- Joseph Addison
The title of Addison's novel Tesseract [Del Rey, 1988] bears an unfortunate similarity to the major Canadian anthology series (Tesseracts) and to the major Canadian sf imprint, Tesseract Books, but is not related to either. Not recommended.
Colleen Anderson
Vancouver artist and writer, Anderson has published more than 75 poems and short stories in such markets as Tesseracts, Northern Frights, and Descant.
Chris Atack
Atack's first novel is Project Maldon from Baen Books. [NY: Baen, 1997. 375pp. ISBN0-671-87786-0] His day job is a freelance health care writer.
Margaret Atwood
Perhaps Canada's most distinguished author, Margaret Atwood has written several sf stories (see, for example, " " in Tesseracts and one sf novel, The Handmaid's Tale. The latter won the Governor General's Award for Literature (her second), the Arthur C. Clarke Award, and was a Aurora and Nebula Award nominee.
Nancy Baker
Horror writer. Her three novels are A Terrible Beauty (Penguin, 1996), Blood and Chrysanthemums:a Vampire Novel (1994), and The Night Inside: A Vampire Thriller (1993).
Douglas Barbour, Ph.D.
Douglas Barbour was born on March 21, 1940, in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Best known in sf circles as co-editor (with Phyllis Gotlieb) of Tesseracts2 (1987), Barbour teaches Canadian Literature and Creative Writing at the University of Alberta, and is one of Canada's leading poets. He has edited numerous poetry anthologies, including (with Stephen Scobie) The Maple Laugh Forever: An Anthology of Comic Canadian Poetry (Hurtig, 1981); has had 17 of his own poetry collections published, was a member of the sound poetry ensemble Re:Sounding, which toured in Canada, the U.S., Australia, New Zealand and Europe, and was a former president of the Canadian League of Poets. He is also one of Canada's leading sf critics and one of the first Canadian academics to take sf seriously. His doctoral dissertation (Queens, 1976) was entitled Patterns of Meaning in the sf Novels of Ursula K. LeGuin, Joanna Russ, and Samuel R. Delaney, 1962-1972 and was followed three years later by publication of Worlds Out Of Words: The sf Novels of Samuel R. Delaney. (Frome: Bran's Head Books,1979). He has contributed entries to E.F. Bleiler's Science Fiction Writers: Critical Studies of The Major Authors..., Bleiler's Supernatural Fiction Writers, and Curtis Smith's 20th Century Science Fiction Writers. He is also a regular reviewer for The Edmonton Journal, The Toronto Star, and the New York Review of sf. The NCF Guide reprints a number of his reviews on line.
Michael Barley
His first novel, Jackal Bird was published by Tesseract Books in 1995.
Martine Bates (Leavitt)
The mother of seven children, she was born in Calgary and lives in High River, Alberta. Martine has two young adult fantasy novels from Red Deer College The Dragon's Tapestry(1992), The Prism Moon (1993), and The Taker's Key 1998. Most recent: Dollmage. (Red Deer: Red Deer College Press, forthcoming, 2000)
Bassingthwaite, Don
sf Canada member Pomegranates Full and Fine (The World of Darkness vampire series, 1995)
John Bell
A professional librarian, Bell has prepared several important bibliographic references on Canadian sf. He collaborated with John Robert Colombo, Michael Richardson, and Alexandre L. Amprimoz on CDN sf & F, the first major Canadian sf bibliography. Bell also co-edited Visions From The Edge: An Anthology of Atlantic Canadian Science Fiction and Fantasy [Posterfield Press, 1981] with Lesley Choyce.
Frederick Biro
Born in Budapest, but raised in Toronto where his family fled the Hungarian Revolution, he was working as an executive assistant to a member of the Ontario legislature when he published his first novel, The Perfect Circus. A darkly compelling, post-holocaust thriller, it was a finalist for the Seal Award.
Bloch-Hansen, Peter
Starlog's Canadian correspondent, Bloch-Hansen lives in Toronto. His most recent short story, "Why Starships Should Be Named for Moths", appeared in Tesseracts8
Bob Boyczuk
has published a number of short stories in On Spec, Transversions, Prairie Fire, Tesseract7 and so on, to some good reviews.
Brian Brett.
Brett is a BC poet and ceramic artist. His first novel, The Fungus Garden, [Thistledown Press, 1988] is the most recent in a long tradition of sentient ant books. (The political allegory provided by ant society seems to hold a fatal fascination for mainstream authors.) Some might also include Tanganyika [1991] as sf.
Jane Brierley
French to English translator, won the 1990 Governor General's Award. Is well known in sf circles for her translations of Elisabeth Vonnarburg's novels, short sf by a variety of authors, and as co-editor of TesseractsQ, 20 years of the best Quebec sf in English translation.
Cliff Burns
With over 100 published short stories, Burns has produced several self-published collections including Sex and Other Acts of the Imagination,(1990) and The Reality Machine(1997). 121pp. ISBN 0-9694853-2-8. (Since all the stories in these collections have already seen publication in respectable sf magazines, one should not be put off too much by his do-it-yourself approach to publishing. These are quite decent collections.)
Kristin Butcher
The Tomorrow Tunnel [Thistledown Press, 1999] is a young adult fantasy.
Joël Champetier
Author of ten sf novels in French, English readers can access his work through Jean-Louis Trudel's excellent translation of The Dragon's Eye [Tor, 1999], an excellent sf spy novel. (A trade paperback edition was released in May 2000)
Lesley Choyce.
Founder of Nova Scotia's Pottersfield Press, Choyce is primarily known as a poet and publisher, but also co-edited Visions From The Edge: An Anthology of Atlantic Canadian Science Fiction and Fantasy (with Jon Bell), and wrote December Six / The Halifax Solution and The Dream Auditor (short story collection). (The Republic of Nothing, arguably his best novel to date, might also qualify as fantasy given a sufficiently broad definition.)
J. Brian Clarke.
Born in England, Clarke moved to Calgary in 1952. His first sale became the cover story for the June 1969 issue of Analog. (Five of his 14 stories have made the cover.) He is best known for his "Expediter" series, the first six of which have been reworked as a novel (1990), of the same name, available from DAW.
Carolyn Clink
Co-editor (with Robert J. Sawyer) of Tesseracts6, and poetry editor (as of 2000) for Transversions magazine.
John Clute
Arguably the greatest critic the genre has yet produced. Co-editor (with Candas Jane Dorsey) of Tesseracts8 (1999); co-editor (with Peter Grant) of the Fantasy Encyclopedia and co-editor (with Peter Nicholls) of The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction; freelance sf reviewer, critic, and scholar. Clute is a significant figure in sf criticism not only because he has developed such an extensive body of work, but because underlying all his reviews and encyclopedia entries is an evolving literary theory uniquely suited to the analysis of the various subgenres of speculative fiction. A Canadian, Clute lives in London, England.
John Robert Colombo.
One of Canada's most prolific anthologists with over 80 books, Columbo's 1979 Other Canadas: An Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy may be credited with providing the recognition of a distinctive body of Canadian sf. His other sf-related publications include: Windigo: An Anthology of Fact and Fantastic Fiction; Friendly Aliens: 13 Stories of the Fantastic Set in Canada by Foreign Authors; two books of sf related poetry, Off Earth and Mostly Monsters; and the only book about Canadian fandom: Years of Light: A Celebration of Leslie A. Croutch.
Michael G. Coney
A prolific author, his sf works include The Songs of Earth Vol. 1: The Celestial Steam Locomotive; Vol. 2: Gods of the Greataway; Brontomek!; Cat Karina; Charisma; Friends Come in Boxes; Hello Summer, Goodbye (a.k.a Rax) Hero of the Downways; The Jaws That Bite, The Claws That Catch; King Of The Sceptre'd Isle; Mirror Image; Monitor Found In Orbit (collection); Neptune's Cauldron; Syzygy; The Ultimate Jungle; Winter's Children; Fang, The Gnome; and 39 short stories. Coney arrived from England in 1972, and now resides on Vancouver Island, where he is proprietor of Porthole Press.
Julie E. Czerneda
Toronto author has two hard sf series from DAW: The Trade Pact Universe: A Thousand Words for Stranger (1997) and Ties of Power (1999; and the Web Shifters: Beholder's Eye (1998) and Most Recent: Changing Vision (Aug 2000). She is also editing a series of children's original sf anthologies for readers 9 & up (illustrated by Jean-Pierre Normand) from Trifolium Books: Stardust, Explorer, and Orbiter. Also of interest from Trifolium are No Limits: Developing Scientific Literacy Using Science Fiction (edited by Julie E. Czerneda, illustrated by Larry Stewart) and its companion sf volume, Packing Fraction and Other Tales of Science &Imagination
DeBrandt, Don H.
Vancouver writer with a three sf novels out: The Quicksilver Screen [1992] (made the Locus Recommended List), Steeldriver, and Timberjak (sequel to Steeldriver, March 1999). Most Recent: V.I. forthcoming from ACE, 2000.
Charles de Lint.
De Lint's Jack The Giant Killer won the 1988 Aurora Award and is an excellent example of the "urban fantasy" sub genre, in which the traditional fantasy elements are transferred from faerie to contemporary urban settings -- Ottawa in his early works and more recently the fictional setting of Newford. Although De Lint originated the urban fantasy genre, he now considers the label too confining and prefers to describe his work as "mythic fiction". Fantasy works include Riddle of the Wren; The Harp of the Grey Rose; Moonheart: A Romance; Mulengro; Yarrow: An Autumn Tale; Ascian In Rose; Wolfmoon; Greenmantle; Trader, and Someplace to be Flying and a science fiction novel, Svaha. De Lint has also published numerous limited edition chapbooks featuring the tales of Cerin Songweaver. These are not generally available to the public, but are invariably reappear in the mainstream press in time.
James De Mille.
First published in 1888, A Strange Manuscript Found in a Copper Cylinder was reprinted by New Canadian Library in 1969 and by Ayer in 1975. While De Mille, a university professor, published over 30 popular novels, this is the only one which remains of general interest. The cover blurb accurately describes it as "an incisive, satirical masterpiece in the tradition of Gulliver's Travels."
Cory Doctorow
Winner of John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer (Sept 2000), this Toronto author has sold numerous short stories to major sf markets, including Tesseracts7 and Tesseracts8. He won the prestegious John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer in 2000. Two of his stories have been reprinted on line "Fall From Grace," from the Oct/Nov 1998 Asimovs, and "The Adventures of Ma N Pa Frigidaire," (Honorable Mention in the 1992 Asimov's Award) at
http://www.bb.com/Detail.CFM?TBLBOOK__BOOKID=1653. Most Recent: forthcoming from Macmillan's Complete Idiot series is The Complete Idiot's Guide to Writing Science Fiction (with Karl Schroeder). (Note: One of the better author web pages -- always worth a visit. Click on his name above.)
Rita Donovan
Mainstream author of such books as Landed (Winner of the 1998 Canadian Authors Association/ Chapters Award for Fiction); Dark Jewels (Winner of the 1991 Ottawa-Carleton Book ,First Runner-up in the 1990 W.H. Smith/Books in Canada First Novel Award). Her sf offering is The Plague Saint (Edmonton: Tesseracts Books, 1997.)
Candas Jane Dorsey.
Dorsey's 1997 novel, Black Wine won the Aurora, Crawford, and Triptree Awards for that year. Although Black Wine was her first major American sale, her first novel was actually Hardwired Angel (co-author with Nora Abercrombie), the Winner of Pulp Press' 9th Annual 3-Day Novel Writing Contest, and now optioned as a movie. In 1988 Press Porcépic brought out a collection of her sf short fiction, Machine Sex And Other Stories, as one of the first two books under the original Tesseract imprint.(Machine Sex was the original title of Hardwire Angle, but Pulp Press chickened out and used a sales-killing artsy cover instead of something suitably trashy). Dorsey subsequently organized the Book Collective's purchase of the Tesseract Books imprint from Press Porcépic, effectively becoming Canada's most important sf publisher and editor. (Dorsey is also the driving force behind the non-sf River Books) She was co-editor (with Garry Truscott) of Tesseracts3 and co-editor (with John Clute) of Tesseracts8 (1999); in 1994 she edited a special sf anthology issue of Prairie Fire to coincide with the 52nd WorldCon (held that year in Winnipeg). Dorsey has had several books of poetry published, including Leaving Marks, and an audio CD Dark Dreams. Most Recent: Vanilla and other stories, a short story collection from NeWest Press (June 2000) and "How Many Angels Can Dance" in Winter 99 issue of On Spec.
Wayland Drew.
Born and raised in Ontario, Drew is a high school English teacher, and the author of several books on natural science and the Great Lakes. Besides novelizations of Dragonslayer, Batteries Not Included and Willow, Drew has written The Erthring Cycle, a fantasy trilogy consisting of: The Memoirs of Alcheringia, The Gaian Expedient, and The Master of Norriya.
Dave Duncan.
Born and raised in Scotland, Duncan moved to Calgary in 1955. He took up writing as a hobby and made his first sale (A Rose-Red City) in 1986, just as the oil business was collapsing, thus ending a thirty-year career in petroleum geology by mutual consent. He has since published over 27 sf novels, with no sign that he is slowing down anytime soon. Fantasy series include: The Kings Blades:The Gilded Chain and Lord of the Fire Lands;
"The Great Game: Future Indefinite (New York: Avon, 1997); Present Tense (New York: Avon , 1996); and Past Imperative (New York: Avon/Morrow, 1995.); "The Seventh Sword": The Reluctant Swordsman (Del Rey, 1988.) The Coming of Wisdom (Del Rey, 1988); and The Destiny of the Sword (Del Rey, 1988). A Man of his Word: Emperor and Clown, (Del Rey, 1992,) Perilous Seas, (Del Rey, 1991) Faery Lands Forlorn, (Del Rey, 1991) Magic Casement, (Del Rey, 1990) A Handful of Men (Del Rey,) The Living God, (Del Rey, 1994) The Stricken Field, (Del Rey, 1993) Upland Outlaws, (Del Rey, 1993) The Cutting Edge , (Del Rey, 1992). Stand alone fantasy novels: The Cursed, (Del Rey, 1995) The Reaver Road, (Del Rey, 1992) The Hunters' Haunt, (Del Rey, 1995) A Rose-Red City, (1987, Out of print). Science Fiction Titles: Hero!, 1991 (Out of print) West of January, 1989 (Out of print) Shadow, 1987 (Out of print) Strings. Duncan's works have been translated into Japanese, Czech, English Russian, German, Polish,Swedish, Italian, Dutch, and Spanish. (The record is German 23 books, closely followed by Russian 22.) Most Recent Lord of the Fire Lands, (Tales of the Kings Blade series, Avon Eos, 1999) and Sir Stalwart (The Kings Daggers young adult series, November, 1999).
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