List of Canadian writers

This is a list of Canadian literary figures, such as poets, novelists, children's writers, essayists, and scholars.

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Name	Born	Died	Genre	Notable works
Louise Abbott	1950		non-fiction author, photographer, filmmaker	The Coast Way: A Portrait of the English on the Lower North Shore of the St Lawrence
Jordan Abel			poet, novelist	Empty Spaces, The Place of Scraps
Irving Abella	1940	2022	historian	None is Too Many: Canada and the Jews of Europe 1933–1948
Mark Abley	1955		poet, journalist	Spoken Here: Travels Among Threatened Languages
Carolyn Abraham	1968		journalist, non-fiction	Possessing Genius: The Bizarre Odyssey of Einstein's Brain, The Juggler's Children: A Journey Into Family, Legend and the Genes that Bind Us
Marianne Ackerman	1952		playwright, novelist, journalist
Janice Acoose	1954	2020	journalist	Iskwewak Kah Yaw Ni Wahkomakanak
Milton Acorn	1923	1986	poet	The Island Means Minago
José Acquelin	1956		poet	Anarchie de la lumière, L'Oiseau respirable
Ken Adachi	1929	1989	historian, critic	The Enemy That Never Was
Barry D. Adam	1952		sociologist
Evan Adams	1966		dramatist	Dreams of Sheep, Snapshots, Dirty Dog River
Ian Adams	1937	2021	novelist, non-fiction	Agent of Influence
Mary Electa Adams	1823	1898	poet	From Distant Shores
Gil Adamson	1961		novelist, short stories, poet	The Outlander
Caroline Adderson	1963		novelist, short stories	Bad Imaginings, Sitting Practice
Nathan Niigan Noodin Adler			horror	Wrist, Ghost Lake
Marie-Célie Agnant	1953		poet, novelist	Le Silence comme le sang
Freda Ahenakew	1932	2011	linguist, children's literature
Jean Marc Ah-Sen			novelist, short stories	Grand Menteur, In the Beggarly Style of Imitation, Disintegration in Four Parts
Kate Aitken	1891	1971	journalist, cooking enthusiast	Kate Aitken's Cook Book: The All-Time Favourite Canadian Cook Book
Kelley Aitken	1954		short stories	Love in a Warm Climate
Will Aitken	1949		novelist, journalist	Terre Haute, Realia
Donald Akenson	1941		novelist, historian
Don Aker	1955		novelist, educator	Of Things Not Seen, The First Stone
Kateri Akiwenzie-Damm	1965		poet	My Heart is a Stray Bullet
Omar El Akkad	1982		novelist	American War, What Strange Paradise
Linda Aksomitis	1954		children's literature	Adeline's Dream
Kamal Al-Solaylee	1964		journalist	Intolerable: A Memoir of Extremes
Donald Alarie	1945		poet	Jérôme et les mots
Robert Arthur Alexie	1957	2014	novelist	Porcupines and China Dolls, The Pale Indian
André Alexis	1957		novelist, journalist, short stories	Childhood, Asylum, Pastoral
Edna Alford	1947		poet
Mohamed Abdulkarim Ali	1985		memoirist	Angry Queer Somali Boy
Nada Alic	1986		short stories	Bad Thoughts
Sandra Alland	1973		poet, journalist
Donna Allard	1956		poet
Charlotte Vale Allen	1941	2023	romantic novels, expert on child abuse
Grant Allen	1848	1899	science writer, novelist	The Woman Who Did
Harper Allen			romantic fiction
Lillian Allen	1951		poet	Rhythm an' Hardtimes
Ralph Allen	1913	1966	novelist, journalist	Peace River Country
Robert Thomas Allen	1911	1990	humorist, children's literature	The Grass Is Never Greener, Wives, Children and Other Wild Life
Tom Allen	1964		creative non-fiction	Rolling Home
Paul Almond	1931	2015	novelist, screenwriter
Anne-Marie Alonzo	1951	2005	poet	Bleus de mine
Lisa Alward	1962		short stories	Cocktail
George Amabile	1936		poet
William Lacey Amy	1877	1962	writer	Blue Pete series
Anahareo	1906	1986	autobiographer	Devil in Deerskins: My Life With Grey Owl
Marguerite Andersen	1924	2022	poet	Courts métrages et instantanés
Debra Anderson			novelist, playwright	Code White
Doris Anderson	1921	2007	journalist	The Unfinished Revolution, Rebel Daughter
Enza Anderson	1964		journalist
Gordon Stewart Anderson	1958	1991	novelist	The Toronto You Are Leaving
Hugh Anderson	1890	1965	playwright	Auld Lang Syne
James Anderson	1835	1922	poet and songwriter	Sawney's Letters
Patrick Anderson	1915	1979	poet
Rod Anderson	1935		poet, accounting texts
Trevor Anderson	1972		screenwriter
Gail Anderson-Dargatz	1963		novelist	The Cure for Death by Lightning
Maryse Andraos	1988		novelist	Sans refuge
Michael Andre	1946		poet
François-Réal Angers	1812	1860	legal texts	Décisions des tribunaux du Bas-Canada
Vincent Anioke			short stories	Perfect Little Angels
Trey Anthony	1974		playwright	Da Kink in My Hair
Salvatore Antonio	1976		playwright	In Gabriel's Kitchen
Marianne Apostolides			novelist, memoirist	Swim, Voluptuous Pleasure
Lisa Appignanesi	1946		novelist, biographer	Losing the Dead: A Family Memoir
Emmanuel Aquin	1968		novelist
Hubert Aquin	1929	1977	novelist	Prochain épisode
Nelly Arcan	1973	2009	novelist	Putain
Gilles Archambault	1933		novelist	L'obsédante obèse et autres aggressions
Bert Archer	1968		journalist, essayist	The End of Gay
Richard Arès	1910	1989
Faith Arkorful			poet	The Seventh Town of Ghosts
Tammy Armstrong	1974		novelist, poet	Bogman's Music
Jeannette Armstrong	1948		novelist, poet	Slash
Kelley Armstrong	1968		horror fiction	Women of the Otherworld
Rebecca Agatha Armour	1845	1891	novelist, local historian	Lady Rosamond's Secret. A Romance of Fredericton
David Arnason	1940		poet, novelist, historian	The Imagined City: A Literary History of Winnipeg
Daniel Arnold			playwright, screenwriter	Lawrence & Holloman, Inheritance: a pick-the-path experience
Joanne Arnott	1960		poet, children's literature	Wiles of Girlhood
Lawrence Aronovitch	1974		playwright
Nina Arsenault	1974
Ryad Assani-Razaki	1981		novels, short stories	Deux cercles, La main d'Iman
Bernard Assiniwi	1935	2000	novelist, essayist, journalist	La Saga des Béothuks, Windigo et la naissance du monde
Damien Atkins	1975		playwright	Real Live Girl, Lucy, The Gay Heritage Project
Diana Atkinson	1964		novelist	Highways and Dancehalls
Margaret Atwood	1939		novelist, poet, critic	The Handmaid's Tale, Alias Grace, Surfacing
Phillipe-Ignace François Aubert du Gaspé	1814	1841	novelist	L'influence d'un livre
Philippe-Joseph Aubert de Gaspé	1786	1871	novelist, memoirist
Aude	1947	2012	novelist, short stories	Cet imperceptible mouvement
Jean-Paul Audet	1918	1993	theologian
Noël Audet	1938	2005	poet, novelist	Ah, l'amour l'amour, L'Ombre de l'épervier
Larry Audlaluk	1953		memoirist	What I Remember, What I Know: The Life of a High Arctic Exile
Ashley Audrain	1982		novelist
Emily Austin			novelist, poet	Everyone in This Room Will Someday Be Dead, Interesting Facts About Space
Jonathan Auxier	1981		young adult literature	The Night Gardener
François Avard	1968		screenwriter	Les Bougon
Susan Avingaq	1942		screenwriter, children's literature	Before Tomorrow, Fishing with Grandma, The Pencil
Margaret Avison	1918	2007	poet	The Winter Sun, Concrete and Wild Carrot
Mona Awad	1978		novelist, short stories	13 Ways of Looking at a Fat Girl
Edem Awumey	1975		novelist	Port-Mélo, Les Pieds sales
Makram Ayache	1990		playwright	Harun, The Green Line, The Hooves Belonged to the Deer
Malcolm Azania	1969		science fiction	The Coyote Kings of the Space-Age Bachelor Pad
Caroline Azar			playwright	The Surreal Detective