Tony Kicinski
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Tony Kicinski

After retiring from a busy, computer-filled career in Toronto, Tony is enjoying the freedom to explore and expand his many interests, one of which is writing.

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Richelle Forsey
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Richelle Forsey

Richelle Forsey is a photographer and urban explorer. She is currently completing her BAH in Studio Art and Museum Studies at the University of Guelph.

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Simon Broder
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Simon Broder

Simon Broder is a Toronto-based writer who previously studied creative writing at the University of Victoria under such Canadian stalwarts as Steven Price and Bill Gaston.

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Sharon Barr
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Sharon Barr

Sharon attended York University, the University of Toronto, and the Toronto School of Art. Her studies have focused on Visual Arts, Art History, and English Literature.

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Ilham Alam
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Ilham Alam

Ilham Alam discovered her knack for crafting stories back in elementary school and has continued writing in a variety of genres since then, including as a reporter with the Varsity Student Newspaper at The University of Toronto during her time as an undergraduate student.

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Trevor Abes
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Trevor Abes

Trevor Abes is an artist from Toronto with a fondness for writing essays and poetry.

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Corals Zheng
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Corals Zheng

Corals Zheng Corals Zheng is an English literature and Political Science double major at the University of Toronto.

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Ronald Zajac
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Ronald Zajac

Ronald Zajac was born and raised in Montreal, where he completed a B.A. and M.A. in English Literature at McGill University.

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Silvana Virdiramo
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Silvana Virdiramo

While growing up in Catholic grade school, Silvana fell in love with the religious images of Mary and Jesus, compelling her to explore art from a young age.

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Colin Thornton
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Colin Thornton

Colin Thornton arrived in the world of short fiction writers the long way around. After writing radio and tv advertising, slogans, billboards, speeches, and newspaper ads for 30 years, earning awards, accolades, and a corner office, he retired.

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Alyssa Thiessen
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Alyssa Thiessen

Alyssa Thiessen is a writer and a teacher hailing from the vibrant centre of Canada. She teaches high school in southern Manitoba, and her work can be found in a number of Canadian magazines and anthologies.

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Mackenzie Shaw
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Mackenzie Shaw

Mackenzie Shaw was born in 1995 in Kitchener, Ontario and now writes poetry from her van, Delores, in Western Canada.

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Nicole Schroeder
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Nicole Schroeder

Fuelled by coffee, chocolate milk, and the grace of God, Nicole wakes each morning ready to chase twin four-year-old boys, laugh wildly with her husband, and search desperately for her car keys.

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Andrew Ruhl

Andrew Ruhl is a Canadian photographer and filmmaker dividing his time between Victoria, BC and Guelph, Ontario.

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Sherri Rohovich
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Sherri Rohovich

Sherri Rohovich is a passionate observer of life, a lover of discovering people, their stories, and what makes them unique.

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Irene Reilly
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Irene Reilly

Irene Reilly is a mother, an avid reader, and emerging writer attending the University of Toronto’s School of Continuing Studies creative writing program.

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Hina Rani
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Hina Rani

Hina Rani’s interests include loud music, ghost stories, and engaging in general tomfoolery.

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