Brittany Luby is an award-winning historian who originates from Treaty #3 in what is now known as northwestern Ontario. Luby believes that ink is a powerful tool. The words we write lay the foundation for our future. Luby writes for social justice and seeks to stimulate public discussion of Indigenous issues through her critical and creative work. … More 5 Questions for Brittany Luby
Lindsay Wong is the bestselling author of The Woo-Woo: How I Survived Ice Hockey, Drug-Raids, Demons, And My Crazy Chinese Family. Her debut memoir was a finalist for the Writers Trust 2018 Hilary Weston Prize, Canada Reads 2019, and the 2019 Hubert Evans Nonfiction Prize. … More 5 Questions for Lindsay Wong
Brooke Carter is a Canadian novelist. Her books include contemporary young adult titles Another Miserable Love Song, Learning Seventeen (a CCBC Best Book for Teens), Lucky Break, The Unbroken Hearts Club (a CCBC Starred Best Book for Teens), and the forthcoming Double or Nothing, all from Orca Book Publishers. … More 5 Questions for Brooke Carter
Rachel Hartman is the New York Times bestselling author of three young adult fantasy novels. Her most recent, Tess of the Road, was a runner-up for the Nebula, Locus, and Lodestar Awards, and the winner of the Sunburst Award. … More 5 Questions for Rachel Hartman
Jo Treggiari was born in London, England, and raised in Canada. She spent many years in Oakland, California and New York, where she trained as a boxer, wrote for a punk magazine, and owned a gangster rap/indie rock record label. Her novel Ashes, Ashes, a YA post-apocalyptic adventure published by Scholastic Press, was a multiple award nominee and bestseller. … More 5 Questions for Jo Treggiari
Marty Chan writes books for kids and plays for adults. In theatre, he’s best known for his cross-cultural hit Mom, Dad, I’m Living with a White Girl, which has toured across Canada and had an Off-Broadway run in 2004. He’s also written for radio, television, magazines and newspapers. In 2019, Marty celebrated the launch of two books: Metamorphosis, the final book in his steampunk fantasy trilogy, The Ehrich Weisz Chronicles, and Kung Fu Master. … More 5 Questions for Marty Chan
Susin Nielsen got her start writing for the hit TV series Degrassi Junior High and went on to write for over twenty Canadian shows. More recently she turned her hand to novel writing. She is the author of five critically-acclaimed and award-winning titles, including Optimists Die First, We Are All Made of Molecules, Word Nerd and The Reluctant Journal of Henry K. Larsen. … More 5 Questions for Susin Nielsen
