A

• Don Aker (born 1955), novelist, short story writer
• Thomas Beamish Akins (1809–1891), historian
• Lisa Alward (born 1962), short story writer

B

• John Ballem (1925–2010), novelist, poet
• Catherine Banks (living), playwright
• Frances Bannerman (1855-1944), poet
• Gary Bannerman (1947–2011), journalist
• Joyce Barkhouse (1913–2012), children's writer
• Joan Baxter (living), journalist, non-fiction writer
• James Murray Beck (1914–2011), historian
• Winthrop Pickard Bell (1884–1965), historian, philosopher
• Renée Belliveau (living), memoirist, novelist
• Chris Benjamin (born 1975), journalist, novelist, non-fiction writer
• Rob Benvie (living), novelist
• Kris Bertin (living), short story writer
• Carrie Best (1903–2001), journalist
• Ingraham Ebenezer Bill (1805–1891), journalist
• Will R. Bird (1891–1984), novelist, travel writer, historian
• Bill Bissett (born 1939), poet
• Minnie Blanche Bishop (1864–1917), poet
• Edward Blackadder (1874–1922)
• William Rufus Blake (1805–1863), playwright
• Phyllis Blakeley (1922–1986), historian, biographer
• H. Percy Blanchard (1862–1939), novelist
• Walter Borden (born 1942), poet, playwright
• Hélène Boudreau (born 1969), children's writer
• George Boyd (1952–2020), playwright
• Binnie Brennan (born 1961), novelist, short story writer
• Thomas J. Brown (1867–1926), non-fiction writer
• Charles Tory Bruce (1906–1971), journalist, poet, novelist
• Harry Bruce (1934–2024), journalist, non-fiction writer
• Carol Bruneau (born 1956), novelist, short story writer
• Ali Bryan (living), novelist
• Ernest Buckler (1908–1984), novelist, short story writer
• Alec Butler (born 1959), playwright

C

• George Frederick Cameron (1854–1885), poet, journalist
• Silver Donald Cameron (1937–2020), journalist, playwright, non-fiction writer
• Ronald Caplan (born 1945), historian, short story writer
• Charlene Carr (living), novelist
• Paul Chiasson (living), pseudohistory writer
• George Fisher Chipman (1882–1935), journalist
• Lesley Choyce (born 1951), novelist, poet, non-fiction writer
• George Elliott Clarke (born 1960), poet, playwright
• Joan Clark (1934–2023), novelist, children's writer
• Mike Clattenburg (born 1967), screenwriter
• Lynn Coady (born 1970), novelist, journalist
• Devon Code (living), novelist
• Germaine Comeau (born 1946), novelist, playwright
• Phil Comeau (born 1956), screenwriter
• Bill Conall (living), novelist, humorist
• Christy Ann Conlin (living), novelist, short story writer
• Dan Conlin (living), historian
• Margaret Conrad (born 1946), historian
• Lesley Crewe (born 1955), novelist
• Richard Crouse (born 1963), film writer
• Oisin Curran (living), novelist
• Sheldon Currie (born 1934), novelist
• Brian Cuthbertson (1936–2023), historian
• George Barton Cutten (1874–1962), psychologist, philosopher, historian

D

• Laurence Bradford Dakin (1904–1972), poet
• Pauline Dakin (born 1965), journalist, non-fiction writer
• Frank Cyril Shaw Davison (1893–1960), novelist
• Nicola Davison (living), novelist
• Joan Dawson (living), historian
• Frank Parker Day (1881–1950), novelist
• James De Mille (1833–1880), novelist
• John DeMont (living), journalist, non-fiction writer
• Clara Dennis (1881–1958), journalist, travel writer
• J. Alphonse Deveau (1917–2004), historian
• Emma Lucy Dickson (1854–1926), novelist
• Don Domanski (1950–2020), poet
• James Doull (1918–2001), philosopher

E

• Arthur Wentworth Hamilton Eaton (1849–1937), historian, poet
• Evelyn Eaton (1902–1983), novelist, short-story writer, poet
• Cathy Elliott (1957–2017), playwright
• Shirley Elliott (1916–2004), historian
• Marie Elwood (1932–2012), historian
• Ainslie Embree (1921–2017), Indologist and historian

F

• Charles Fenerty (1821–1892), poet
• Charles Bruce Fergusson (1911–1978), historian
• Roscoe Fillmore (1887–1968)
• Judith Fingard (born 1943), historian
• Sheree Fitch (born 1956), poet, children's writer
• Elizabeth Frame (1820–1904), historian
• Hal Fredericks (living)
• E. G. Fulton (1867–1949), cookbook writer

G

• Susan Gillis (living), poet
• Lorri Neilsen Glenn (living), poet, ethnographer, essayist
• Hilda Kay Grant (1910–1996), novelist, non-fiction writer
• Shauntay Grant (living), poet, playwright
• Barbara Grantmyre (1908–1977), non-fiction writer, short story writer
• Jeff Green, playwright, screenwriter
• Darren Greer (born 1968), novelist, essayist
• Justin Gregg (living), science writer
• James Gregor (living), novelist
• Naomi E. S. Griffiths (born 1934), historian

H

• Max Haines (1931–2017), true crime writer
• Susan Haley (born 1949), novelist
• Thomas Chandler Haliburton (1796–1865), novelist
• William B. Hamilton (1929–2012), historian
• Bretten Hannam (living), screenwriter
• Lisa Harrington (born 1965), novelist, short story writer
• Carrie Jenkins Harris (1860–1903), novelist
• Daniel Cobb Harvey (1886–1966), historian
• Jack Hawkins (born 1932), non-fiction writer
• Mary Eliza Herbert (1829–1872), poet, novelist
• Sarah Herbert (1824–1846), poet
• Kay Hill (1917–2011), screenwriter, children's writer
• Rick Howe (1954–2024), journalist, memoirist
• David Huebert (living), novelist, poet, short story writer
• Annie Campbell Huestis (1876–1960), poet
• Tanya Huff (born 1957), novelist

I

• George K. Ilsley (born 1958), novelist, short story writer

J

• Thibault Jacquot-Paratte (born 1993), novelist, poet, short story writer
• Amelia Clotilda Jennings (died 1895), poet, novelist
• Dean Jobb (living), journalist, true crime writer
• Rita Joe (1932–2007), poet
• George Johnson (1837–1911), journalist, statistician
• Troy Jollimore (born 1971), poet, philosopher
• Alice Jones (1853–1933), novelist, travel writer
• Amy Jones (living), novelist
• El Jones (living), poet, journalist

K

• Mary Jane Katzmann (1828–1890), poet, historian
• Stephen Kimber (born 1949), journalist, non-fiction writer
• Janet Kitz (1930–2019), historian

L

• Joy Laking (born 1950), playwright, children's writer
• John Lent (born 1948), poet, novelist
• Kenneth Leslie (1892–1974), poet
• Neil Libbey (living), historian
• Wendy Lill (born 1950), playwright, screenwriter
• Linda Little (born 1959), novelist
• Lezlie Lowe (living), journalist, non-fiction writer

M

• Bryden MacDonald (born 1960), playwright
• Allister MacGillivray (born 1948), music historian
• James Drummond MacGregor (1759–1830), poet
• Daniel MacIvor (born 1962), playwright
• Julianne MacLean (living), novelist
• Hugh MacLennan (1907–1990), novelist, non-fiction writer
• Alexander MacLeod (born 1972), short story writer
• Alistair MacLeod (1936–2014), novelist, short story writer
• Mary Jane Maffini (living), novelist
• Allan Marble (born 1939), medical historian
• Julia McCarthy (1964–2021), poet
• Christopher McCreery (born 1975), historian
• Helen McCully (1902–1977), cookbook writer
• Peter Thomas McGuigan (1942–2017), historian
• Leo McKay Jr. (born 1964), novelist, short story writer
• Peter Evander McKerrow (1841–1906), historian
• Jean McNeil (born 1968), novelist, travel writer
• Marguerite McNeil (1935–2021), playwright
• Steve McOrmond (living), poet
• Michael Melski (1969–2025), playwright
• Joshua Mensch (living), poet
• Alain Mercieca (living), playwright, screenwriter
• Sarah Mian (living), novelist, poet, short story writer
• Robert Morgan (1938–2011), historian
• Beamish Murdoch (1800–1876), historian
• Christian Murray (living), screenwriter
• Melanie Murray (living), novelist
• Thomas John Murray (born 1938), medical historian
• Maria Mutch (living), memoirist, short story writer

N

• Moses H. Nickerson (1844–1943), journalist, poet
• Marie Nightingale (1928–2014), cookbook writer
• Chad Norman (bornc. 1958), poet
• Alden Nowlan (1933–1983), poet, novelist, playwright

O

• Vernon Oickle (living), journalist, non-fiction writer, folklore writer
• Pearleen Oliver (1917–2008), historian
• James Macdonald Oxley (1855–1907), novelist

P

• Elizabeth Pacey (living), non-fiction writer
• Bridglal Pachai (1927–2019), historian
• Susan Paddon (living), poet
• John Palmer (1943–2020), playwright
• Frank Harris Patterson (1891–1976), historian
• Daniel N. Paul (1938–2023), journalist, non-fiction writer
• Joan Payzant (1925–2013), novelist
• Laura Penny (born 1975), non-fiction writer
• Amanda Peters (living), novelist, short story writer
• Constance Piers (1866–1939), journalist, poet
• Harry Piers (1870–1940), historian
• Karen Pinchin (living), journalist, science writer
• Noah Pink (living), screenwriter
• Jen Powley (1977–2023), memoirist, non-fiction writer

Q

• Anna Quon (living), poet, novelist

R

• Thomas Head Raddall (1903–1994), novelist, non-fiction writer
• Stephan Regina-Thon (1946–2003), playwright, screenwriter
• Rachel Reid (living), novelist
• Evelyn M. Richardson (1902–1976), novelist, memoirist, non-fiction writer
• Charles Ritchie (1906–1995), diarist
• Marie-Colombe Robichaud (born 1943), playwright, historian
• Margaret Robinson (born 1973), feminist scholar
• Matt Robinson (born 1974), poet
• Rick Rofihe (born 1950), short story writer
• Grace Dean Rogers (1863–1958), historian
• Calvin Ruck (1925–2004), non-fiction writer

S

• Trish Salah (living), poet
• Jacob Sampson (born 1988), playwright
• Roger Sarty (born 1952), historian
• Gary Saunders (born 1935), non-fiction writer
• Margaret Marshall Saunders (1861–1947), novelist, children's writer
• Alfred Silver (living), novelist, playwright
• Craig Silverman (living), journalist
• Marjorie Simmins (born 1959), journalist, essayist, non-fiction writer
• Johanna Skibsrud (born 1980), novelist, poet
• Ray Smith (1941–2019), novelist, short story writer
• Thomas Barlow Smith (1839–1933)
• Amy Spurway (living), novelist
• Colin Starnes (living)

T

• Jon Tattrie (living), journalist, non-fiction writer
• Harry Thurston (born 1950), poet, journalist, non-fiction writer
• Constance Tomkinson (1915–1995), memoirist
• Grizelda Elizabeth Cottnam Tonge (1803–1825), poet
• Jackie Torrens (living), playwright
• Kaleigh Trace (born 1986), memoirist
• Brian Tucker (living), novelist
• Maxine Tynes (1949–2011), poet

V

• Mary Vingoe (1955–2025), playwright

W

• Matthew Walsh (living), poet
• Karen Walton (living), screenwriter
• Michelle Wamboldt (living), journalist, novelist
• Noah Warren (living), poet
• Aaron Williams (living), non-fiction writer
• Budge Wilson (1927–2021), children's writer

See also

Further reading

External links