List of writers from New Brunswick

Last updated February 12, 2026

The Canadian province of New Brunswick has produced writers across a wide variety of genres. This list includes notable writers who were born in New Brunswick or spent a significant portion of their writing career living in New Brunswick.

A

Peter John Allan (1825–1848), poet
Rebecca Agatha Armour (1845–1891), novelist
Tammy Armstrong (born 1974), poet, novelist

B

Alfred Bailey (1905–1997), poet, anthropologist, ethno-historian
Brian Bartlett (born 1953), poet, essayist, nature writer
Bill Bauer (1932–2010), poet, short story writer
Nancy Bauer (born 1934), novelist, short story writer, non-fiction writer
Shirley Bear (1936–2022), poet
Emily Elizabeth Shaw Beavan (c. 1818–1897), poet, story writer
Julia Catherine Beckwith (1796–1867), novelist
John Edward Belliveau (1913–1998), journalist, non-fiction writer
Renée Belliveau (living), memoirist, novelist
Craven Langstroth Betts (1853–1941), poet
Renée Blanchar (born 1964), screenwriter
Henry Bliss (1797–1873)
Clay Borris (born 1950), screenwriter
David Boyd (1951–2025), novelist, playwright
Elizabeth Brewster (1922–2012), poet
Thomas Storrow Brown (1803–1888), journalist, non-fiction writer

C

Laura Calder (living), cookbook writer
Silver Donald Cameron (1937–2020), journalist, playwright, non-fiction writer
Bliss Carman (1861–1929), poet
Dyson Carter (1910–1996), journalist, novelist, non-fiction writer
Shirley Jackson Case (1872–1947), historian
Herménégilde Chiasson (born 1946), poet, playwright
Peter D. Clark (living), folklorist
George Frederick Clarke (1883–1974), historian
Wayne Clifford (1944–2025), poet
Michael Clowater (living), screenwriter
Fred Cogswell (1917–2004), poet
Anne Compton (born 1947), poet
Ann Copeland (born 1932), short story writer
Michel Cormier (born 1957), journalist
Gracia Couturier (born 1951), novelist, playwright, children's writer
Louis Cunningham (1900–1954), novelist, short story writer
Herb Curtis (born 1949), novelist, humorist
Myriam Cyr (living), playwright, non-fiction writer

D

France Daigle (born 1953), novelist, playwright
Lynn Davies (born 1954), poet
M. T. Dohaney (born 1930), novelist, short story writer, non-fiction writer
Lyse Doucet (born 1958), journalist

E

Lawrence Earl (1915–2005), journalist, novelist, non-fiction writer
Lorraine Eden (living), non-fiction writer
Jerrod Edson (born 1974), novelist

F

Jesse Patrick Ferguson (living), poet
Peter Fisher (1782–1848), historian
Sheree Fitch (born 1956), children's writer, poet
May Agnes Fleming (1840–1880), novelist
Léonard Forest (1928–2024), poet, essayist
Raymond Fraser (1941–2018), essayist, memoirist, novelist, poet, short story writer
Northrop Frye (1912–1991), literary critic

G

Melvin Gallant (1932–2023), novelist, poet
William Francis Ganong (1864–1941), botanist, historian, cartographer
Placide Gaudet (1850–1930), historian, journalist
Marshall Gauvin (1881–1978)
Angus Morrison Gidney (1803–1882), poet, journalist
Lex Gigeroff (1962–2011), screenwriter
Oliver Goldsmith (1794–1861), poet
Mary Grannan (1900–1975), children's writer
R. W. Gray (living), novelist, poet, short story writer, screenwriter

H

Emma Haché (born 1979), playwright
Edward Hagerman (1939–2016), non-fiction writer
Gerald Hannon (1944–2022), journalist
Hélène Harbec (born 1946), poet
Elisabeth Harvor (1936–2024), short story writer, poet, novelist
Kate Simpson Hayes (1856–1945), playwright, author, journalist, poet
William C. Heine (1919–1991), journalist, novelist, non-fiction writer
Anna Minerva Henderson (1887–1987), poet
Vera Brown Holmes (1890–1980), historian
David Huebert (living), poet, novelist, short story writer

I

Lincoln Keith Ingersoll (1914–1993), historian

J

Isaac Allen Jack (1843–1903)
Melynda Jarratt (living), historian
Rodrigue Jean (living), screenwriter
K. V. Johansen (born 1968), novelist, children's writer

K

Ethel Knight Kelly (1875–1949), playwright, novelist

L

Israël Landry (1843–1910)
Valentin Landry (1844–1919), journalist
M. Travis Lane (born 1934), poet
Gérald Leblanc (1945–2005), poet
Raymond Guy LeBlanc (1945–2021), poet
Antoine Joseph Léger (1880–1950), novelist, non-fiction writer
William Martin Leggett (1805–1878), poet, journalist
Douglas Lochhead (1922–2011), poet, bibliographer

M

Elizabeth Roberts MacDonald (1864–1922), poet, essayist, children's writer, short story writer
Antonine Maillet (1929–2025), novelist, playwright
Laurence Manning (1899–1972), science fiction writer
Louise Manny (1890–1970), folklorist, historian
Hubert Marcoux (1941–2009), travel writer
Paul Marlowe (living), novelist
Thomas Guthrie Marquis (1864–1936), historian
Marcel Mason (living), blogger
Edward R. McDonald (1871–1952), novelist
Oonah McFee (1916–2006), novelist, short story writer
Bob Mersereau (living), journalist
Shayne Michael (living), poet
Gia Milani (living), screenwriter
Mildred Milliea (1930–2019), linguist
Kenneth G. Mills (1923–2004), poet, non-fiction writer
Nathaniel G. Moore (born 1974), novelist
Grace Helen Mowat (1875–1964), poet, non-fiction writer
William Murdoch (1823–1887), poet
Frances Elizabeth Murray (c. 1831–1901), biographer, memoirist

N

Robert Nielsen (1922–2009), journalist
Alden Nowlan (1933–1983), poet, novelist, playwright

O

Jonathan Odell (1737–1818), poet
Mary Blanche O'Sullivan (1860–)

P

Alisa Palmer (living), playwright
Troy Parfitt (born 1972), travel writer
Craig Poile (living), poet
Pascal Poirier (1852–1933)
Jacques Poitras (living), journalist, non-fiction writer
Sharon Pollock (1936–2021), playwright
John Alexander Porteous (1932–1995), journalist
Kerry Lee Powell (living), poet, short story writer

R

William O. Raymond (1853–1923), historian
Corey Redekop (living), novelist, short story writer
Helen Leah Reed (1861/62–1926), essayist, novelist, poet
David Adams Richards (born 1950), novelist, short story writer, non-fiction writer
Charles G. D. Roberts (1860–1943), poet, novelist, non-fiction writer
Theodore Goodridge Roberts (1877–1953), novelist, poet
William Harris Lloyd Roberts (1884–1966), poet, playwright
Ferdinand Robidoux (1849–1921)
W. E. D. Ross (1912–1995), playwright, novelist

S

Francis Joseph Sherman (1871–1926), poet
Anne-Marie Sirois (born 1958)
Clara Kathleen Smith (1911–2004), poet
Dan Soucoup (living), journalist, non-fiction writer
Tim Steeves (died 2022), comedy writer

T

Hannah E. Taylor (1835–), poet
Serge Patrice Thibodeau (born 1959), poet
Stuart Trueman (1911–1995), journalist, humorist

V

R. M. Vaughan (1965–2020), poet, novelist, playwright, journalist
Christl Verduyn (born 1953)

W

Michael Whelan (1858–1937), poet
Alan R. Wilson (living), poet, novelist
Hugh Winsor (born 1938), journalist
Michelle Winters (living), novelist, playwright
Esther Clark Wright (1895–1990), historian

Y

Michael Yerxa (living), screenwriter

Z

A. Light Zachary (living), poet

External links

New Brunswick Author Portal – via New Brunswick Public Libraries
New Brunswick Literary Encyclopedia – via University of New Brunswick Libraries
Writers' Federation of New Brunswick

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List of writers from New Brunswick

Contents

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