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Marie Wadden Non-fiction Where the Pavement Ends, Nitassinan
Fred Wah b. 1939 Poet, novelist Loki is Buried at Smoky Creek, Waiting for Saskatchewan
David Walker 1911–1992 Novelist The Pillar, Digby
Bronwen Wallace 1945–1989 Poet, short stories Signs of the Former Tenant, People You'd Trust Your Life To
Frederick William Wallace 1886–1958 Journalist, novelist Wooden Ships and Iron Men
Tom Walmsley b. 1948 Novelist, dramatist, poet Doctor Tin
Eric Walters b. 1957 Novelist Safe As Houses, Shattered, Camp X, Run
Russell Wangersky Novelist, short stories, journalist The Hour of Bad Decisions, Burning Down the House, The Glass Harmonica
Sabrina Ward Harrison b. 1975 Spirituality, self-help Spilling Open
Dianne Warren b. 1950 Playwright, novelist, short stories Serpent in the Night Sky, Club Chernobyl, Cool Water
David Watmough b. 1926 Playwright, novelist, short stories Names for the Numbered Years, The Time of Kingfishers
Sheila Watson 1909–1998 Novelist The Double Hook
Alison Wearing b. 1967 Travel Honeymoon in Purdah
John Weier b. 1949 Poet Stand the Sacred Tree
Steve Weiner Novelist The Museum of Love
Merrily Weisbord Journalist The Love Queen of Malabar, The Valour and the Horror
Elizabeth Wellburn Children's literature Echoes From the Square
Zachariah Wells b. 1976 Poet, critic Fool's Errand, Unsettled
Andrew Westoll Science, travel, non-fiction The Chimps of Fauna Sanctuary
Robert Paul Weston b. 1975 Poet, children's literature Zorgamazoo, Dust City
Michael Wex b. 1954 Novelist, playwright, non-fiction The Adventures of Micah Mushmelon, Boy Talmudist
Dawud Wharnsby b. 1972 Poet, songwriter Nasheed Artist
Thomas Wharton b. 1963 Novelist Salamander, Icefields
William Whitehead b. 1931 Documentarian, memoirist Words to Live By
Rudy Wiebe b. 1934 Novelist A Discovery of Strangers, The Temptations of Big Bear
Eric Wilson b. 1940 Mystery Tom Austen Series (9 books), Liz Austen Series (6 books), Tom and Liz Austen Series (5 books)
Ethel Wilson 1888–1980 Novelist Swamp Angel, Hetty Dorval, The Window
John Wilson b. 1951 Historical fiction Four Steps to Death, Flames of the Tiger, And in the Morning
Robert Charles Wilson b. 1953 Science fiction writer Julian Comstock, A Story of 22nd. America, Darwinia, Axis, Spin
Sheri-D Wilson Poet, playwright The Sweet Taste of Lightning, Boy Wonder
Carol Windley b. 1947 Novelist, short stories Home Schooling
Rob Winger Poet Muybridge's Horse
Kathleen Winter Novelist, short stories Boys, Annabel
Michael Winter b. 1965 Novelist This All Happened, The Big Why
Kari-Lynn Winters b. 1969 Children's author, dramatist Jeffrey and Sloth, On My Walk
Adele Wiseman 1928–1992 Novelist, poet The Sacrifice, Old Women at Play
George Woodcock 1912–1995 Poet, critic Anarchism, The Crystal Spirit
Susan Wood 1948–1980 Author, critic (Canadian literature, science fiction, children's literature), professor, science fiction fan Energumen; criticism
Marnie Woodrow b. 1969 Novelist Spelling Mississippi
Lance Woolaver b. 1948 Poet, playwright World Without Shadows, Lord Strange
Eric Wright b. 1929 Mystery The Night the Gods Smiled, Always Give a Penny to a Blind Man
L. R. Wright 1939–2001 Mystery The Suspect, Strangers Among Us
Richard B. Wright b. 1937 Novelist Clara Callan
Tim Wynne-Jones b. 1948 Novelist, children's literature Some of the Kinder Planets, Mischief City, The Maestro
Tim Wynveen Novelist Angel Falls, Sweeter Life, Balloon

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