Laurie Stewart lives on a hobby farm in rural Ontario (Canada) with the love of her life. She writes medieval fantasy, urban fantasy, and gritty YA dramatic fiction. As a proper renaissance lady, she also paints landscapes, is active in food preps for the zombie apocalypse, and loves gardening. Lastly, because she refuses to let … Continue reading
Talia Johnson is a multi-faceted woman who is transgender, autistic, Jewish, queer, and more than the sum of her parts. She is an ordained Kohenet priestess, and her work centres on bridging faith and queer communities, educating, counselling, and mentoring. She has done freelance editing for queer and trans representation and is Chair of the … Continue reading
Carolyn Charron is a speculative fiction writer with short stories in three Flame Tree Publishing anthologies (Supernatural Horror, Dystopia & Utopia, and Murder & Mayhem), online in The Saturday Evening Post, and in Nothing Without Us (Fall of 2019). On the editor’s side of her desk, she reads slush for Apex and Lightspeed magazines and … Continue reading
Nathan Caro Fréchette is originally from Montreal, but has been living in the Ottawa/Gatineau region since 2004. He is a sequential artist, author, and director of Renaissance, a multi-genre Canadian small press. As an author, Nathan has published several short stories, both sequential and traditional, as well as two graphic novels, five novels, and one … Continue reading
Hailing from Oshawa, Ontario, Pat Flewwelling is a project manager by day, hobbyist by night. She enjoys kayaking, fishing, knitting and crochet, gardening, archery, physical fitness, and other relaxing skills that will come in very handy during the zombie apocalypse. While she tends to write dark fiction, such as her 2019 novel Helix: Sedition, she also … Continue reading
Emily Gillespie is a Toronto-based author, disability activist and professional daydreamer. Her work explores the themes of memory, identity and mental health journeys. Emily enjoys working in community spaces and examining individual and collective experiences. She views storytelling as a tool for resisting predominant social narratives. Emily has a BA in English, and an MA … Continue reading
’Nathan Burgoine is a tall queer guy who mostly writes short queer fiction (his collection, Of Echoes Born, was released in 2018), though he also writes award-nominated novels. Exit Plans for Teenage Freaks was a Prix-Aurora-Award finalist, and Light was a Lambda Literary finalist. The first two books of his Triad series (Triad Blood and … Continue reading
Ariane Delorme lives in the National Capital Region of Canada and is a music lover and singer-songwriter. She also loves writing fantasy. Her first series is called Night Hunters, which you can read on Wattpad. She’s currently working on two other series. You can follow Ariane’s facebook page to keep up to date with what … Continue reading
Welcome! It’s your friendly neighbourhood editor-in-spoons posting this week. Today I wanted to give a shout-out to the Spoonie Authors Network contributors who are on the ballot for the Prix Aurora Awards. This is a prestigious award for Canadian speculative fiction writing. How exciting is this? Hint: super exciting. So, let’s begin! Best Young Adult … Continue reading
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