Canadian writers of young adult literature

The list Canadian writers of young adult literature includes Norah McClintock, Eva-Lis Wuorio, Valerie Sherrard, Sarah Mlynowski and Anne Laurel Carter. The list consists of 84 members and 1 sublist.

Canadian women writers of young adult literature
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Meg Tilly

American-Canadian actress, writer (born 1960)

Overview: Meg Tilly (born Margaret Elizabeth Chan; 1960/1961) is an American actress and novelist.

Date of birth: 14 February 1960

Age: 65

Nationality: Canadian

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 6" (168 cm)

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Actresses of Irish descent 598T

Best Actress in a Drama Series Canadian Screen Award winners 29T

21st-century Canadian women writers 1,275T
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Valerie Sherrard

Canadian writer

Overview: Valerie Anne Sherrard (nêe Russell: born May 16, 1957) is a Canadian author of books for children and young adults including the novels The Glory Wind, Kate, Speechless and the Shelby Belgarden mystery ...

Date of birth: 16 May 1957

Age: 67

Nationality: Canadian

Occupation: Writer

Gender: Female

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Canadian women children's writers 132T

Women writers of young adult literature 293T

Year of birth missing (living people) 37,022T
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Sarah Mlynowski

Canadian novelist

Overview: Sarah Mlynowski (born January 4, 1977) is a Canadian writer of middle-grade fiction, young adult novels, and adult fiction. Sarah lives in New York City.

Date of birth: 4 January 1977

Age: 48

Nationality: Canadian

Occupation: Novelist

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Women writers of young adult literature 293T

Women romantic fiction writers 529T

Canadian women novelists 712T
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Norah McClintock

Canadian writer

Overview: Norah McClintock (March 11, 1952 – February 6, 2017) was a Canadian writer of young adult fiction.

Date of birth: 11 March 1952

Date of death: 6 February 2017

Age: 64 (age at death)

Nationality: Canadian

Occupation: Writer

Gender: Female

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Canadian crime fiction writers 16T

2017 deaths 9,371T

Writers from Montreal 741T
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Catherine Dorion

Canadian politician

Overview: Catherine Dorion is a Canadian politician from Quebec, who was elected to the National Assembly of Quebec in the 2018 provincial election. She represented the electoral district of Taschereau as a member ...

Nationality: Canadian

Occupation: Activist

Gender: Female

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21st-century Canadian women politicians 807T

Activists from Quebec 7T

Option nationale candidates in Quebec provincial elections 1T
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Cherie Dimaline

Canadian Métis writer

Overview: Cherie Dimaline () is a Métis writer and activist from the Georgian Bay Métis Nation in Canada. She has said of her identification, "I would love to be recognized as a writer of Indigenous stories. I'm ...

Date of birth: 2 July 1975

Age: 49

Nationality: Canadian

Occupation: Novelist

Gender: Female

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Kirkus Prize winners 18T

21st-century Canadian women writers 944T

21st-century Canadian short story writers 341T
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Mariko Tamaki

Canadian writer and artist (born 1975)

Overview: Mariko Tamaki (born 1975) is a Canadian artist and writer. She is known for her graphic novels Skim, Emiko Superstar, and This One Summer, and for several prose works of fiction and non-fiction. In 2016 ...

Date of birth: 1975

Age: 49

Nationality: Canadian

Occupation: Playwright

Gender: Female

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Jacqueline Pearce (author)

Canadian writer

Overview: Jacqueline Pearce is a Canadian author of books for children and teens. She writes contemporary and historical fiction, as well as poetry.

Nationality: Canadian

Occupation: Writer

Gender: Female

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Canadian women children's writers 132T

Women writers of young adult literature 293T

Women writers for children 986T
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Robert Joseph Greene

Canadian writer

Overview: Robert Joseph Greene (born January 11, 1973) is a Canadian author of gay romance fiction, best known for The Gay Icon Classics of the World, a collection of gay-themed love stories from over 12 different ...

Date of birth: 11 January 1973

Age: 52

Nationality: Canadian

Occupation: Author

Gender: Male

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Black Canadian LGBT people 30T

21st-century Canadian male writers 821T

Canadian male short story writers 215T
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Cheryl Rainfield

Canadian writer

Overview: Cheryl Rainfield (born August 19, 1972) is a Canadian author. She is an incest and ritual abuse survivor. She battled with abuse by reading numerous books, and by writing and creating art during her early ...

Date of birth: 19 August 1972

Age: 52

Nationality: Canadian

Occupation: Philanthropist

Gender: Female

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Canadian women bloggers 39T

21st-century Canadian women writers 944T

Women writers of young adult literature 293T
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Eva-Lis Wuorio

Children's writer

Overview: Eva-Lis Wuorio (November 12, 1918 – 1988 in Ruovesi) was a Finnish-born writer. She was born in Viipuri, Finland and her family emigrated to Canada, where she was educated. She later moved to the Channel ...

Date of birth: 12 November 1918

Date of death: 1988

Age: 69 (age at death)

Nationality: Finnish

Occupation: Writer

Gender: Female

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Finnish women children's writers 21T

Canadian women children's writers 132T

20th-century Canadian women writers 898T
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Anita Daher

Overview: Anita Daher is an author, screenwriter, producer, show host and actor based in Winnipeg, Manitoba. She has worked in book publishing since 1995 and has published in print, audio and e-book format in Canada ...

Nationality: Canadian

Occupation: Writer

Gender: Female

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Canadian women children's writers 132T

Women writers of young adult literature 293T

Writers from Winnipeg 241T
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Brian Doyle (writer)

Canadian children's writer

Overview: Brian Doyle (born 12 August 1935) is a Canadian writer of novels and short stories. His children's books have been adapted into movies and plays. Many of his stories are drawn from his experiences growing ...

Date of birth: 12 August 1935

Age: 89

Nationality: Canadian

Occupation: Writer

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Writers from Ottawa 227T

Canadian children's writers 289T

Writers of young adult literature 235T
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Cecil Castellucci

Canadian musician, American fiction writer

Overview: Cecil C. Castellucci (born October 25, 1969 in New York City), also known as Cecil Seaskull, is an American-born Canadian young adult novelist, indie rocker, and director. She currently lives in Los A ...

Date of birth: 25 October 1969

Age: 55

Nationality: Canadian

Occupation: Film Director

Gender: Female

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Canadian female comics artists 37T

American female comics artists 217T

Women writers of young adult literature 293T
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Edward Kay

Canadian showrunner, screenwriter, producer, novelist and journalist

Overview: Edward Kay is a Toronto-based showrunner, screenwriter, novelist and journalist with a background in both live-action and animated television comedy, as well as print journalism.

Nationality: Canadian

Occupation: Journalist

Gender: Male

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21st-century Canadian screenwriters 166T

21st-century Canadian non-fiction writers 241T

21st-century Canadian male writers 821T
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Douglas Anthony Cooper

Canadian writer

Overview: Douglas Anthony Cooper is a Canadian writer.

Date of birth: 1960

Age: 64

Nationality: Canadian

Occupation: Novelist

Gender: Male

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20th-century Canadian male writers 1,044T

21st-century Canadian male writers 821T

20th-century Canadian novelists 753T
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Charles de Lint

Author

Overview: Charles de Lint (born December 22, 1951) is a Canadian writer of Dutch origins. He is married to—and plays music with—MaryAnn Harris.

Date of birth: 22 December 1951

Age: 73

Nationality: Canadian

Occupation: Critic

Gender: Male

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Canadian male non-fiction writers 791T

20th-century Canadian male writers 1,044T

21st-century Canadian male writers 821T
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Adrienne Kress

Canadian author and actress

Overview: Adrienne Kress is a Canadian author and actress.

Nationality: Canadian

Occupation: Writer

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Steampunk writers 42T

Writers from Toronto 1,075T

Canadian children's writers 322T
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E. K. Johnston

Canadian novelist and forensic archaeologist

Overview: Emily Kate Johnston, who publishes as E.K. Johnston, is a Canadian author and forensic archaeologist.

Nationality: Canadian

Occupation: Novelist

Gender: Female

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Sarah Henstra

Canadian writer and academic

Overview: Sarah Henstra is a Canadian writer and academic. A professor of English literature and creative writing at Ryerson University, she is most noted for her 2018 novel The Red Word, which won the Governor ...

Nationality: Canadian

Occupation: Novelist

Gender: Female

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