Barbara Reid is one of Canada’s leading author and illustrators, and the creator of bestsellers such as Fox Walked Alone, The Subway Mouse and The Party, which also won the Governor-General’s Award for Illustration. Barb lives in Toronto with her family.

Kathy Reid-Naiman is a full time children's performer with 8 award winning recordings. Her newest CD, Zoom Zoom Cuddle and Croon is included in British Columbia’s ‘Books for BC Babies’ literacy kits for 2009.

John Lawrence Reynolds is a bestselling author who has written extensively on business, finance and investment matters. His book, The Naked Investor, hit national top financial book lists twice, with two editions. He lives in Burlington with his wife, Judy.

Nino Ricci’s first novel, Lives of the Saints, garnered international acclaim and won the Governor General's Award for Fiction while his 2002 novel, Testament, was the co-winner of the Trillium Award. The Origin of Species was nominated for the 2008 Scotiabank Giller Prize. Nino Ricci lives in Toronto and is a past president of the Canadian Centre of International PEN.

Jane Rodmell is the proprietor of All the Best Fine Foods, a dynamic specialty food and catering company in Toronto. The retail gourmet food stores were established in 1984, along with an offsite production kitchen.

Damian Rogers was born and raised in suburban Detroit. She holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor and a graduate degree from the Bennington Writing Seminars in Bennington, Vermont. She lives in Toronto.

Robert Rotenberg's first book was good enough to get him an agent in New York, but not good enough to sell. He immediately started Old City Hall. It was 2001. By 2004 he’d hit a wall, with the book half done. He took a seven-day writing course at Humber College and worked with two talented writers, David Bezmozgis and Michelle Berry. He finished the book in April 2007.

Jeffrey Round is an author and playwright. He has also worked as a television producer and writer for the CBC and Alliance Atlantis. He lives in Toronto.

Marcia Ruby designs and produces Alternatives Journal – Canada's longest-standing environmental magazine (www.alternativesjournal.ca). Along with meshing music and environment, you may find her committing random acts of greening in her community.!  

Elizabeth Ruth’s debut novel Ten Good Seconds of Silence was a finalist for the City of Toronto Book Award. She teaches writing at the University of Toronto and is a mentor at the Humber School for Writers.