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| Name | Lifetime | Genre | Notable works |
|---|---|---|---|
| Michelle Sagara | fantasy | ||
| Kerri Sakamoto | novelist | The Electrical Field | |
| Trish Salah | poet | Wanting in Arabic | |
| G. Herbert Sallans | 1895–1960 | novelist | Little Man |
| Rick Salutin | b. 1942 | columnist, novelist | A Man of Little Faith |
| Laura G. Salverson | 1890–1970 | novelist | The Dark Weaver |
| Mairuth Sarsfield | novelist | No Crystal Stair | |
| John Ralston Saul | b. 1947 | essayist, philosopher | The Unconscious Civilization |
| Gloria Sawai | 1932–2011 | short stories, novelist | A Song for Nettie Johnson |
| Robert J. Sawyer | b. 1960 | science fiction | The Neanderthal Parallax, Calculating God, Flashforward, Rollback |
| Alan Scarfe | b. 1946 | novelist, pseudonym Clanash Farjeon | A Handbook for Attendants on the Insane: the autobiography of Jack the Ripper as revealed to Clanash Farjeon, The Vampires of Ciudad Juarez, The Vampires of 9/11, Vampires of the Holy Spirit |
| Jacob Scheier | b. 1980 | poet | More to Keep Us Warm |
| Libby Scheier | 1946–2000 | poet, short stories | Kaddish for My Father, Saints & Runners |
| Diane Schoemperlen | b. 1954 | novelist | In the Language of Love, Forms of Devotion |
| Adam Lewis Schroeder | novelist and short story writer | In the Fabled East | |
| Andreas Schroeder | |||
| Duncan Campbell Scott | 1862–1947 | poet | In the Village of Viger |
| Frank Scott | 1899–1985 | poet | |
| Richard Scrimger | children's writer, novelist | ||
| Djanet Sears | playwright | The Adventures of a Black Girl in Search of God | |
| Benjamin Sehene | b. 1959 | novelist, essayist, and political writer | |
| Sarah Selecky | short stories | This Cake is for the Party | |
| Shyam Selvadurai | novelist | Funny Boy, Cinnamon Gardens | |
| Robert W. Service | 1874–1958 | poet | The Cremation of Sam McGee, The Shooting of Dan McGrew |
| Ernest Thompson Seton | 1860–1946 | ||
| Mark Shainblum | |||
| Leanne Shapton | graphic novelist | Important Artifacts and Personal Property From the Collection of Lenore Doolan and Harold Morris, Including Books, Street Fashion and Jewelry | |
| Sarah Sheard | |||
| Murphy O. Shewchuk | b. 1943 | writer/photographer | Okanagan Trips and Trails - 2006, Coquihalla Trips and Trails - 2007, Cariboo Trips and Trails - 2008 |
| Francis Sherman | 1871–1926 | poet | |
| Valerie Sherrard | children's and YA author | The Glory Wind | |
| Carol Shields | 1935–2003 | novelist, short stories | The Stone Diaries, Larry's Party |
| Aki Shimazaki | |||
| Maggie Siggins | historian, biography | Riel | |
| Antanas Sileika | |||
| Makeda Silvera | |||
| Judith Silverthorne | b. 1953 | author - non-fiction, children's writer | The Secret of the Stone Circle, Dinosaur Blackout, Dinosaur Stakeout, The Secret of the Stone House |
| Merilyn Simonds | journalist | The Convict Lover, The Valour and the Horror | |
| Colin Simpson | |||
| Jaspreet Singh | |||
| Johanna Skibsrud | novelist, poet | The Sentimentalists | |
| Marsha Skrypuch | b. 1954 | young adult, children's fiction and narrative non-fiction | Making Bombs for Hitler, Stolen Child, Last Airlift: A Vietnamese Orphan's Rescue from War |
| Josef Skvorecky | 1924–2012 | novelist, essayist | The Engineer of Human Souls |
| Joshua Slocum | 1844–1909 | ||
| Carolyn Smart | poet | Hooked | |
| Elizabeth Smart | 1913–1986 | By Grand Central Station I Sat Down and Wept | |
| Jean Edward Smith | |||
| Michael V. Smith | novelist | Cumberland | |
| Neil Smith | short stories | Bang Crunch | |
| Russell Smith | journalist, novelist | How Insensitive, Muriella Pent | |
| Mary Soderstrom | novelist, short stories, non-fiction | The Walkable City: From Haussmann's Boulevards to Jane Jacobs' Streets and Beyond | |
| Evan Solomon | journalist, novelist | Crossing the Distance | |
| Madeline Sonik | |||
| J. Dewey Soper | 1893–1982 | naturalist | |
| Carolyn Marie Souaid | b. 1959 | poet, editor | Swimming into the Light, Blood is Blood |
| Gaétan Soucy | b. 1958 | novelist | L'Immaculée conception, La petite fille qui aimait trop les allumettes |
| Raymond Souster | b. 1921 | poet | |
| Esta Spalding | |||
| Linda Spalding | |||
| Birk Sproxton | b. 1943 | ||
| Edna Staebler | |||
| Harold Standish | 1919–1972 | poet and novelist | |
| Robert Stead | 1880–1959 | novelist, poet | Grain |
| John Steffler | b. 1947 | poet, novelist | The Afterlife of George Cartwright |
| Fred Stenson | |||
| Arran Stephens | "The Compassionate Diet" | ||
| Richard Stevenson | |||
| Shannon Stewart | poet, children's writer | ||
| Walter Stewart | 1941–2004 | journalist and editor | |
| Bill Stilwell | |||
| Kathy Stinson | |||
| Anne Stone | |||
| Arthur John Arbuthnott Stringer | screenwriter; novelist | ||
| Cordelia Strube | novels, drama | Alex & Zee, Teaching Pigs to Sing, Lemon | |
| Alan Sullivan | 1868–1947 | poet, novelist | Three Came to Ville Marie |
| Moez Surani | poet | Reticent Bodies | |
| Joel A. Sutherland | novelist, short story writer | Frozen Blood | |
| Mary Swan | novelist, short story writer | The Boys in the Trees | |
| Susan Swan | |||
| Anna Swanson | poet | The Nights Also | |
| Robert Sward | |||
| Margaret Sweatman | b. 1953 | novelist | Fox, The Players |
| George Swede | |||
| Alastair Sweeny | |||
| Scott Symons | |||
| Guy Sylvestre | journalist, critic | ||
| Anne Szumigalski | 1922–1999 | poet | Voice |
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