Authors

As one of the 600 guests at The Book Lover's Ball, you will experience a unique evening full of excitement, while mingling with celebrity guest authors all in support of Toronto Public Library Foundation.

Check back regularly for author updates.

2010 Author List

  • Alissa York
  • Allan Stratton
  • Andrew Pyper
  • Anne DeGrace
  • Anne Michaels
  • Anthony De Sa
  • Austin Clarke
  • Bernice Eisenstein
  • Bonnie Burnard
  • C.S. Richardson
  • Cary Fagan
  • Catherine Gildiner
  • Cathy Marie Buchanan
  • Charles Wilkins
  • David Bezmozgis
  • David Rocco
  • Dennis Bock
  • Diana Fitzgerald Bryden
  • Dionne Brand
  • Eric Wright
  • Giles Blunt
  • Graeme Gibson
  • Jacob McArthur Mooney
  • Jan Wong
  • Jeffrey Round
  • John Bemrose
  • Karen Connelly
  • Ken McGoogan
  • Lawrence Hill
  • Lee Gowan
  • Leon Rooke
  • Linda Holeman
  • Linda McQuaig
  • Linwood Barclay
  • Lisa Gabriele
  • Lorne Cardinal
  • Madeleine Marentette
  • Maggie Helwig
  • Mark Osbaldeston
  • Marni Jackson
  • Michael Wex
  • Nino Ricci
  • Patrick McMurray
  • P.J. Bracegirdle
  • Peter C. Newman
  • Priscila Uppal
  • Ray Robertson
  • Rebecca Eckler
  • Richard J. Gwyn
  • Russell Smith
  • Ted Barris
  • Theo Caldwell
  • Tish Cohen
  • Vincent Lam
  • Wayson Choy

* Authors current at time of posting. Subject to change without notice. We sincerely apologize for any omissions.


2009 Author List

  • Alissa York
  • Allan Gotlieb
  • Amanda Boyden
  • Andrew Davidson
  • Andrew Pyper
  • Anita Stewart
  • Anthony De Sa
  • Barry Callaghan
  • C.S. Richardson
  • Catherine Gildiner
  • Christina Sorbara
  • Christine Blatchford
  • Christopher Paul Curtis
  • Colin and Justin
    (Colin McAllister and Justin Ryan)
  • Dan Hill
  • David Adams Richards
  • David Rocco
  • Debbie Travis
  • Elyse Friedman
  • Giles Blunt
  • Graeme Gibson
  • Guy Gavriel Kay
  • Ian Brown
  • Jan Wong
  • Jane Urquhart
  • Joseph Boyden
  • Joy Feilding
  • Julie Couillard
  • Karen Connelly
  • Kayla Perrin
  • Leon Rooke
  • Lesley Livingston
  • Linwood Barclay
  • Lucy Waverman
  • M.G. Vassanji
  • Margaret Atwood
  • Marina Endicott
  • Mary Lou Finlay
  • Maureen Jennings
  • Paul Quarrington
  • Peter Robinson
  • Rebecca Eckler
  • Richard J. Gwyn
  • Robert J Sawyer
  • Robert Rotenberg
  • Russell Smith
  • Sally Armstrong
  • Stephen Marche
  • Stuart McLean
  • The Right Honourable Paul Martin
  • Tish Cohen
  • Tony Aspler
  • Vincent Lam
  • Wayson Choy

2008 Author List

  • Alissa York
  • Andrew Pyper
  • Anita Stewart
  • Anna Porter
  • Barbara Reid
  • Barry Callaghan
  • Bev Stone
  • Camilla Gibb
  • David Bezmozgis
  • Eric Wright
  • George Elliott Clarke
  • Giles Blunt
  • Guy Gavriel Kay
  • Ian Brown
  • Judy Fong Bates
  • Karolyn Smardz Frost
  • Katherine Govier
  • Ken Setterington
  • Kenneth Oppel
  • Kerri Sakamoto
  • Lawrence Hill
  • Linwood Barclay
  • Mark Updegrove
  • Maureen Jennings
  • Mike Holmes
  • Paul Quarrington
  • Jamie Kennedy
  • Peter Robinson
  • Pier Giorgio Di Cicco
  • Ray Robertson
  • Robert J Sawyer
  • Rona Maynard
  • Rosemary Sullivan
  • Russell Smith
  • Sean Dixon
  • Shyam Selvadurai
  • Susan Swann
  • Stephen Marche
  • Tish Cohen
  • Wayson Choy
  • Zoe Whittall