List of Canadian Writers - M

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Name Lifetime Genre Notable works
Rozena Maart b. 1962 novelist, short stories Rosa's District Six, The Writing Circle
Patrick MacAdam Gold Medal Misfits
Agnes Maule Machar
Ann-Marie MacDonald b. 1958 novelist, playwright Fall on Your Knees, Goodnight Desdemona (Good Morning Juliet)
Bernell MacDonald b. 1950
Hugh MacDonald
Jake MacDonald
Janice MacDonald b. 1959 novelist, children's books, short stories Hang Down Your Head, The Ghouls' Night Out, Sticks and Stones
Maggie MacDonald
Gwendolyn MacEwen 1941–1987 poet
Linden MacIntyre b. 1943 novelist, journalist The Bishop's Man
Rory Maclean b. 1954
Hugh MacLennan 1907–1990 novelist and essayist Two Solitudes, Barometer Rising
Matt MacLennan
Michael MacLennan
Alexander MacLeod short stories Light Lifting
Alistair MacLeod b. 1936 novelist, short stories No Great Mischief
Elizabeth Macleod biographer
Rick Maddocks b. 1970 short stories Sputnik Diner
Rabindranath Maharaj b. 1955 novelist, short story writer The Interloper, Homer in Flight, The Lagahoo's Apprentice
Antonine Maillet b. 1929 novelist, playwright La Sagouine, Pélagie-la-Charette
Kevin Major b. 1949
Pasha Malla short stories, journalism The Withdrawal Method
Eli Mandel
David Manicom b. 1960 poet, novelist
Lee Maracle b. 1950 poet, novelist
Daphne Marlatt b. 1942
Paul Marlowe novelist, short stories Sporeville
John Marlyn 1912–1985
Nicole Markotic
Tom Marshall 1938-1993 poest, novelist, critic Adele at the End of the Day
Yann Martel b. 1963 novelist, short story writer Life of Pi
Carol Matas b. 1949
Shirlee Smith Matheson
Susan Mayse b. 1948 Creative non-fiction Awen, Ginger, Merlin's Web
Colin McAdam novelist Some Great Thing
Steve McCaffery
Nellie McClung journalist
John McCrae 1872–1918 poet "In Flanders' Fields"
Derek McCulloch b. 1964 graphic novelist and children's book writer "Stagger Lee"
Colin McDougall 1917–1984 novelist Execution
Franklin D. McDowell 1888–1965 novelist The Champlain Road
Jaimie McEvoy b. 1965 historian
David McFadden
Leslie McFarlane (a/k/a Franklin W. Dixon) 1902–1977 children's literature The Hardy Boys
Sheryl McFarlane b. 1954 children's literature / young adult fiction Waiting for the Whales, Jessie's Island, Eagle Dreams, This is the Dog
Oonah McFee novels, short stories Sandbars
James McIntyre 1827–1906 poet
Ami McKay The Birth House
Don McKay poet, essayist
Leo McKay, Jr. b. 1964 novelist, short stories Twenty-Six, Like This
Stuart McLean b. 1948 humorist, short stories Welcome Home, Stories from the Vinyl Cafe
Marshall McLuhan 1911–1980 academic
Susan McMaster
Sylvia McNicoll
Christopher Meades b. 1974 novelist, short stories The Three Fates of Henrik Nordmark
John Melady
Lee Mellor b.1982 true crime writer, music critic Cold North Killers: Canadian Serial Murder
Judith Merril 1923 - 1997 science fiction writer, editor
John Metcalf b. 1938
Anne Michaels poet, novelist Fugitive Pieces
Roy Miki
Ron Miksha b. 1954 Bad Beekeeping
John Miller b. 1968 novelist The Featherbed, A Sharp Intake of Breath
Orlo Miller 1911-1993 historian, novelist
Kenneth G. Mills 1923–2004 poet
Rohinton Mistry b. 1952 novelist Such a Long Journey, A Fine Balance
Jared Mitchell
W.O. Mitchell 1914–1998 novelist, short stories Who Has Seen the Wind, Jake and the Kid
Lucy Maud Montgomery 1874–1942 novelist, children's literature Anne of Green Gables
Susanna Moodie 1803–1885 memoirist Roughing it in the Bush
Brian Moore 1921–1999 Black Robe, The Luck of Ginger Coffey
Christopher G. Moore b. 1952 novelist, short stories Vincent Calvino Private Eye series
Lisa Moore short stories, novelist
Shani Mootoo b. 1958 novelist Cereus Blooms at Night
Edythe Morahan de Lauzon poet
Pierre Morency b. 1942 poet and playwright
Bernice Morgan
Dwayne Morgan
Jeffrey Morgan rock critic, authorized biographer The Life and Crimes of Alice Cooper, The Stooges: The Authorized and Illustrated Story
Kim Moritsugu novels Looks Perfect, The Glenwood Treasure
Donna Morrissey
Kim Morrissey b. 1956
Colin Morton
Daniel David Moses poet and playwright
Tara Moss b. 1973 novelist Fetish, Split, Covet, Hit, Siren, The Blood Countess, The Spider Goddess
Erin Mouré poet
Farley Mowat b. 1921 novelist, naturalist Never Cry Wolf, My Discovery of America
Alice Munro b. 1931 short stories The Progress of Love, Lives of Girls and Women, The Love of a Good Woman
Jim Munroe 1945 science fiction Flyboy Action Figure Comes with Gasmask, Everyone in Silico
Robert Munsch b. 1945 children's literature Angela's Airplane, A Promise is a Promise, Love You Forever, The Paperbag Princess
George Murray b. 1971 poet The Hunter, The Rush to Here, Glimpse: Selected Aphorisms
John Murrell playwright
Susan Musgrave b. 1951 poet and novelist The Charcoal Burners, Cargo of Orchids

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