Tanis Rideout

Tanis Rideout is a Canadian writer based in Toronto, Ontario.

Born in Belgium, Rideout grew up in Bermuda and Canada, particularly Kingston, Ontario where she became involved with the music scene.

Her work has appeared in a range of quarterlies and magazines including A Room of One's Own, Black Heart Magazine, grey borders, Spire, Pontiac Quarterly, Fireweed, echolocation, Witual and Chart, and has been short-listed for a number of prizes, including the Bronwen Wallace Memorial Award, and has received a grant from the Toronto Arts Council.

[2] In the spring of 2005, Rideout joined Sarah Harmer to read her poetry on Harmer's I Love the Escarpment Tour to draw attention to damage being done to the Niagara Escarpment by ongoing quarrying, and appears in the 2006 June award-winning documentary Escarpment Blues.

In 2010, Rideout won second prize in the CBC Literary Awards for her poems about Marilyn Bell.