Candas Jane Dorsey (born November 16, 1952)[1] is a Canadian poet and science fiction novelist who resides in her hometown of Edmonton, Alberta.
Dorsey became a writer from an early age and works across genre boundaries, writing poetry, fiction, mainstream and speculative, short and long form, arts journalism and arts advocacy.
Dorsey has also written television and stage scripts, magazine and newspaper articles, and reviews.
She has served on the executive board of the Writers Guild of Alberta and is a founder of SF Canada.
Louise Jonasson, that focused on Canadian speculative fiction.