Joseph Boyden

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Born	October 31, 1966 (age 58) • Toronto • Canada
Notable Works	“Born with a Tooth” • “The Orenda” • “Three Day Road”

Alice Munro

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Rohinton Mistry

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Margaret Atwood

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Thomas King

American-born Canadian writer and photographer

Alistair MacLeod

Canadian author and educator

Dany Laferrière

Haitian-born Canadian author

Douglas Coupland

Canadian journalist and novelist

Timothy Findley

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Audrey Thomas

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Jack Ludwig

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A.E. Van Vogt

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Isabella Valancy Crawford

Canadian poet

Morley Callaghan

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Thomas Head Raddall

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James Crerar Reaney

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Margaret Laurence

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Germaine Guèvremont

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Léo-Paul Desrosiers

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Martha Ostenso

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