Top 20 Novelist celebrities in Canada
Here is the latest list of the world's top 20 Novelist celebrities [Updated May 30, 2023].
Farley Mowat was born
on May 12, 1921
in Belleville, Canada.
His short story, Eskimo Spring, won the University of Western Ontario's President's Medal.
Marshall McLuhan was born
on July 21, 1911
in Edmonton, Canada.
His careful study of the work of theologian G. K. Chesterton spurred his 1937 conversion to Roman Catholicism.
WP Kinsella was born
on May 25, 1935
in Canada.
In 1997 he was struck by a car and suffered a debilitating head injury which prevented him from publishing another novel for 14 years.
Cici B was born
on February 25, 1987
in Canada.
In late 2016, she published Spilled Words: The Crimson Kiss Quote Collection.
Gordon R. Dickson was born
on November 1, 1923
in Edmonton, Canada.
He published, in addition to science fiction novels, numerous short story collections (i.e., Invaders! and The Stranger) and several works of children's fiction (i.e., Secrets of the Deep).
Christopher G. Moore was born
on July 8, 1952
in Canada.
His novels have been translated into Japanese, Hebrew, and Thai, among many other languages.
Chief Dan George was born
on July 24, 1899
in Vancouver, Canada.
He received his first acting gig, in the CBC series, Cariboo Country, when he was sixty years old.
Lucy Maud Montgomery was born
on November 30, 1874
in Canada.
The eight novels in her popular Anne of Green Gables series take place on Montgomery's native Prince Edward Island and follow heroine Anne Shirley as she matures from an outspoken orphan girl to the intelligent, still-spunky wife of childhood love, Gilbert Blythe.
Tara Moss was born
on October 2, 1973
in Canada.
Also a journalist and television host, she presented the popular television programs Tough Nuts - Australia's Hardest Criminals, Tara Moss in Conversation and Tara Moss Investigates.
Will James was born
on June 6, 1892
in Canada.
His last work, The American Cowboy, was published the year of his death.
Susan Swan was born
on June 9, 1945
in Canada.
Her novels, which she describes as "sexual gothic" or "gender gothic" in terms of tone and content, stirred some controversy upon their publication.
Mark Steyn was born
on December 8, 1959
in Canada.
He received the 2006 Eric Breindel Award for Excellence in Opinion Journalism.
Margaret Lawrence was born
on July 18, 1926
in Canada.
She was a two-time recipient of the prestigious Governor General's Award.
Jane Urquhart was born
on June 21, 1949
in Canada.
She was awarded the Trillium Book Award, The Governor General's Award, and the Commonwealth Writers' Prize.
Elizabeth Hay was born
on October 22, 1951
in Canada.
She was honored in 2002 when the Writers' Trust of Canada presented her with the prestigious Marian Engel Award for her body of literary work.
Joseph Boyden was born
on October 31, 1966
in Canada.
His literary honors include the Scotiabank Giller Prize, the Canada Reads Award, and the Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize.
Kelley Armstrong was born
on December 14, 1968
in Canada.
Her most famous series, Women of the Otherworld, features such innovations as a female werewolf and multiple narrators inhabiting a shared universe.
R Scott Bakker was born
on February 2, 1967
in Canada.
In 2010, he began a WordPress blog called "Three Pound Brain."
Ranj Dhaliwal was born
on July 14, 1976
in Vancouver, Canada.
In 2008, he was elected to lead a highly-contested Sikh temple in Surrey, British Columbia.
Tomson Highway was born
on December 6, 1951
in Canada.
He penned a 1998 novel titled Kiss of the Fur Queen and wrote Dragonfly Kites, Caribou Song, and other acclaimed children's books. He was the 2001 recipient of a National Aboriginal Achievement Award.
