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| Name | Lifetime | Genre | Notable works |
|---|---|---|---|
| Irving Abella | b. 1940 | historian | None is Too Many |
| Hugh Abercrombie | 1890–1965 | playwright | Auld Lang Syne |
| Mark Abley | b. 1955 | poet, journalist | Spoken Here: Travels Among Threatened Languages |
| Marianne Ackerman | b. 1952 | playwright, novelist, journalist | |
| Janice Acoose | b. 1954 | journalist | Iskwewak Kah Yaw Ni Wahkomakanak |
| Milton Acorn | 1923–1986 | poet | The Island Means Minago |
| Ken Adachi | 1929–1989 | historian, critic | The Enemy That Never Was |
| Evan Adams | b. 1966 | dramatist | Dreams of Sheep, Snapshots, Dirty Dog River |
| Ian Adams | b. 1937 | novelist, non-fiction | Agent of Influence |
| Gil Adamson | novelist, short stories, poetry | The Outlander | |
| Caroline Adderson | b. 1963 | novelist, short stories | Bad Imaginings, Sitting Practice |
| Marie-Célie Agnant | b. 1953 | poet, novelist | Le Silence comme le sang |
| Freda Ahenakew | b. 1932 | linguist, children's literature | |
| Kelley Aitken | short stories | Love in a Warm Climate | |
| Donald Akenson | b. 1941 | novelist, historian | |
| Kateri Akiwenzie-Damm | poet | My Heart is a Stray Bullet | |
| Linda Aksomitis | b. 1954 | children's literature | Adeline's Dream |
| Kamal Al-Solaylee | journalist | Intolerable: A Memoir of Extremes | |
| Donald Alarie | b.1945 | poet | Jérôme et les mots |
| Scott Albert | b. 1975 | novelist, screenwriter | |
| Robert Arthur Alexie | novelist | Porcupines and China Dolls, The Pale Indian | |
| André Alexis | b. 1957 | novelist, journalist, short stories | Childhood, Asylum |
| Edna Alford | poet | ||
| Sandra Alland | poet, journalist | ||
| Donna Allard | poet | ||
| Charlotte Vale Allen (also known as Katherine Marlowe) |
b. 1941 | romantic novels, expert on child abuse | |
| Grant Allen | 1848–1899 | science writer, novelist | The Woman Who Did |
| Harper Allen | romantic fiction | ||
| Lillian Allen | b. 1951 | poet | Rhythm an' Hardtimes |
| Ralph Allen | 1913–1966 | novelist, journalist | Peace River Country |
| Sidney Allinson | b. 1930 | historian, historical fiction | |
| Paul Almond | b. 1931 | novelist, screenwriter | |
| Anne-Marie Alonzo | 1951–2005 | poet | Bleus de mine |
| George Amabile | b. 1936 | poet | |
| Anahareo | 1906–1986 | autobiographer | Devil in Deerskins: My Life With Grey Owl |
| Marguerite Andersen | b. 1924 | poet | Courts métrages et instantanés |
| Doris Anderson | 1921–2007 | journalist | The Unfinished Revolution, Rebel Daughter |
| Patrick Anderson | b. 1915 | poet | |
| Rod Anderson | b. 1935 | poet, accounting texts | |
| Gordon Stewart Anderson | 1958–1991 | novelist | The Toronto You Are Leaving |
| Gail Anderson-Dargatz | b. 1963 | novelist | The Cure for Death by Lightning |
| Michael Andre | poet | ||
| François-Réal Angers | 1812–1860 | legal texts | Décisions des tribunaux du Bas-Canada |
| Trey Anthony | playwright | Da Kink in My Hair | |
| Salvatore Antonio | playwright | In Gabriel's Kitchen | |
| Lisa Appignanesi | b. 1946 | novelist, biographer | Losing the Dead: A Family Memoir |
| Emmanuel Aquin | b. 1968 | novelist | |
| Hubert Aquin | 1929–1977 | novelist | Prochain épisode |
| Gilles Archambault | b. 1933 | novelist | L'obsédante obèse et autres aggressions |
| Nelly Arcan | 1973–2009 | novelist | Putain |
| Bert Archer | b. 1968 | journalist, essayist | The End of Gay |
| Jeannette Armstrong | b. 1948 | novelist, poet | Slash |
| Kelley Armstrong | b. 1968 | horror fiction | Women of the Otherworld |
| David Arnason | b. 1940 | poet, novelist, historian | The Imagined City: A Literary History of Winnipeg |
| Joanne Arnott | b. 1960 | poet, children's literature | Wiles of Girlhood |
| Margaret Atwood | b. 1939 | novelist, poet, critic | The Handmaid's Tale, Alias Grace, Surfacing |
| Phillipe-Ignace François Aubert du Gaspé | 1814–1841 | novelist | L'influence d'un livre |
| Philippe-Joseph Aubert de Gaspé | 1786–1871 | novelist, memoirist | |
| Jean-Paul Audet | 1918–1993 | theologian | |
| Margaret Avison | 1918–2007 | poet | The Winter Sun, Concrete and Wild Carrot |
| Malcolm Azania | science fiction | The Coyote Kings of the Space-Age Bachelor Pad | |
| Caroline Azar | playwright | The Surreal Detective |
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