(above: dust jacket of Sam Slick in Pictures, illustrated by Charles W. Jefferys, Ryerson, 1956–Jefferys did his memorable sketches in 1916; cover of Wacousta: A Tale of the Pontiac Conspiracy, republished by McClelland & Stewart, 1923, with illustrations by Jefferys)
Thomas Chandler Haliburton (1796-1865) was a Nova Scotia lawyer and judge who wrote satire on the side. The Clockmaker (or The Sayings and Doings of Samuel Slick, of Slickville) was published in 3 series–1836, 1838, 1840. He is the first Canadian writer whose works were also popular in England and the U.S.
Major John Richardson (1796-1852) was a Queenston-born soldier who had personal experience with the romantic border history associated with such historical and military figures of the day as Tecusmseh, Pontiac, Barclay, and Brock. He is best-known for Wacousta (1832).
(Some mention should also be made of English-born Frances Brooke (1724-1728) who lived in Quebec and penned The History of Emily Montague (1769). She was the first novelist to live and write in Canada and North America.)