Authors, Editors and Illustrators

Alison Thielman has illustrated stories written by her mom, Toni Thielman, and decorated store windows for Christmas in her home...

Raised on the Bruce Peninsula, Allan Bartley has worked as a journalist for a number of Canadian daily newspapers. His...

A boy entrant in the RAF, Andrew Cox was already qualified aircrew when World War II broke out. After more...

Anne Duke Judd writes, edits, and gardens in Saugeen Shores, Ontario. A freelance writer and editor since 1974, her work...

Barbara Aggerholm was born in Kincardine, Ontario, and spent her childhood there and in other Bruce County communities. She has...

A long-time resident of Southampton, Ontario, Bob Johnston was raised in Toronto. On an athletic scholarship, he studied at the...

Drawing ever since she could hold a pencil, Bobbi Switzer has developed her skill and currently illustrates for several publishers....

Brianne Maas has returned to her home community of Saugeen Shores She has been drawing and designing since childhood, and...

Born a Newfoundlander, Carolyn Muir Helfenstein began teaching in a one-room schoolhouse near King City, Ontario, then in Toronto. Carol...

As a girl, Cori Mordaunt lived for six weeks at the Point Clark lighthouse, where her sister and brother-in-law were...

Corinne Robertson-Brown edited Shorewords, the first publication of The Brucedale Press. A writer, teacher of technical writing, and artist in watercolours, she...

“My feet led me to the land, the land led me to thoughts, and here I am to show you.”Having...

Dawna Proudman is an artist, writer, editor and teacher of writing. Her “Just Write!” workshops often take the form of...

Diane Madden loves exploring cemeteries, haunted places, lonely shorelines and back-country roads. Almost every trip leads her to another Tale...

Like Agnes Macphail, Donna Mann grew up in a home where politics and community were important, a father’s consent must...

Donna Stewart, a retired teacher. brings her enthusiasm for outdoor sports and teaching to writing for young children. From her...

The author of Thirty Years On Call: A Country Doctor’s Family Life, was the first of Robert and Viola Tucker’s...

Fran Sanagan operates a studio in Southampton, and each summer leads a landscape photography workshop for the Southampton School of...

Jennifer Frankum is a retired teacher of high school English, Creative Writing, Careers, Civics, Parenting, ESL, and Special Education. She...

Joan E. McHugh feels privileged to have spent so much time with her great-aunt, Elizabeth Penson, both as a young...

One of the last people still around who grew up on the boats of Port Elgin harbour, John G. Mackay...

John R. Hardy’s fascination with trains began with the CPR Goderich line which ran through his family’s farm in Huron...

Jon Radojkovic has freelanced as a photographer and journalist with the Owen Sound daily newspaper, The Sun Times, and local weeklies...

Judy Lowry has been writing for decades, while studying and teaching art, creating and exhibiting multi-dimensional works.She is a founding...

Place, time, and opportunity all met in the Bruce Peninsula to start Katharine Ferguson writing. Living in a barn-made-house, she...

Son of a high-school history teacher, Ken Thornburn says, “Perhaps a little more love of the past rubbed off on...

Writing the text for Lakeshore Landmarks allowed Laura M. Gateman another opportunity to explore one of her favourite topics —...

Laura Robinson’s more than thirty years as a Nordic skier, cycling, triathlete, and rower provide a backdrop for her writing...

Lillian Burgess is an artist, an author, and a farmer. Her passion for the natural world began with a childhood...

Artist Lin Souliere works from Dragonfly Ridge Studio north of Lion’s Head on the Bruce Peninsula. “Within the woods and...

Linda Knox was born and raised in Owen Sound, Ontario. She graduated from the University of Guelph in 1970 with...

Lynn Wyvill’s childhood on the Armstrong family farm near Markdale, Grey County, Ontario, grounded her for living in many places...

Lynne Porter was born on a Keppel farm, a fifth-generation descendant of immigrants from the United Kingdom. She currently lives...

As a suburban stay-at-home mother of three in the 1970s, Suzanne Sloan began writing stories of her earlier years, many...

As one of ten siblings, Michael O’Neill lived his childhood years on a farm in Middlesex County, Ontario. For more...

Mike Pickup’s interest in nature was sparked at a young age on afternoon walks in the English countryside when his...

Neil Aitken’s ancestors came to Egremont and Normanby townships, Grey County, Ontario, in the 1840s and 50s. The Orchard, Pinder,...

Sandy Conrad lives in Saugeen Shores, and has taught English, Drama, and Creative Writing at secondary schools in both Port...

Sheila Balls lives in Meaford, Ontario. Her adventures have been shared with her husband, Carl; son Michael and daughter Catherine;...

Shelley Norman has lived all her life on a family farm near Kincardine. She attended local schools, often writing stories...