KATHLEEN GROS is a cartoonist living in Vancouver. She graduated with a BFA in Illustration from Emily Carr University of Art and Design, and she published her first graphic novel, Last Night at Wyrmwood High, soon after. Since then, Kathleen has published Jo, a graphic novel adaptation of Little Women. (BRITISH COLUMBIA)

FAITH ERIN HICKS is a writer and artist whose published works include Ride On, The Adventures of Superhero Girl, The Last of Us: American Dreams (with Neil Druckmann), The Nameless City trilogy, Comics Will Break Your Heart, and the New York Times bestselling Pumpkinheads (with Rainbow Rowell). (BRITISH COLUMBIA)

C.C. HUMPHREYS was born in Toronto and grew up in Los Angeles and London. A third-generation actor and writer on both sides of his family, he lives on Salt Spring Island.

BRIAN THOMAS ISAAC was born on the Okanagan Indian Reserve. Writing is something he’s done all his life. His debut novel, All the Quiet Places, won the Indigenous Voices Award for Published Fiction, was shortlisted for the Amazon Canada First Novel Award, and longlisted for CBC Canada Reads. (BRITISH COLUMBIA)

MARSHA LEDERMAN is the author of the nationally bestselling memoir Kiss the Red Stairs. She is the Western Arts Correspondent for the Globe and Mail, and previously worked for CBC Radio, where she held a variety of positions, including National Arts Reporter. (BRITISH COLUMBIA)

BENJAMIN LEFEBVRE wrote the three-volume critical anthology The L.M. Montgomery Reader (winner of the 2016 PROSE Award for Literature from the Association of American Publishers) and edited an edition of Montgomery’s rediscovered final book, The Blythes Are Quoted. In the Key of Dale is his first novel. (ONTARIO)

LEONA PRINCE is from the Lake Babine Nation and Nak’azdli Whut’en and belongs to the Likh Tsa Mis Yu (Beaver) Clan. She is a descendant of Chief Kwah and Stiche. Prince is an award-winning educator and the co-author of Be a Good Ancestor with Gabrielle Prince. (BRITISH COLUMBIA)

GABRIELLE PRINCE is from the Lake Babine Nation and Nak’azdli Whut’en and belongs to the Likh Tsa Mis Yu (Beaver) Clan. Gabrielle is presently a fulltime student at the University of Northern British Columbia. She is the co-author of Be a Good Ancestor with Leona Prince, and the co-owner of Fireweed Canada Education Inc. (BRITISH COLUMBIA)

JAEL RICHARDSON is the executive director of the FOLD literary festival, the books columnist on CBC Radio’s q, and an outspoken advocate on issues of diversity. She is the author of the award-winning memoir The Stone Thrower: A Daughter’s Lesson, a Father’s Life, and Gutter Child, a finalist for the Amazon Canada First Novel Award. (ONTARIO)

EMILY SEO has always had big dreams. She earned a PhD in Chemistry from the University of British Columbia, carried out a research fellowship at the University of Edinburgh and worked as a science editor in Germany before returning to Vancouver where she ran a science facility at UBC. Her experimentation with words resulted in her debut novel, The Science of Boys. She currently lives in Richmond, BC, with her husband, two children, and a cupboard full of chocolate. (BRITISH COLUMBIA)

NANCY VO was born on the prairies and now lives in Vancouver, British Columbia. She studied fine arts and architecture, and now works as a facility planner and a picture-book maker. She is the author and illustrator of the first two books in the Crow Stories trilogy. The Outlaw was described by the New York Times as “Bewitching,” while The Ranger received a starred review from Kirkus and was praised as “visually arresting and enigmatic.” Vo’s latest book is As Glenn as Can Be, illustrated by her and written by Sarah Ellis. (BRITISH COLUMBIA)

ELDON YELLOWHORN (Piikani Nation) is an archaeologist and professor of Indigenous Studies at SFU. His research responds to the Calls to Action issued by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission to search for children who died at residential schools. Sky Wolf’s Call: The Gift of Indigenous Knowledge is his latest book. (BRITISH COLUMBIA)

MADHUR ANAND is the Governor General’s Literary Award-winning author of the memoir This Red Line Goes Straight to Your Heart, and the poetry collections A New Index for Predicting Catastrophes and Parasitic Oscillations. She is a professor of ecology and sustainability at the University of Guelph. (ONTARIO)

Madhur Anand is booked for a Writers in the Classroom event with students from UBC Creative Writing.

JOÃO REIS is a Portuguese writer and a literary translator of Scandinavian languages. He studied philosophy and has lived in Portugal, Norway, Sweden, and the UK. Reis’s work has been compared to that of Hamsun and Kafka. He is both the author and translator of The Translator’s Bride. (PORTUGAL)

João Reis is booked for a Writers in the Classroom event with students from SFU Department of World Languages and Literatures.