Stories About Storytellers contains 21 original illustrations by celebrated artist Anthony Jenkins
- STEPHEN LEACOCK 1869–1944 Professor, Humorist, and Immigration Agent
- HUGH MacLENNAN 1907–1990 Teacher, Novelist, Essayist, and Cottager
- R.D. SYMONS 1898–1973 Cowboy, Writer, Artist, and Conservationist
- HAROLD HORWOOD 1923–2006 Newfoundlander, Novelist, Naturalist, and Neglected Genius
- BARRY BROADFOOT 1926–2003 Newspaper Guy, and Oral Historian
- MORLEY CALLAGHAN 1903–1990 Novelist, Short Story Writer, and Torontonian
- W.O. MITCHELL 1914–1998 Character, and Creator of Characters
- ROBERTSON DAVIES 1913–1995 Man of Letters, Oracle, and Ugly Duckling
- JACK HODGINS 1938– Islander, Teacher, and Inventor of Worlds
- JAMES HOUSTON 1921–2005 Artist, Author, Hunter, and Igloo Dweller
- CHARLES RITCHIE 1906–1995 Diplomat, Diarist, and Charming Dissembler
- PIERRE TRUDEAU 1919–2000 Prime Minister, Author, and Haunting Icon
- MAVIS GALLANT 1922– Short Story Writer, Canadian, and Parisienne
- BRIAN MULRONEY 1939– Boy from Baie Comeau, Prime Minister, and Author
- PETER C. NEWMAN 1929– Refugee, Journalist, and Power-Seeking Missile
- ROBERT HUNTER 1941–2005 Greenpeace Founder, Writer, and Very Merry Man
- ALISTAIR MacLEOD 1936– Teacher, Fiction Writer, Stone Carver, and Dancer
- PAUL MARTIN 1938– Successful Businessman, Very Successful Finance Minister, and Prime Minister
- PETER GZOWSKI 1934–2002 Writer, and Voice
- VAL ROSS 1950–2008 Journalist, Author, and Maker of Rules
- ALICE MUNRO 1931– Not Bad Short Story Writer