Canadian children's writers

The list Canadian children's writers includes K'Naan, Deborah Ellis, Dini Petty, Lucy Maud Montgomery and Kate Beaton. The list consists of 352 members and 5 sublists.

Canadian children's writers in French
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Canadian children's poets
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Canadian women children's writers
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Canadian writers of young adult literature
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Governor General's Award–winning children's writers
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1.

K'Naan

Somali-Canadian musician

Overview: Keinan Abdi Warsame (Somali: Keynaan Cabdi Warsame, Arabic: كَينَان عَبدِ وَرسَمَ‎ Kaynān ʿAbdi Warsama), better known by his stage name K'naan (), is a Somali Canadian poet, rapper, singer, son ...

Date of birth: 1 February 1978

Age: 47

Nationality: Somali

Occupation: Musician

Gender: Male

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Rappers from Toronto 60T

21st-century Black Canadian male singers 53T

21st-century Somalian singers 1T
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Dini Petty

Canadian television and radio host

Overview: Dini Petty (born January 15, 1945 in Kingston upon Thames, Greater London, England) is a Canadian television and radio host. At 22, wearing a trademark pink jumpsuit and working for Toronto radio station ...

Date of birth: 15 January 1945

Age: 80

Nationality: Canadian

Occupation: Radio Personality

Gender: Female

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Canadian women television personalities 90T

CTV Television Network people 107T

Writers from Toronto 951T
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Deborah Ellis

Canadian fiction writer and activist

Overview: Deborah Ellis CM OOnt (born August 7, 1960) is a Canadian fiction-writer and activist. Her themes are often concerned with the sufferings of persecuted children in the Third World.

Date of birth: 7 August 1960

Age: 64

Nationality: Canadian

Occupation: Author

Gender: Female

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Canadian lesbian writers 120T

21st-century LGBT people 3,422T

Canadian women non-fiction writers 804T
4.

Andy Jones

Canadian comedian

Overview: Andrew Jordan Jones CM (born January 15, 1948) is a Canadian comedian, actor, writer, and a former member of CODCO.

Date of birth: 15 January 1948

Age: 77

Nationality: Canadian

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

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Comedians from Newfoundland and Labrador 13T

Canadian male television writers 115T

Canadian male screenwriters 186T
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John Irving

American novelist and screenwriter

Overview: John Winslow Irving (born John Wallace Blunt Jr.; March 2, 1942) is an American-Canadian novelist, short story writer, and screenwriter.

Date of birth: 2 March 1942

Age: 83

Nationality: American

Occupation: Writer

Gender: Male

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Writers with dyslexia 25T

20th-century memoirists 842T

20th-century American screenwriters 2,122T
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Lucy Maud Montgomery

Canadian fiction writer

Overview: Lucy Maud Montgomery OBE (November 30, 1874 – April 24, 1942), published as L. M. Montgomery, was a Canadian author best known for a series of novels beginning in 1908 with Anne of Green Gables. The book ...

Date of birth: 30 November 1874

Date of death: 23 April 1942

Age: 67 (age at death)

Nationality: Canadian

Occupation: Novelist

Gender: Female

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Writers from Prince Albert, Saskatchewan 4T

Canadian women non-fiction writers 669T

Canadian Officers of the Order of the British Empire 98T
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Kate Beaton

Artist

Overview: Kathryn Moira Beaton (born 8 September 1983) is a Canadian comics artist and the creator of the comic strip Hark! A Vagrant.

Date of birth: 8 September 1983

Age: 41

Nationality: Canadian

Occupation: Cartoonist

Gender: Female

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Canadian women cartoonists 14T

Canadian female comics artists 40T

Canadian women children's writers 176T
8.

David Suzuki

Canadian scientist and environmentalist

Overview: David Takayoshi Suzuki CC OBC FRSC (born March 24, 1936) is a Canadian academic, science broadcaster and environmental activist. Suzuki earned a Ph.D. in zoology from the University of Chicago in 1961 ...

Date of birth: 24 March 1936

Age: 89

Nationality: Canadian

Occupation: Scientist

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 4" (163 cm)

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Climate activists 121T

Scientists from Vancouver 33T

People interned during World War II 29T
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Wes Williams

Canadian actor and musician

Overview: Wesley Williams (born March 31, 1968), better known as Maestro or Maestro Fresh-Wes, is a Canadian rapper, record producer, actor, and author. One of the earliest Canadian rappers to achieve mainstream ...

Date of birth: 31 March 1968

Age: 56

Nationality: Canadian

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

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21st-century Canadian rappers 152T

20th-century Canadian rappers 38T

21st-century Canadian male musicians 285T
10.

James Houston

Canadian artist, designer, children's author and filmmaker (1921 – 2005)

Overview: James Archibald Houston, OC, FRSA (June 12, 1921 – April 17, 2005) was a Canadian artist, designer, children's author and filmmaker who played an important role in the recognition of Inuit art and int ...

Date of birth: 12 June 1921

Date of death: 17 April 2005

Age: 83 (age at death)

Nationality: Canadian

Occupation: Photographer

Gender: Male

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20th-century Canadian male artists 514T

20th-century Canadian printmakers 81T

Artists from St. Catharines 10T
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Ian James Corlett

Canadian voice actor

Overview: Ian James Corlett (born August 29, 1962) is a Canadian voice actor, musician, animator, and author. He is the creator of Studio B Productions' animated series Being Ian and Yvon of the Yukon. One of his ...

Date of birth: 29 August 1962

Age: 62

Nationality: Canadian

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

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Canadian male television writers 115T

Male television writers 2,695T

Male actors from British Columbia 125T
12.

Dare Wright

Children's author, model, and photographer

Overview: Dare Wright (December 3, 1914 – January 25, 2001) was a Canadian–American children's author, model, and photographer. She is best known for her 1957 children's book, The Lonely Doll.

Date of birth: 3 December 1914

Date of death: 25 January 2001

Age: 86 (age at death)

Nationality: Canadian

Occupation: Model

Gender: Female

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Canadian women children's writers 132T

American women children's writers 582T

20th-century American women 4,137T
13.

Eric Walters

Australian television journalist

Overview: Eric Walters (4 July 1937 – 18 August 2010) was an Australian journalist, media trainer and former television presenter. He was best known for his long-running stint as early morning anchor for the Nine ...

Date of birth: 4 July 1937

Date of death: 18 August 2010

Age: 73 (age at death)

Nationality: Australian

Occupation: Journalist

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2010 deaths 8,925T

Australian journalists 857T

People from Mississauga 254T
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Gordon Korman

Canadian American author (born 1963)

Overview: Gordon Korman (born October 23, 1963) is a Canadian American author. Korman has written over 80 children's and young adult fiction books. Korman has sold more than 28 million books over a career spanning ...

Date of birth: 23 October 1963

Age: 61

Nationality: American

Occupation: Writer

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People from Côte Saint-Luc 11T

Jewish Canadian writers 334T

Canadian emigrants to the United States 1,365T
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Janette Oke

Canadian writer

Overview: Janette Oke (née Steeves; born February 18, 1935) (pronounced "oak") is a Canadian author of inspirational fiction. Her books are often set in a pioneer era and centered on female protagonists. Her first ...

Date of birth: 18 February 1935

Age: 90

Nationality: Canadian

Occupation: Novelist

Gender: Female

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Canadian women children's writers 132T

21st-century Canadian women writers 944T

20th-century Canadian women writers 898T
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Margaret Laurence

Canadian novelist and short story writer

Overview: Jean Margaret Laurence CC (née Wemyss; 1926–1987) was a Canadian novelist and short story writer, and is one of the major figures in Canadian literature. She was also a founder of the Writers' Trust of ...

Date of birth: 18 July 1926

Date of death: 5 January 1987

Age: 60 (age at death)

Nationality: Canadian

Occupation: Writer

Gender: Female

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1987 suicides 40T

Canadian women writers who committed suicide 2T

Canadian women children's writers 132T
17.

Michael McGowan

Canadian filmmaker

Overview: Michael McGowan (born April 14, 1966) is a Canadian filmmaker who wrote and directed the feature films Saint Ralph, One Week, Still Mine, and Score: A Hockey Musical.

Date of birth: 14 April 1966

Age: 58

Nationality: Canadian

Occupation: Film/TV Producer

Gender: Male

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Film directors from Toronto 226T

Writers from Toronto 951T

Canadian film producers 433T
18.

Zach Hyman

Canadian ice hockey player (born 1992)

Overview: Zachary Martin Hyman (born June 9, 1992) is a Canadian professional ice hockey forward and author. He currently plays in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Toronto Maple Leafs as a left winger.

Date of birth: 9 June 1992

Age: 32

Nationality: Canadian

Occupation: Ice Hockey

Gender: Male

Height: 6' 1" (185 cm)

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Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in the United States 1,210T

Maccabiah Games gold medalists for Canada 9T

Competitors at the 2013 Maccabiah Games 45T
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Jon Klassen

Canadian illustrator and writer of children's books

Overview: Jon Klassen CM (born November 29, 1981) is a Canadian writer and illustrator of children's books and an animator. He won both the American Caldecott Medal and the British Kate Greenaway Medal for children's ...

Date of birth: 29 November 1981

Age: 43

Nationality: Canadian

Occupation: Film Director

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Canadian animated film directors 99T

Film directors from Winnipeg 39T

Canadian children's book illustrators 54T
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Wab Kinew

Premier of Manitoba since 2023

Overview: Wabanakwut Kinew MLA (born December 31, 1981), better known as Wab Kinew, is the Leader of the Manitoba New Democratic Party and Leader of the Opposition in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba.

Date of birth: 31 December 1981

Age: 43

Nationality: Canadian

Occupation: Politician

Gender: Male

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21st-century Canadian rappers 152T

21st-century memoirists 301T

21st-century First Nations writers 88T