VAN HEMERT, CAROLINE

CAROLINE VAN HEMERT is an Alaskan author, biologist, and adventurer whose travels have taken her from the pack ice of the Arctic Ocean to the swamps of the Okavango Delta. Her writing and research have been featured in the New York Times, Audubon, LA Times, Outside, and MSNBC. Her recent book, The Sun Is a Compass: A 4,000-Mile Journey into the […]

THOMPSON, KELLY S.

KELLY S. THOMPSON is a former captain in the Canadian Armed Forces, retiring after an injury. She has an honours BA in Professional Writing from York University, an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of British Columbia, and is a Ph.D. candidate in Literary and Critical Studies at the University of Gloucestershire. Her work has […]

STEFANIK, JASON

JASON STEFANIK proudly resides in Winnipeg’s gritty North End. A poet, publisher, and propagandist, he is a second generation adoptee, of mixed and mysterious background. His collection Night Became Years was longlisted for the 2019 Gerald Lampert Memorial Award and shortlisted for the 2018 Governor General’s Award in poetry.

STAPLEY, MARISSA

MARISSA STAPLEY is the author of the bestselling novel Mating for Life, and Things to Do When It’s Raining, which has been published in nine countries and translated into seven languages. The Last Resort, published in June, became an instant national bestseller. Her journalism has appeared in newspapers and magazines across North America. She lives […]

ST. PIERRE, SARAH

SARAH ST. PIERRE joined Simon & Schuster Canada in 2014 and became Editor in 2018. She has worked with bestselling authors of fiction and nonfiction including Beverley McLachlin, Roz Nay, Genevieve Graham, Bob McKenzie, Jody Mitic, and Robert Bateman. She is looking for commercial novels, historical fiction, psychological thrillers, upmarket romance, memoirs, and books that […]

SHENHER, LORIMER

LORIMER SHENHER is an acclaimed author, public speaker, and advocate for marginalized people and police reform. His first book, That Lonely Section of Hell, is a memoir of working on Vancouver’s Missing and Murdered Women file. It was chosen as a Globe and Mail’s 100 Best Books. His new memoir, This One Looks Like a […]

SEESEQUASIS, PAUL

PAUL SEESEQUASIS is a nîpisîhkopâwiyiniw (Willow Cree) writer, journalist, cultural advocate and commentator currently residing in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. Since 2015, he has curated the Indigenous Archival Photo Project, an online and physical exhibition of archival Indigenous photographs that explores history, identity and the process of visual reclamation. His writing has appeared in The Globe and […]

SCOTT, JOEL

JOEL SCOTT was born and raised on the prairies, and has traveled extensively and worked as a fisherman, a yacht broker, and a librarian—to name a few of his past professions. Arrow’s Fall, Joel’s latest novel, is the crime and sea-filled adventure that follows his debut, Arrow’s Flight. He is a two-time winner of the […]

SCHOFIELD, ANAKANA

ANAKANA SCHOFIELD is the author of the 2015 Giller Prize shortlisted novel Martin John, which was also a finalist for the Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize, and the (UK) Goldsmiths Prize. Martin John received Editors’ Choice in the New York Times and was named on many Best Books of 2015 lists. Schofield’s debut novel Malarky (2012) […]

SAKAMOTO, EMMA

EMMA SAKAMOTO is the managing editor for Groundwood Books. She has worked with award-winning authors such as Kyo Maclear, Tim Wynne-Jones and Deborah Hodge. She has edited graphic novels, middle-grade fiction, picture books and a cookbook. Emma is also the promotions officer for the International Board on Books for Young People, Canadian Section.