David Adams Richards (born 17 October 1950) is a Canadian novelist, essayist, screenwriter and poet. Born in Newcastle, New Brunswick, Richards left St. Thomas University in Fredericton, New Brunswick one course shy of completing a B.A. Richards has been a writer-in-residence at various universities and colleges across Canada, including the University of New Brunswick. Richards has received numerous awards including a Gemini Award for scriptwriting for "Small Gifts", …

Antonine Maillet, PC, CC, OQ, ONB, LL.D, FRSC, (born May 10,1929) is a Canadian Acadian novelist, playwright, and scholar. She was born in Bouctouche, New Brunswick and lives in Montreal, Quebec. Following high school, she received her BA from the Université de Moncton, followed by an MA from the same institution. She then received her PhD in literature in 1970 from the Université Laval. She taught literature and folklore at Laval, then in Montreal between 1971 to 1976.

Raymond Fraser (born May 8, 1941) is a Canadian novelist, biographer and poet. Born in Chatham New Brunswick, Fraser attended St Thomas University where in his freshman year he played on the varsity hockey and football teams, and in his junior year was co-editor with John Brebner of the student literary magazine "Tom-Tom".

Alden Nowlan (January 25, 1933 - June 27, 1983) was a Canadian poet, novelist, playwright, and journalist. Born in Stanley, Nova Scotia, Nowlan eventually settled in New Brunswick, where he earned his living primarily through journalism. In 1963, he married Claudine Orser, a typesetter on his former paper, "The Observer", and moved to Saint John with her and her son, John, whom he legally adopted.

Krista V. Johansen (born 1968) is a Canadian fantasy and children's author. Born in Kingston, Ontario, Johansen holds Master's degrees in Medieval Studies and English literature. She lives in Sackville, New Brunswick.

Sir Charles George Douglas Roberts, KCMG, FRSC, BA (January 10 1860 - November 26 1943) was a Canadian poet and prose writer. Roberts, his cousin Bliss Carman, Archibald Lampman and Duncan Campbell Scott were known as the "Confederation poets". His brother Theodore Goodridge Roberts also became an author, as did his sister, Jane Elizabeth Gostwycke Roberts. Charles was born in Douglas, New Brunswick in 1860, …

Bliss Carman, FRSC (April 15 1861 - June 8, 1929) was a preeminent Canadian poet. He was born William Bliss Carman in Fredericton, in the Atlantic Canadian province of New Brunswick. He published under the name "Bliss Carman," although the "Bliss" is his mother's surname. As with many Canadian poets, nature figures prominently as a theme in his work. In his time, he was arguably Canada's best known poet, …

Don Hannah (born in Shediac, New Brunswick) is a Canadian playwright and novelist. He won a Floyd S. Chalmers Canadian Play Award for his first play, "The Wedding Script". He is currently Lee Playwright-in-Residence at the University of Alberta. Hannah is openly gay.

Deborah Joy Corey (born 1958) is a Canadian writer whose first novel, "Losing Eddie" won the 1994 Books in Canada First Novel Award. The author of numerous articles and stories, Corey's writings have been published in such literary journals as "Ploughshares", "Carolina Quarterly", "Crescent Review," "Image", and "Grain". Born and raised in Temperance Vale, New Brunswick, Corey now lives with her husband and two daughters, …

Nancy Bauer, née Nancy Luke is an American female writer and editor who writes about craftspeople, visual artists, and writers for various maritime magazines. Born north of Boston, Massachusetts, Bauer received her B.A. in English from Mount Holyoke College in 1956. She moved to Fredericton, New Brunswick in 1965. From 1967 until 1983, Bauer was the publisher of 25 New Brunswick Chapbooks.

Herb Curtis (born 1949) is a Canadian novelist and humourist who writes about and has long lived in New Brunswick. His novel "The Last Tasmanian" won the 1992 Thomas Head Raddall Award. He currently resides in Fredericton, New Brunswick.

Douglas Lochhead , was born and raised in Guelph, Ontario in 1922. He served as an infantry officer in the Canadian Army during World War II. Over the course of his life he has had many "word jobs" including an advertising copywriter, librarian, bibliographer, professor, and anthologist. He attended McGill University and the University of Toronto. He has taught English and been a member of library staffs at universities in Canada, the United States, and Scotland.