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| Name | Lifetime | Genre | Notable works |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rozena Maart | b. 1962 | novelist, short stories | Rosa's District Six, The Writing Circle |
| Patrick MacAdam | Gold Medal Misfits | ||
| Agnes Maule Machar | |||
| Ann-Marie MacDonald | b. 1958 | novelist, playwright | Fall on Your Knees, Goodnight Desdemona (Good Morning Juliet) |
| Bernell MacDonald | b. 1950 | ||
| Hugh MacDonald | |||
| Jake MacDonald | |||
| Janice MacDonald | b. 1959 | novelist, children's books, short stories | Hang Down Your Head, The Ghouls' Night Out, Sticks and Stones |
| Maggie MacDonald | |||
| Gwendolyn MacEwen | 1941–1987 | poet | |
| Linden MacIntyre | b. 1943 | novelist, journalist | The Bishop's Man |
| Rory Maclean | b. 1954 | ||
| Hugh MacLennan | 1907–1990 | novelist and essayist | Two Solitudes, Barometer Rising |
| Matt MacLennan | |||
| Michael MacLennan | |||
| Alexander MacLeod | short stories | Light Lifting | |
| Alistair MacLeod | b. 1936 | novelist, short stories | No Great Mischief |
| Elizabeth Macleod | biographer | ||
| Rick Maddocks | b. 1970 | short stories | Sputnik Diner |
| Rabindranath Maharaj | b. 1955 | novelist, short story writer | The Interloper, Homer in Flight, The Lagahoo's Apprentice |
| Antonine Maillet | b. 1929 | novelist, playwright | La Sagouine, Pélagie-la-Charette |
| Kevin Major | b. 1949 | ||
| Pasha Malla | short stories, journalism | The Withdrawal Method | |
| Eli Mandel | |||
| David Manicom | b. 1960 | poet, novelist | |
| Lee Maracle | b. 1950 | poet, novelist | |
| Daphne Marlatt | b. 1942 | ||
| Paul Marlowe | novelist, short stories | Sporeville | |
| John Marlyn | 1912–1985 | ||
| Nicole Markotic | |||
| Tom Marshall | 1938-1993 | poest, novelist, critic | Adele at the End of the Day |
| Yann Martel | b. 1963 | novelist, short story writer | Life of Pi |
| Carol Matas | b. 1949 | ||
| Shirlee Smith Matheson | |||
| Susan Mayse | b. 1948 | Creative non-fiction | Awen, Ginger, Merlin's Web |
| Colin McAdam | novelist | Some Great Thing | |
| Steve McCaffery | |||
| Nellie McClung | journalist | ||
| John McCrae | 1872–1918 | poet | "In Flanders' Fields" |
| Derek McCulloch | b. 1964 | graphic novelist and children's book writer | "Stagger Lee" |
| Colin McDougall | 1917–1984 | novelist | Execution |
| Franklin D. McDowell | 1888–1965 | novelist | The Champlain Road |
| Jaimie McEvoy | b. 1965 | historian | |
| David McFadden | |||
| Leslie McFarlane (a/k/a Franklin W. Dixon) | 1902–1977 | children's literature | The Hardy Boys |
| Sheryl McFarlane | b. 1954 | children's literature / young adult fiction | Waiting for the Whales, Jessie's Island, Eagle Dreams, This is the Dog |
| Oonah McFee | novels, short stories | Sandbars | |
| James McIntyre | 1827–1906 | poet | |
| Ami McKay | The Birth House | ||
| Don McKay | poet, essayist | ||
| Leo McKay, Jr. | b. 1964 | novelist, short stories | Twenty-Six, Like This |
| Stuart McLean | b. 1948 | humorist, short stories | Welcome Home, Stories from the Vinyl Cafe |
| Marshall McLuhan | 1911–1980 | academic | |
| Susan McMaster | |||
| Sylvia McNicoll | |||
| Christopher Meades | b. 1974 | novelist, short stories | The Three Fates of Henrik Nordmark |
| John Melady | |||
| Lee Mellor | b.1982 | true crime writer, music critic | Cold North Killers: Canadian Serial Murder |
| Judith Merril | 1923 - 1997 | science fiction writer, editor | |
| John Metcalf | b. 1938 | ||
| Anne Michaels | poet, novelist | Fugitive Pieces | |
| Roy Miki | |||
| Ron Miksha | b. 1954 | Bad Beekeeping | |
| John Miller | b. 1968 | novelist | The Featherbed, A Sharp Intake of Breath |
| Orlo Miller | 1911-1993 | historian, novelist | |
| Kenneth G. Mills | 1923–2004 | poet | |
| Rohinton Mistry | b. 1952 | novelist | Such a Long Journey, A Fine Balance |
| Jared Mitchell | |||
| W.O. Mitchell | 1914–1998 | novelist, short stories | Who Has Seen the Wind, Jake and the Kid |
| Lucy Maud Montgomery | 1874–1942 | novelist, children's literature | Anne of Green Gables |
| Susanna Moodie | 1803–1885 | memoirist | Roughing it in the Bush |
| Brian Moore | 1921–1999 | Black Robe, The Luck of Ginger Coffey | |
| Christopher G. Moore | b. 1952 | novelist, short stories | Vincent Calvino Private Eye series |
| Lisa Moore | short stories, novelist | ||
| Shani Mootoo | b. 1958 | novelist | Cereus Blooms at Night |
| Edythe Morahan de Lauzon | poet | ||
| Pierre Morency | b. 1942 | poet and playwright | |
| Bernice Morgan | |||
| Dwayne Morgan | |||
| Jeffrey Morgan | rock critic, authorized biographer | The Life and Crimes of Alice Cooper, The Stooges: The Authorized and Illustrated Story | |
| Kim Moritsugu | novels | Looks Perfect, The Glenwood Treasure | |
| Donna Morrissey | |||
| Kim Morrissey | b. 1956 | ||
| Colin Morton | |||
| Daniel David Moses | poet and playwright | ||
| Tara Moss | b. 1973 | novelist | Fetish, Split, Covet, Hit, Siren, The Blood Countess, The Spider Goddess |
| Erin Mouré | poet | ||
| Farley Mowat | b. 1921 | novelist, naturalist | Never Cry Wolf, My Discovery of America |
| Alice Munro | b. 1931 | short stories | The Progress of Love, Lives of Girls and Women, The Love of a Good Woman |
| Jim Munroe | 1945 | science fiction | Flyboy Action Figure Comes with Gasmask, Everyone in Silico |
| Robert Munsch | b. 1945 | children's literature | Angela's Airplane, A Promise is a Promise, Love You Forever, The Paperbag Princess |
| George Murray | b. 1971 | poet | The Hunter, The Rush to Here, Glimpse: Selected Aphorisms |
| John Murrell | playwright | ||
| Susan Musgrave | b. 1951 | poet and novelist | The Charcoal Burners, Cargo of Orchids |
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