Canadian Writers
Name↕ | Born↕ | Died↕ | Genre↕ | Notable works↕ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Todd Babiak | novelist | The Garneau Block | ||
Ken Babstock | 1,970 | poet | Mean, Airstream Land Yacht | |
Mette Bach | novelist, screenwriter | |||
Elizabeth Bachinsky | 1,976 | poet | ||
Aaron Badgley | 1,964 | non-fiction, biographer | Dark Horse Records: The Story of George Harrison's Post-Beatles Record Label | |
Britta Badour | poet | Wires That Sputter | ||
Bruce Bagemihl | 1,962 | science | Biological Exuberance: Animal Homosexuality and Natural Diversity | |
Valérie Bah | novelist, short stories | Subterrane, The Rage Letters | ||
Samantha M. Bailey | novelist | Woman on the Edge, Watch Out for Her | ||
Pierre Baillargeon | 1,916 | 1,967 | novelist | Le scandale est nécessaire |
Martha Baillie | 1,960 | novelist | The Incident Report | |
Irene Baird | 1,901 | 1,981 | novelist, poetry, journalist | Waste Heritage |
Jacqueline Baker | 1,967 | novelist, short stories | A Hard Witching, The Horseman's Graves, The Broken Hours | |
R. Scott Bakker | 1,967 | fantasy | Prince of Nothing | |
Sharon Bala | 1,979 | novelist, short stories | The Boat People | |
Shauna Singh Baldwin | 1,962 | novelist | What the Body Remembers, The Tiger Claw | |
John Ballem | 1,925 | 2,010 | novelist | |
Winifred Bambrick | 1,892 | 1,969 | novelist | Continental Revue |
Catherine Banks | c.1960 | playwright | Bone Cage | |
Himani Bannerji | 1,942 | poet, academic | Dark Side of the Nation: Essays on Multiculturalism, Nationalism and Racism | |
Kaushalya Bannerji | poet | |||
Gary Bannerman | 1,947 | 2,011 | non-fiction | Squandering Billions |
Nick Bantock | 1,949 | novelist | Griffin and Sabine | |
Simina Banu | poet | Pop, I Will Get Up Off Of | ||
Marius Barbeau | 1,883 | 1,969 | academic, folklorist | |
Raymond Barbeau | 1,930 | 1,992 | essayist, literary critic | |
Victor Barbeau | 1,896 | 1,994 | ||
Bruce Barber | 1,950 | art critic | Voices of Fire: Art Rage, Power, and the State | |
Molly Lyons Bar-David | 1,910 | 1,987 | journalist and cookbook author | Folklore Cook Book |
Joan Barfoot | 1,946 | novelist | Dancing in the Dark, Luck | |
Keith Barker | playwright | The Hours That Remain, This Is How We Got Here | ||
Leslie Gordon Barnard | 1,890 | 1,961 | short stories, fiction | |
Robert Barr | 1,849 | 1,912 | novelist, short stories, humorist | The Measure of the Rule, The Triumphs of Eugene Valmont |
Laurent Barré | 1,886 | 1,964 | novelist | |
Joelle Barron | poet | Ritual Lights | ||
James Bartleman | 1,939 | 2,023 | memoirist, young adult literature | Raisin Wine: A Boyhood in a Different Muskoka, As Long as the Rivers Flow |
John Barton | 1,957 | poet | Designs from the Interior, Sweet Ellipsis | |
Gary Barwin | 1,964 | novelist, children's literature, poet | Seeing Stars | |
Earl W. Bascom | 1,906 | 1,995 | cowboy historian | The History of Rodeo Bareback Bronc Riding |
Rodrigo Bascunan | 1,976 | non-fiction | Enter The Babylon System |
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