Shawn L. Bird

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CANADIANA CLASSICS

Al Purdy

Alice Munro

Earl Birney

Farley Mowatt

Gabrielle Roy

Hugh McLennan

Leonard Cohen

Lucy Maud Montgomery

Margaret Atwood

Margaret Laurence

Mordecai Richler

Robertson Davies

Rudy Wiebe

Sinclair Ross

Stephen Leacock

CHILDREN’S (including MIDDLE GRADE):

Alison Lohan

Andrea Spalding

Chris McMahen

Darcie Naslund

Dennis Stein

• The Scrapbook Quests series

Dianne Koebel-Pede

Eric Walters

• The Rule of Three series
• Camp X
• Tiger
• Nick and Kia
• Teen Astronauts

F. Kate Langan

Jacqueline Guest

Jenna Greene

Karen Autio

Kenneth Opel

Kit Pearson

Kristen Butcher

• The Seer Trilogy

Lucy Maud Montgomery

Lynne Grist

• The Key to Time

Mandy Eve Barnett

Monika Polefka-Proulx

Nikki Bergstresser

Patricia L. Atchison

Rae Knightly

• The Alien Skill series

Robert Munsch

Rosanna Elves

Ruth Amanda

Shari Green

Shirlee Smith Matheson

Sigmund Brouwer

Susan Hughes

FANTASY:

A. M. Sawyer

• The Sable Saga

Adam Dreece

Brendan Myers

• Fellwater: the Hidden Houses series

Calvin Jim

Chandra Clarke

Charles de Lint

• Newford series

Eric H Janzen

• The Essence Tales

Frank Talaber

• Stillwaters Runs Deep series
• The Ainsworth Chronicles

Guy Gavriel Kay

• Fionavar Tapestry series

Isobel Cunningham

J. M. Landels

• Alaigna’s Song

Jayne Barnard

• The Maddie Hatter Adventures

Jennifer Rahn

• Legends of Temlocht series
• Sphairan Universe series

Jodi McIsaac

• The Thin Veil series
• Revolutionary series

KT Wagner

Kevin Apollo Walker

• Violet Reborn series
• Oil and Ash series

Kim McDougall

• The Valkyrie Bestiary series
• The Knack series
• The Fair Folk of Mullarkey series
• Hidden Coven series

Krista Wallace

• The Gatekeeper series

Kristin Butcher

• The Seer Trilogy

Lee F. Patrick

• Coalition of Shifters series
• Alter Egos series

Lynda Williams

• Okal Rel Saga

Mandy Eve Barnett

• The Rython Trilogy

Mark Leslie

Matthew Hughes

MJ Spickett

• Raven’s Realm series
• Gods Among Dragons saga

Monica Sagle Zwikstra

Rebecca Melenka

Robert Bose

Saquib Ahsan

Sara C. Walker

• Julia Ivory Fae Hunter series
• Melantha Caldwell Spell Turner series

Timothy Reynolds

Tyner Gillies

Val Tobin

• Tales from the Unmasqued

FRANCOPHONE (available in English)

Anne Hebert

Gabrielle Roy

Marie-Claire Blais

Roch Carrier

HISTORICAL:

Adrian Griffin

C. C. Humphreys

• Jack Absolute series

Carolyn R Parsons

Iona Whishaw

• Lane Winslow series

Jack Whyte

• Dream of Eagles/ Camulod series
• Scottish History trilogy
• Knights Templar series

Kate MacIntosh

Matthew Hughes

Pushpa M. Parmar

Scott Bury

• The Dark Age trilogy
• The Eastern Front trilogy

Sharon Frayne

Susanna Kearsley

• Winter Sea series

Susan Appleyard

HORROR:

Calvin Jim

KT Wagner

Mark Leslie

Michelle Godard-Richer

Robert Bose

Robert Howell

Val Tobin

• Storm Lake stories

HUMOUR:

Andrew Buckley

Denny Darke

Judy Millar

Rod Carley

Susan Juby

LGTBTQ2+:

Andrew Binks

Finnian Burnett

Candas Jane Dorsay

Delilah Knight

• Miss Vee Mysteries

MJ Spickett

• The Immortal series
• Raven’s Realm
• Women of Ravenwood
• Gods Among Dragons saga

Will Forrest

• The Dealmakers
• Welcome to Hollowood Falls
• The Jaime Sky Chronicles
• London Hustle Collection

LITERARY:

Ali Bryan

Amber Henry

Andrew Binks

F. Kate Langan

Finnian Burnett

Frank Wescott

Gail Anderson-Dargatz

Janis Harper

KT Wagner

Michael Ondaatje

Michelle Sinclair

Miriam Toews

Mitchell Toews

Richard Wagamese

Rod Carley

Susan E Wadds

Thomas King

Will Ferguson

Yann Martel

Zilla Jones

MEMOIR:

Candace MacPhie

Christine Miskonoodinkwe Smith

Deanna Kawatski

Dorothy Mandy

Elizabeth Creith

Gary Trew

Giselle Roeder

Janis Harper

Jessica Waite

Kay McCracken

Marie Beswick

Meenal Shrivastava

Patti Shales Lefkos

Susan Blacklin

Sylvia Taylor

Yin Xzi Ho

MYSTERY (including CRIME):

Candas Jane Dorsey

Caroline Kaiser

• Virginia Blythe Mysteries

Claris Lam

• Harlow Mystery series

Denny Darke

• The Mallet Murders

Delilah Knight

• Miss Vee Mysteries

Iona Whishaw

• Lane Winslow series

Ivanka Fear

• Blue Water Mysteries

J. A. Martine

• Sam Anderson Mysteries

J. E. Barnard

• The Falls Mysteries

J. Ivanel Johnson

• Just (e)State mystery series

Joan Donaldson-Yarmey

• The Travelling Detective mystery series
• The Dating Coach mystery series

Louise Penny

• Three Pines/ Inspector Gamache series

Mel Anastasiou

• Fairmount Manor mysteries
• Monument Studios mysteries

Melodie Campbell

• The Silent Film Star Murders
• The Goddaughter’s Revenge

Michelle Godard-Richer

Phyllis Entis

• The Damien Dicken’s Mysteries
• Millie Dickens, Private Investigator series

Rosaria Giorgi

• The Pico della Rosa series

Susan Juby

Timothy Reynolds

POETRY:

Barbara Pelman

Bauke Kamstra

bill bissett

F. Kate Langan

Frank Wescott

Gary Geddes

Gary Gottfriedson

Hannah Jenkins

Heidi Garrett

Isobel Cunningham

Jordan Abel

Karen Lesli

Laisha Rosnau

Lindsay Soberano Wilson

Lorna Crozier

Melanie Marttila

Murgatroyd Monaghan

Pam Martin

Patrick Lane

Paula Jane Remlinger

Samuel Peralta

Shane Koyczan

Shawn L. Bird

Sheri-D Wilson

Susan Brannigan-Rampp

Wendy Phillips

Yin Xzi Ho

ROMANCE:

Alison Lohans

Barb Curtis

• Sapphire Springs series

Brad Chisholm

Brenda Margriet

Camille Cavanagh

CJ Hunt

• The McAllisters series
• The River’s End series

Danika Bloom

• The Mixed Six-Pack

Danielle L. Jensen

Faye Knightly

• Breeders

Felicity George

Frank Talaber

Jessie Melanson

• The Sanctuary Moon series

Kate Smith

• You, Me, & Us

Kaylene McPhee

• Stolen series

Krista Wallace

Laurie Wood

Lena Gibson

• Love and Survival

Linda G. Hill

• The Great Dagmaru series
• Once a Week a Woody’s series

Linda Shantz

• Good Things Come series

Maria Bernard

• Stick Shift Lips Rockstar Romance series
• These Bones Rockstar Romance series
• House of Goths duology

MJ Spicket

Tatiana Simmons

• Operation Phoenix

Timothy Reynolds

Val Tobin

• Injured Love series

Will Forrest

• The Dealmakers
• Welcome to Hollowood Falls
• The Jaime Sky Chronicles
• London Hustle Collection
• The Libertines

SCIENCE FICTION:

Adam Dreece

Adria Laycraft

• Jumpshift series

Brendan Myers

• Fellwater: the Hidden Houses series

Calvin Jim

Cait Gordon

Candas Jane Dorsey

Chandra Clarke

Ellen E. Sutherland

• Jamie Poole series

Frank Talaber

G. W. Renshaw

• The Chandler Affairs series

Grigory Lukin

KT Wagner

Laurie Stewart

Lena Gibson

• Train Hoppers series

R. A. Clarke

• Novus

Robert J. Sawyer

Robert Runte

Tatiana Simmons

• Operation Phoenix series

Timothy Reynolds

Val Tobin

• The Valiant Chronicles

SHORTS (FLASH, COLLECTIONS, ETC):

Andrew Buckley

Brenda Carre

Isobel Cunningham

KT Wagner

Karen Lesli

Lintusen Press anthologies

Melanie Marttila

Mitch Toews

Robert Runte

T. L. Tomljanovic

SPECULATIVE:

Andrew Buckley

Carolyn R Parsons

Connie Mae Inglis

Finnian Burnett

KT Wagner

Lisa de Nikolits

• The Rage Room series

Lynn Hutchinson-Lee

Mandy Eve Barnett

Margaret Atwood

Samuel Peralta

THRILLER:

Frank Talaber

• Seeds of Ascension

Ivanka Fear

• Jake and Mallory Thrillers

Jonas Saul

• Sarah Roberts series

Kim Cresswell

• Whitney Steel series
• Sum of all Tears series
• Raina Storm series
• The Assassin Chronicles series

Michael Slade

Michelle Godard-Richer

MJ Spickett

• Women of Ravenwood series
• The Immortal series

N. L. Blandford

• The Perilous Road series
• The Hillford Holiday series
• Townsend Crime Family series

Tikiri Herath

• Tanya Stone FBI K9 series
• Merciless Murer Mysteries

WOMEN’S FICTION (AKA CHICK LIT)

Carol Mason

Eliza Gordon

• The Lara series

Kate Smith

• The Hamilton series

Kristen Bobbit

• Sister Stone Adventures series

Pushpa Parmar

YOUNG ADULT:

Adam Dreece

• The Yellow Hoods
• King’s Horse

Alison Lohan

Ann Walsh

Barbara Baker

• Summer of Lies series

Bonnie Jacoby

Brenda Baker

Carol Matas

Cherie Dimaline

Chris Miskonoodinkwe Smith

Dennis Stein

Douglas Reid

Eden Robinson

Edward Butts

Eileen Cook

Elizabeth Creith

• Wings of Valenia series

Gabrielle Prendergast

Jenna Greene

Jennifer Sommersby

Joy Llewellyn

Lisa Voisin

Marie Beswick

Melanie Dixon

• The Aquaria Chronicles

Melinda di Lorenzo

Paul Coccia

Rae Knightly

Sharon Frayne

Shawn L. Bird

• Life in Laketon

Susan Juby

Susan Brannigan-Rampp

Suzy Vadori

Tash McAdam

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