List of writers from New Brunswick

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.

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by editing the page to add missing items, with references to reliable sources.

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

See also

• Lists of Canadian writers
• List of writers from Newfoundland and Labrador
• List of writers from Nova Scotia
• List of writers from Prince Edward Island

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