List of Canadian writers
Name Born Genre Notable works
Marie Wadden non-fiction Where the Pavement Ends , Nitassinan
Mark Sweeten Wade 1858 historian The Cariboo Road , The Overlanders of '62
Richard Wagamese 1955 novelist Indian Horse , Medicine Walk
Colleen Wagner 1949 playwright The Monument
Fred Wah 1939 poet , novelist Diamond Grill , Loki is Buried at Smoky Creek , Waiting for Saskatchewan
David Walker 1911 novelist The Pillar , Digby
Joan Walker novelist Pardon My Parka , Repent at Leisure
Bronwen Wallace 1945 poet , short stories Signs of the Former Tenant , People You 'd Trust Your Life To
Frederick William Wallace 1886 journalist , novelist Wooden Ships and Iron Men
William Stewart Wallace 1884 historian The Macmillan Dictionary of Canadian Biography
Paul A. W. Wallace 1891 historian , anthropologist Indians in Pennsylvania
Tom Walmsley 1948 novelist , dramatist , poet Doctor Tin
Eric Walters 1957 novelist Safe As Houses , Shattered , Camp X , Run
John Leigh Walters 1933 creative non-fiction A Very Capable Life
Russell Wangersky novelist , short stories , journalist The Hour of Bad Decisions , Burning Down the House , The Glass Harmonica
Ryan Ward screenwriter Son of the Sunshine
Sabrina Ward Harrison 1975 spirituality , self-help Spilling Open
Dianne Warren 1950 playwright , novelist , short stories Serpent in the Night Sky , Club Chernobyl , Cool Water
David Watmough 1926 playwright , novelist , short stories Names for the Numbered Years , The Time of Kingfishers
Sheila Watson 1909 novelist The Double Hook
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This is a list of Canadian literary figures, including poets, novelists, children's writers, essayists, and scholars.