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Carr, Emily
Emily Carr was a painter and writer whose lifelong inspiration was the coastal environment of British Columbia.
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Colebourn, Harry
Harry Colebourn was a Canadian veterinarian who is best known for donating his bear cub named "Winnie" (short for "Winnipeg") to the London Zoo. Winnie was the inspiration for A.A....
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Davies, Robertson
Robertson Davies was a novelist, playwright, critic, journalist, and professor. He was also the founding Master of Massey College, University of Toronto.
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de la Roche, Mazo
Mazo de la Roche is known for her popular series of novels about the Whiteoak family of Jalna (the name of their estate), set in the 1920s, that have sold over 9 million copies.
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Frye, Northrop
Northrop Frye was a literary critic and literary theorist, considered one of the most influential of the 20th century.
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George, Dan
Dan George was a chief of the Tsleil-Waututh Nation, a Coast Salish band located on Burrard Inlet in North Vancouver, British Columbia. He was also an Academy Award-nominated actor and an author.
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Johnson, Pauline
Pauline Johnson was a successful poet in her day, who gave readings and lectures in North America and Europe. Her most famous poem is The Song My Paddle Sings.
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Lampman, Archibald
Born: 17 November 1861Died: 10 February 1899 Interred: Beechwood Cemetery and Crematorium, Ottawa
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Laurence, Margaret
Margaret Laurence was a Governor General Award winning novelist for A Jest of God (1966) and The Diviners (1974). Her novel Stone Angel (1964) is also widely read in schools across Canada.
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Leacock, Stephen
Stephen Leacock was a humorist, essayist, teacher, political scientist, and historian.
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McCrae, John
John McCrae was a poet, physician, author, artist and soldier during World War I and a surgeon during the Second Battle of Ypres. He is best known for writing the famous war memorial poem "In Fla...
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McFarlane, Leslie
Leslie McFarlane was a Canadian journalist, novelist, screenwriter and filmmaker. McFarlane is most famous for ghostwriting many of the early books in the very successful Hardy Boys series using the p...
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Mitchell, W.O.
An author of novels, short stories, and plays, Mitchell is best known for his 1947 novel, Who Has Seen The Wind, which has sold close to a million copies in North America, and the radio series and lat...
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Quarington, Paul
Paul Lewis Quarrington http://www.cbc.ca/arts/books/story/2010/01/21/paul-quarrington-obit.html
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Richler, Mordecai
Mordecai Richler was a writer, essayist, satirist. One of Canada's foremost novelists, a controversial and prolific journalist, and scriptwriter.
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Traill, Catherine Parr
Catherine Parr Traill was an author famous for her books "The Backwoods Of Canada" (1835), "Canadian Crusoes" (1852), Ramblings In The Canadian Forest" (1854), "Stories O...
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