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| Name | Lifetime | Genre | Notable works |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Rachman | novelist | The Imperfectionists | |
| Thomas Head Raddall | 1903–1994 | novelist | The Pied Piper of Dipper Creek, At the Tide's Turn and Other Stories |
| Gurcharan Rampuri | |||
| Edeet Ravel | b. 1955 | novelist | A Wall of Light, Ten Thousand Lovers |
| Angela Rawlings | |||
| Wayne Ray | short stories | Giants of the North, Going Down Goose Lane Toward Broken Jaw | |
| Mark A. Rayner | |||
| James Reaney | 1926–2008 | poet, playwright | The Red Heart, A Suit of Nettles, Colours in the Dark, Black Donnelly's |
| Michael Redhill | novelist, short stories | Martin Sloane | |
| Gayla Reid | |||
| Stephen Reid | memoirist, novelist | Jack Rabbit Parole | |
| Kati Rekai | b. 1921 | The Adventures of Mickey, Taggy, Puppo, and Cica and How They Discover Toronto, Ottawa, Montreal, Budapest, Vienna, The Netherlands, France, Italy, Switzerland, and Greece | |
| Nino Ricci | b. 1959 | novelist | Lives of the Saints |
| David Adams Richards | b. 1950 | novelist | The Bay of Love and Sorrows, Mercy Among the Children, Nights Below Station Street |
| John Richardson | 1796–1852 | novelist | Wacousta |
| Daniel Richler | b. 1957 | novelist, journalist | Kicking Tomorrow |
| Mordecai Richler | 1931–2001 | novelist | The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz, Joshua Then and Now, Barney's Version |
| Nancy Richler | b. 1957 | novelist | Your Mouth Is Lovely, The Impostor Bride |
| Ringuet (Phillipe Panneton) | 1895–1960 | novelist | Thirty Acres |
| Charles Ritchie | 1906–1995 | diarist | An Appetite for Life, The Siren Years |
| Sir Charles G.D. Roberts | 1860–1943 | poet and novelist | The Tantramar Revisited, The Iceberg |
| Ken Roberts | |||
| Paul William Roberts | |||
| Lisa Robertson | poet | ||
| Eden Robinson | novelist | ||
| J. Jill Robinson | b. 1955 | short stories, creative nonfiction | Lovely In Her Bones, Residual Desire |
| Peter Robinson | b. 1950 | mystery | |
| Ajmer Rode | poet, playwright, translator | ||
| Spider Robinson | b. 1948 | science fiction, humorist | Callahan's Crosstime Saloon |
| Richard Rohmer | b. 1924 | ||
| Linda Rogers | |||
| Leon Rooke | b. 1934 | novelist | Shakespeare's Dog |
| Patrick Roscoe | |||
| Simon Rose | science fiction and fantasy novelist | The Alchemist's Portrait, Sorcerer's Letterbox, The Clone Conspiracy | |
| Rebecca Rosenblum | b. 1978 | short stories | Once |
| Sinclair Ross | 1908–1996 | short stories, novelist | As for Me and My House Sawbones Memorial |
| Gabrielle Roy | 1909–1983 | novelist | The Tin Flute, Children of My Heart |
| Holley Rubinsky | b. 1943 | novelist, short stories | At First I Hope For Rescue |
| Jane Rule | 1931–2007 | novelist | Desert of the Heart |
| Elizabeth Ruth | b.1968 | novelist | Smoke |
| George Ryga | 1932–1987 | playwright and novelist | The Ecstasy of Rita Joe |
| Geoff Ryman |
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