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For no perticular reason at all, here are some Authors that are Canadian. Some you may know some you may not. Oh yeah, there's no logical order here okay?

Gabrielle Roy was a French Canadian Author born in St Boniface, Manitoba. She became a teacher for a while in rural Manitoba before going on to writing. She wrote her most famous novel "Bonheur d'Occasion" in 1945 (transl. "The Tin Flute", 1947). The novel got the Prix Femina (France) and the Governor General Award. She moved to Quebec City in 1947 where she continued to write. In 1950 she wrote "La petite poule d'eau" and "La Riviere sans Repos" in 1970. She also wrote collections of short stories: "Ces Enfants de Ma Vie" in 1977 and "Un Jardin au bout du Monde" in 1975. She died in 1983.

Mordechai Richler is an Anglophone born in Montreal in 1931. He went to the Sir George Williams University in Montreal but left before finishing a degree. He went to England in 1959 but returned in 1972. His most known novel is "The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz" published in 1959. It was made into a movie in 1974. His novel "Joshua Then and Now", 1980, was also made into a movie. He received the Governor General award twice, for Cocksure writen in 1968 and for St. Urbain's Horseman written in 1971. He also wrote the famous children's stories featuring Jacob Two Two (Jacob Two-Two Meets the Hooded Fang, 1975, and Jacob Two-Two and the Dinosaur, 1987).

Michael Ondaatje. Okay this guy, you know him even if you're not Canadian. Or at least you know his work. He's the guy that wrote the story to Acadamy Award winner "The English Patient". He wasn't born in Canada but arrived from Sri Lanka in 1962 at 19 years of age. He went to Queen's and taught at York University after 1971. He wrote poetry during his whole life and received two Governor General awards. His novels include "The English Patient", 1992, and "In the skin of a Lion", 1987.

W.P. Kinsella (William Patrick), was born in Edmonton. He is the author of Shoeless Joe (1982), The Iowa Baseball Confederacy (1986) and The Further Adventures of Slugger McBatt (1988). He also wrote short story collections, most notably "Dance me Outside" (1977) which was made into a movie in 1992.

Margaret Atwood was born in Ottawa in 1939. She wrote Novels, Short Fiction, Poetry and Criticism. Among her many novels is "The Handmaid's Tale" writen in 1985 that received the Governor General Award. Other novels are "Bodily Harm" which was written in 1981 and "The Robber Bride" published in a not so long ago 1993.

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