Anar Ali's Baby Khaki's Wings depicts the lives of East African Ismailis, a Muslim community with origins in India and a history of upheaval and dislocation.  It was short-listed for the regional commonwealth Writers Prize, Trillium Book Award, and Danuta Gleed Award.

Amani is an actor, producer, spoken word artist, educator and creative consultant. Known as "the Contemporary Blues Poet," she has been performing spoken word since 1995.

Debra Anderson is the winner of the third annual Dayne Ogilvie Memorial Grant and a graduate of the York University Creative Writing Program. Code White is her first novel.

Duncan Armstrong has had work published in CV2, Labor of Love, Jackknife Express and the Renaissance Conspiracy anthologies. He has also published several chapbooks including Lament for Anna Nicole and Shooting off Sparks.

Kelley Armstrong is the author of nine bestselling Women of the Otherworld novels, as well as a crime series featuring female hit woman Nadia Stafford and a young adult trilogy, Darkest Powers.

Carol Ashton is an Early Childhood Educator, musician. Her newest CD, A Children's Ceilidh – Celtic Songs, Rhymes and Stories is on the Merriweather Record Label.

Richard Atkinson, President of RA Retirement Advisors, is an expert in pre-retirement planning.  Richard is a volunteer advisor for the Canadian Executive Service Organization and a volunteer consultant for Toronto’s Management Advisory Service.

Margaret Atwood is the author of more than forty books – novels, short stories, poetry, literary criticism, social history and books for children. She lives in Toronto with novelist Graeme Gibson.