List of Canadian writers

This is a list of Canadian literary figures, including poets, novelists, children's writers, essayists, and scholars.

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• Michelle Sagara West, fantasy author
• Rick Salutin (born 1942), political writer, essayist editor
• John Ralston Saul, (born 1947) businessman, essayist, diplomat
• Robert J. Sawyer, (born 1960)
• Andreas Schroeder
• Alvin Schwartz
• Duncan Scott (1862-1947), poet
• Frank Scott (1899-1985), poet
• Patricia L. Scott
• Djanet Sears, playwright and actor
• Shyam Selvadurai
• Robert W. Service (1874-1958), poet of the Yukon
• Ernest Thompson Seton (1860-1946)
• Mark Shainblum
• Murphy O. Shewchuk
• Carol Shields, (1935-2003)
• Maggie Siggins
• Marsha Skrypuch
• Josef Skvorecky (born 1924 in Czechoslovakia, professor of English in Canada since 1969, but still writing his fiction in Czech), novelist, essayist, The Engineer of Human Souls (1984 Governor General%27s Award)
• Joshua Slocum (1844-1909), sailor and author
• Beverly Slopen
• Elizabeth Smart, (1913-1986)
• Russell Smith
• Taylor Smith
• Evan Solomon
• Raymond Souster (born 1921), poet
• Esta Spalding
• Adrian Speyer (1977-), poet and author
• Birk Sproxton (1943- )
• Richard Stevenson
• Kathy Stinson
• Anne Stone
• James A. Strecker
• Samuel Strickland, (1804-1867) Twenty-seven Years in Canada West
• Rosemary Sullivan
• Rita Summers
• James L. Swanson
• Robert Sward
• Mark Swartz
• George Swede
• Caitlin Sweet
• Scott Symons
• Anne Szumigalski