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Notable writers and authors from Canada.

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Name↕	Born↕	Died↕	Genre↕	Notable works↕
Todd Babiak			novelist	The Garneau Block
Ken Babstock	1,970		poet	Mean, Airstream Land Yacht
Mette Bach			novelist, screenwriter
Elizabeth Bachinsky	1,976		poet
Aaron Badgley	1,964		non-fiction, biographer	Dark Horse Records: The Story of George Harrison's Post-Beatles Record Label
Britta Badour			poet	Wires That Sputter
Bruce Bagemihl	1,962		science	Biological Exuberance: Animal Homosexuality and Natural Diversity
Valérie Bah			novelist, short stories	Subterrane, The Rage Letters
Samantha M. Bailey			novelist	Woman on the Edge, Watch Out for Her
Pierre Baillargeon	1,916	1,967	novelist	Le scandale est nécessaire
Martha Baillie	1,960		novelist	The Incident Report
Irene Baird	1,901	1,981	novelist, poetry, journalist	Waste Heritage
Jacqueline Baker	1,967		novelist, short stories	A Hard Witching, The Horseman's Graves, The Broken Hours
R. Scott Bakker	1,967		fantasy	Prince of Nothing
Sharon Bala	1,979		novelist, short stories	The Boat People
Shauna Singh Baldwin	1,962		novelist	What the Body Remembers, The Tiger Claw
John Ballem	1,925	2,010	novelist
Winifred Bambrick	1,892	1,969	novelist	Continental Revue
Catherine Banks	c.1960		playwright	Bone Cage
Himani Bannerji	1,942		poet, academic	Dark Side of the Nation: Essays on Multiculturalism, Nationalism and Racism
Kaushalya Bannerji			poet
Gary Bannerman	1,947	2,011	non-fiction	Squandering Billions
Nick Bantock	1,949		novelist	Griffin and Sabine
Simina Banu			poet	Pop, I Will Get Up Off Of
Marius Barbeau	1,883	1,969	academic, folklorist
Raymond Barbeau	1,930	1,992	essayist, literary critic
Victor Barbeau	1,896	1,994
Bruce Barber	1,950		art critic	Voices of Fire: Art Rage, Power, and the State
Molly Lyons Bar-David	1,910	1,987	journalist and cookbook author	Folklore Cook Book
Joan Barfoot	1,946		novelist	Dancing in the Dark, Luck
Keith Barker			playwright	The Hours That Remain, This Is How We Got Here
Leslie Gordon Barnard	1,890	1,961	short stories, fiction
Robert Barr	1,849	1,912	novelist, short stories, humorist	The Measure of the Rule, The Triumphs of Eugene Valmont
Laurent Barré	1,886	1,964	novelist
Joelle Barron			poet	Ritual Lights
James Bartleman	1,939	2,023	memoirist, young adult literature	Raisin Wine: A Boyhood in a Different Muskoka, As Long as the Rivers Flow
John Barton	1,957		poet	Designs from the Interior, Sweet Ellipsis
Gary Barwin	1,964		novelist, children's literature, poet	Seeing Stars
Earl W. Bascom	1,906	1,995	cowboy historian	The History of Rodeo Bareback Bronc Riding
Rodrigo Bascunan	1,976		non-fiction	Enter The Babylon System
Jean Basile	1,932	1,992	novelist, essayist	La Jument des mongols, Le Grand Khan, Les Voyages d'Irkoutsk
Michel Basilières	1,960		novelist	Black Bird
Gurjinder Basran	1,972		novelist	Everything Was Good-bye
Karen Bass	1,962		young adult fiction	Graffiti Knight
Frédéric Bastien	1,972		historian, journalist	La Bataille de Londres
Arjun Basu			novelist, short stories	Squishy, Waiting for the Man
Andrew Battershill			novelist	Pillow
Claire Battershill			short stories	Circus
Bill Bauer	1,932	2,010	poet	The Trail of the Lonesome Pine
Nancy Bauer	1,934		arts journalist	Flora, Write This Down
Jeremy Bates	1,978		novelist (suspense/horror)	Suicide Forest
Eli Baxter	1,954		memoirist	Aki-wayn-zih: A Person as Worthy as the Earth
Joan Baxter			journalist, non-fiction	A Serious Pair of Shoes: An African Journal
Kevin Bazzana	1,963		music historian	Wondrous Strange: The Life and Art of Glenn Gould
Tara Beagan	1,975		playwright	Thy Neighbour's Wife, Deer Woman, The Ministry of Grace
Yves Beauchemin	1,941		novelist	Juliette Pomerleau, Le Matou
Victor-Lévy Beaulieu	1,945	2,025	novelist, playwright
Doug Beardsley	1,941		poet	Dancing Star
Jeann Beattie	1,922	2,005	novelist, journalist	Blaze of Noon, Behold the Hour, And the Tiger Leaps
Deni Ellis Béchard	1,974		novelist	Vandal Love
Peter Behrens	1,954		novelist, screenwriter, short stories	The Law of Dreams
Henry Beissel	1,929	2,025	non-fiction, playwright, poet, short fiction, translator	Under Coyote's Eye
Jennifer Bélanger	1,991		novelist	Menthol
Billy-Ray Belcourt			poet, memoirist	This Wound Is a World, A History of My Brief Body
Ken Belford	1,946	2,020	poet	Pathways into the Mountains
Donald Bell	1,937	2,003	journalist, humorist	Saturday Night at the Bagel Factory
William E. Bell	1,945	2,016	children's literature	Forbidden City
Winthrop Pickard Bell	1,884	1,965	historian	The "Foreign Protestants" and the Settlement of Nova Scotia
Lesley Belleau			poet	Indianland
Martin Bellemare			playwright	Le chant de Georges Boivin, Cœur minéral
Paul Bellini	1,959		screenwriter, comedy
John Bemrose	1,947		journalist, novelist, playwright, poet	The Island Walkers
Gwen Benaway			poet	Ceremonies for the Dead, Passage
Djemila Benhabib	1,972		journalist, non-fiction	Ma vie à contre-Coran: une femme témoigne sur les islamistes
Nigel Bennett	1,949		fantasy novelist	Keeper of the King, His Father's Son
Roxanna Bennett			poet	Unmeaningable
Sylvie Bérard	1,965		novelist, short stories, translator	Terre des autres, La Saga d'Illyge
David Bergen	1,957		novelist	The Time in Between, A Year of Lesser
S. Bear Bergman	1,974		playwright, poet
David Berman	1,962		non-fiction	Do Good Design
Christophe Bernard	1,982		novelist	La bête creuse
Jovette Bernier	1,900	1,981	journalist, novelist, poet	Non Monsieur
Sarah Bernstein	1,987		novelist	Study for Obedience
Kris Bertin			short stories	Bad Things Happen
Pierre Berton	1,920	2,004	historian, journalist, memoirist	The National Dream, The Last Spike
Dennison Berwick	1,956		adventure travel	Savages, the Life & Killing of the Yanomami, A Walk Along The Ganges
Gérard Bessette	1,920	2,005	novelist	Le libraire, Le Cycle
H. S. Bhabra	1,955	2,000	novelist	The Adversary, Bad Money
Kirti Bhadresa			short stories	An Astonishment of Stars
Navtej Bharati			poet, publisher, Third Eye Press	Leela
Shashi Bhat			novelist, short stories	The Family Took Shape, The Most Precious Substance on Earth
Dave Bidini	1,963		journalist, non-fiction, songwriter	Around the World in 57½ Gigs, Tropic of Hockey
Anthony Bidulka	1,962		mysteries	Flight of Aquavit, Sundowner Ubuntu
Ingraham Ebenezer Bill	1,805	1,891	historian, journalist, minister
Nicolas Billon	1,978		playwright, screenwriter	The Elephant Song, Iceland, Butcher
Pierre Billon	1,937		novelist, screenwriter
Brandi Bird			poet	The All + Flesh
Will R. Bird	1,891	1,984	novelist, non-fiction	Here Stays Good Yorkshire, Judgment Glen
Sandra Birdsell	1,942		novelist, short stories	The Rüsslander, The Two-Headed Calf
Earle Birney	1,904	1,995	poet, novelist, playwright, short stories	David and Other Poems, Turvey
Charlotte Biron	1,990		novelist	Jardin radio
Carol Bishop-Gwyn			biographer, arts journalist	The Pursuit of Perfection: A Life of Celia Franca
Bill Bissett	1,939		experimental poet	nobody owns th earth
Lise Bissonnette	1,945		novelist, journalist	Marie suivait l'été, Choses crus
Neil Bissoondath	1,955		novelist	A Casual Brutality, Selling Illusions
Persimmon Blackbridge	1,951		non-fiction, novelist	Prozac Highway
George G. Blackburn	1,917	2,006	creative non-fiction	The Guns of Normandy
Marthe Blackburn	1,916	1,991	screenwriter, dramatist	A Scream from Silence, Beyond Forty, Le retour de l’âge
Peggy Blair			non-fiction, novelist	Lament for a First Nation, The Beggar's Opera
Marie-Claire Blais	1,939	2,021	novelist, playwright, poet	Une Saison dans la vie d'Emmanuel, La Belle Bête
Clark Blaise	1,940		novelist, short stories, memoirist	Lunar Attractions, Montreal Stories
Cassandra Blanchard			poet	Fresh Pack of Smokes
Robin Blaser	1,925	2,009	essayist, poet
Christie Blatchford	1,951	2,020	journalist, writer and broadcaster	Fifteen Days: Stories of Bravery, Friendship, Life and Death from Inside the New Canadian Army
Lance Blomgren	1,970		short stories, essays	Walkups, Corner Pieces
Patricia Blondal	1,926	1,959	fiction, poet	A Candle to Light the Sun
Lise Blouin	1,944		novelist	L'Ors des fous
Michael Blouin	1,960		novelist, poet	Chase and Haven, Wore Down Trust
Martha Blum	1,913	2,007	historical fiction	The Walnut Tree, The Apothecary
Giles Blunt	1,952		mysteries, screenwriter	Forty Words for Sorrow, Blackfly Season
Ali Blythe			poet	Twoism, Hymnswitch, Stedfast
Selina Boan			poet	Undoing Hours
Adam Bock	1,961		playwright	The Receptionist, The Drunken City
Dennis Bock	1,964		novelist, short stories	The Ash Garden
Maxime Raymond Bock	1,981		novelist, short stories	Atavismes, Les noyades secondaires
Michel Bock	1,971		historian, non-fiction	Quand la nation débordait les frontières
Andrew Boden			novelist, short stories	When We Were Ashes, The Secret History of My Hometown
Fred Bodsworth	1,918	2,012	journalist, naturalist	The Last of the Curlews
Alice Boissonneau	1,918	2,007	novelist, short stories, poetry, memoirs	Eileen McCullough, There Will Be Gardens
Christian Bök	1,966		poet	Eunoia
Stephanie Bolster	1,969		poet	White Stone: The Alice Poems
Carol Bolt	1,941	2,000	playwright	Buffalo Jump, One Night Stand, Red Emma, Queen of the Anarchists
Kenneth Bonert	1,972		novelist, short stories	The Lion Seeker
Shane Book			poet	Ceiling of Sticks, Congotronic
Walter Borden	1,942		playwright, poet
Kathryn Borel	1,979		memoirist	Corked
Roo Borson	1,952		poet	Short Journey Upriver Toward Oishida
Monique Bosco	1,927	2,007	journalist, novelist, poet, short stories	La femme de Loth
Gérard Bouchard	1,943		non-fiction, novelist	Genèse des nations et cultures du Nouveau Monde
Michel Marc Bouchard	1,958		playwright	Lilies, The Orphan Muses
Paul Bouchard	1,908	1,997	journalist
Eddy Boudel Tan			novelist	After Elias, The Rebellious Tide
Marsha Boulton	1,952		humorist, journalist	Letters from the Country
Hédi Bouraoui	1,932		poet, novelist	Vésuviade, La Femme d'entre les lignes
Pierre Bourgault	1,934	2,003	essayist, journalist
Arthur Bourinot	1,893	1,969	poet	Under the Sun
Pan Bouyoucas	1,946		novelist, playwright, poet	The Man Who Wanted to Drink Up the Sea
Gail Bowen	1,942		novelist, playwright	Joanne Kilbourn series
George Bowering	1,935		biographer, novelist, poet	The Gangs of Kosmos, Burning Water
Marilyn Bowering	1,949		poet, novelist, playwright	Visible Worlds, Autobiography
Cedar Bowers			novelist, short stories	Astra
Bonnie Bowman			novelist	Skin
Randy Boyagoda	1,976		novelist, non-fiction	Governor of the Northern Province
David Boyd	1,951		children's literature	Bottom Drawer
George Boyd	1,952	2,020	playwright, screenwriter	Consecrated Ground
Joseph Boyden	1,966		novelist, short stories	Three Day Road, Through Black Spruce, The Orenda
Frances Boyle			poet, short stories	Seeking Shade
Harry J. Boyle	1,915	2,005	humorist, novelist	Homebrew and Patches, Luck of the Irish
D. M. Bradford			poet	Dream of No One But Myself
Karleen Bradford	1,936		children's literature	There Will Be Wolves
Lawrence Ytzhak Braithwaite	1,963	2,008	essayist, novelist, poet
Max Braithwaite	1,911	1,995	novelist, non-fiction	The Night We Stole the Mountie's Car
Shannon Bramer	1,973		poet	The Refrigerator Memory
Alan Bradley	1,938		mystery	Flavia de Luce series
Dionne Brand	1,953		essayist, novelist, poet	What We All Long For, Land to Light On
Di Brandt	1,952		poet, literary critic	Jerusalem, beloved, Now You Care
Beth Brant	1,941	2,015
André Brassard	1,946	2,022	screenwriter	Once Upon a Time in the East, Le soleil se lève en retard
Marie Brassard			playwright
Jacques Brault	1,933	2,022	poet, translator	Quand nous serons heureux, Il n'y a plus de chemin
Lois Braun	1,949		short stories	A Stone Watermelon
Morwyn Brebner			playwright, television writer	Music for Contortionist, The Optimist, Saving Hope, Rookie Blue
Binnie Brennan			fiction	Harbour View
Brian Brett	1,950	2,024	novelist, memoirist, poet	Uproar's Your Only Music, The Fungus Garden
Krista Bridge			novelist, short stories	The Virgin Spy, The Eliot Girls
Robert Bringhurst	1,946		poet, author, typographer	The Beauty of the Weapons: Selected Poems 1972–82, Ursa Major
Barry Broadfoot	1,926	2,003	historian	Six War Years, The Immigrant Years
Hélène Brodeur	1,923	2,010	historical fiction	Les chroniques du Nouvel-Ontario, The Saga of Northern Ontario
Eve Brodlique	1,867	1,949	author, journalist	A Training School for Lovers
David Bromige	1,933	2,009	poet	My Poetry
Frances Brooke	1,724	1,789	novelist, essayist	The History of Emily Montague
Bertram Brooker	1,888	1,955	novelist, artist	Think of the Earth
Carellin Brooks			novelist, non-fiction	One Hundred Days of Rain, Wreck Beach
Nicole Brossard	1,943		novelist, poet	Double impression, Méchanique jongleuse
Chrystine Brouillet	1,958		novelist, children's literature
Sigmund Brouwer	1,959		children's literature	Watch Out for Joel!
Ian Brown	1,954		journalist	Man Overboard, The Boy in the Moon
Loranne Brown	1,955		novelist, short stories	The Handless Maiden
William J. Bruce III	1,980		author	Penholder, Introduction for 150th Anniversary Edition of Demons
Charles Tory Bruce	1,906	1,971	poet, novelist, journalist	The Mulgrave Road
Julie Bruck	1,957		poet	The Woman Downstairs, Monkey Ranch
Tyler Brûlé	1,968		journalist
Gaétan Brulotte	1,945		academic, novelist, playwright, short stories
Nick Brune	1,952		historian	Defining Canada: History, Identity, and Culture
Carol Bruneau	1,956		novelist	Purple for Sky
Louis-Ovide Brunet	1,826	1,876	botany
Michel Brunet	1,917	1,985	historian	Les Canadiens après la conquête
Cathy Marie Buchanan	1,963		novelist	The Day the Falls Stood Still, The Painted Girls
Ernest Buckler	1,908	1,984	novelist	The Mountain and the Valley
Margaret Buffie	1,945		children's literature	Who Is Frances Rain?, The Dark Garden, The Watcher
Gilbert Buote	1,833	1,904	journalist
Kayt Burgess			novelist	Heidegger Stairwell
Tony Burgess	1,959		novelist, screenwriter	Pontypool Changes Everything
Nathan Burgoine			novelist, short stories	Light
Ronnie Burkett	1,957		playwright	Tinka's New Dress
Mabel Burkholder	1,881	1,973	historian	Before the white man came: Indian legends and stories
Bonnie Burnard	1,945	2,017	novelist	A Good House
Murdoch Burnett	1,953	2,015	poet	Centre of the World: A Plains Journey, We Are Not Romans
Richard Burnett			journalist
Lawrence J. Burpee	1,873	1,946	historian	The Oxford Encyclopaedia of Canadian History
Mick Burrs	1,940	2,021	poet	Variations on the Birth of Jacob
Frank Christopher Busch	1,978		novelist	Grey Eyes
Catherine Bush	1,961		novelist	Minus Time, The Rules of Engagement
Arthur de Bussières	1,877	1,913	poet	Les Bengalis
Sharon Butala	1,940		novelist	The Perfection of the Morning
Alec Butler	1,959		playwright	Black Friday
Michelle Butler Hallett	1,971		novelist, short stories, non-fiction	This Marlowe, Constant Nobody
Jake Byrne			poet	Celebrate Pride with Lockheed Martin, DADDY

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