nova Scotia-born poet and dramatist whose literary works document the African-Canadian experience. He is known for poetry collections such as Whylah Falls and Gold Indigoes and for plays such as...

17. Rohinton Mistry (1952)

Canadian Writer

An Indian-born Canadian writer, he is known for Such a Long Journey; Family Matters; and A Fine Balance. He was the 2012 recipient of the Neustadt International Prize for Literature.

18. Duncan Regehr (1952)

Canadian Writer

Writer, artist, and actor known for playing the role of Zorro in the Family Channel's series of the same name.

19. Kit Pearson (1947)

Canadian Writer

Canadian children's author known for her Guests of War trilogy. She also wrote the novel Awake and Dreaming.

20. Mark Steyn (1959)

Canadian Writer

Political commentator, journalist, and author known for a book entitled America Alone.

21. Shane Peacock (1957)

Canadian Writer

Author best known for young adult works like The Boy Sherlock Holmes series. He often writes about people who do extraordinary or dangerous acts, such as bull riders and high-wire...

22. Eric Walters (1957)

Canadian Writer

Children and young adult author who has published over 80 works in his career, winning more than 100 awards in Canada and the United States.

23. Ranj Dhaliwal (1976)

Canadian Writer

A Canadian author of Indian descent, he is best known for his 2006 novel, Daaku, and its sequel, Daaku: The Gangster's Life (2011). Also a prominent community activist, he became...

24. Ann Voskamp (1973)

Canadian Writer

Writer who first caught the attention of Christians across the U.S. with her religiously-themed memoir One Thousand Gifts (2011). She has gone on to pen New York Times best sellers...

25. Stefan Molyneux (1966)

Canadian Writer

Philosopher and host of Freedomain Radio, a series of podcasts that deal with a variety of issues/topics.

26. Vincent Lam (1974)

Canadian Writer

Vincent Lam is a Canadian writer and medical doctor. Born in London Ontario and raised in Ottawa his parents came to Canada from the Chinese expatriate community in Vietnam. He...

27. Jonah Keri (1974)

Canadian Writer

Jonah Keri is a Canadian journalist sportswriter and an editor. He is also a New York Times bestselling author.

28. Madeleine Thien (1974)

Canadian Writer

Madeleine Thien is a Canadian short story writer and novelist. Born in Vancouver British Columbia she was educated at Simon Fraser University and the University of British Columbia. Thien was...

29. Sabrina Ward Harrison (1975)

Canadian Writer

Sabrina Ward Harrison is a Canadian artist and author. She is the creator of four published books of her journals the first one being published at the age of 23...

30. Robert Paul Weston (1975)

Canadian Writer

Robert Paul Weston is a British-born Canadian children's author. His debut was the award-winning novel-in-verse Zorgamazoo. His short fiction has appeared in literary journals in Canada the UK and the...

31. Steven Galloway (1975)

Canadian Writer

Steven Galloway is a Canadian novelist. Galloway was born in Vancouver and raised in Kamloops British Columbia. He attended the University College of the Cariboo and the University of British...

32. Hilda Kay Grant (1910)

Canadian Writer

Hilda Kay Grant was a Canadian writer and artist who published both non-fiction work under her own name and novels under the pen name Jan Hilliard.

33. Hélène Dorion (1958)

Canadian Writer

Hélène Dorion OC CQ is a Canadian poet and writer.

34. Gordon Stewart Anderson (Unknow)

Canadian Writer

Gordon Stewart Anderson was a Canadian writer whose novel The Toronto You Are Leaving was published by his mother 15 years after his death. Anderson was born in Hamilton raised...

35. Neile Graham (1958)

Canadian Writer

Neile Graham is a Canadian poet and scholar. She was born in WinnipegWinnipeg Manitoba and currently lives in Seattle in the United States. Graham serves as the program administrator for...

36. Marina Endicott (1958)

Canadian Writer

Marina Endicott is a Canadian novelist and short story writer. Her second novel Good to a Fault won the 2009 Commonwealth Writers Prize for Canada and the Caribbean and was...

37. Margaret Laurence (1926)

Canadian Writer

Jean Margaret Laurence CC was a Canadian novelist and short story writer one of the major figures in Canadian literature. She was also a founder of the Writers' Trust...

38. Morley Torgov (1927)

Canadian Writer

Morley Torgov BA LLB DLitt is a Canadian novelist humorist and lawyer. He was a partner in the Toronto-based legal firm Olch Torgov Cohen LLP. He studied law in Toronto...

39. Robert Hough (1963)

Canadian Writer

Robert Hough is a Canadian author. Hough graduated from Queen's University at Kingston in 1985. Following a career as a free-lance magazine journalist Hough published his first novel titled The...

40. Budge Wilson (1927)

Canadian Writer

Budge Marjorie Wilson CM ONS is a Canadian author.

41. Wayne Johnston (writer) (1958)

Canadian Writer

Johnston is a Canadian novelist. His fiction deals primarily with the province of Newfoundland and Labrador often in a historical setting. He has been called this continent's best writer by...

42. Pearl Luke (1958)

Canadian Writer

Pearl Luke is a Canadian novelist. Born in Peace River Alberta Luke attended University of Calgary and earned first a BA and then an MA in English Literature.

43. James Bacque (1929)

Canadian Writer

James Bacque is a Canadian novelist publisher historian and book editor. He was born in Toronto Ontario.

44. Barbara Branden (1929)

Canadian Writer

Barbara Branden was a Canadian writer editor and lecturer known for her relationship and subsequent break with novelist-philosopher Ayn Rand.

45. Kathy Page (1958)

Canadian Writer

Kathy Page is a British-born writer now living in Canada. She has published seven novels since 1986. The Story of My Face published in 2002 was long listed for the...

46. Chrystine Brouillet (1958)

Canadian Writer

Chrystine Brouillet CM is a Canadian novelist. Born in Loretteville Quebec she was educated at Collège Notre-Dame-de-Bellevue the Séminaire de Québec and the Université Laval. Brouillet is well known in...

47. Betty Jane Wylie (1931)

Canadian Writer

Betty Jane Wylie CM is a Canadian writer and playwright. Born in Winnipeg Manitoba she received a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1951 and a Master of Arts degree in...

48. Hédi Bouraoui (1932)

Canadian Writer

Hédi Bouraoui is a Tunisian/Canadian poet novelist and academic who regularly deals with themes involving the transcendence of cultural boundaries. Bouraoui was educated in France and in the United States...

49. Jacques Godbout (1933)

Canadian Writer

Jacques Godbout CQ is a Canadian novelist essayist children's writer journalist filmmaker and poet. By his own admission a bit of a dabbler Godbout has become one of the most...

50. Gilles Archambault (1933)

Canadian Writer

Gilles Archambault is a Canadian/Québécois novelist. He studied at the Université de Montréal in 1957 and then worked at Radio-Canada while working as a journalist.