Editing Victoria, British Columbia (section)

=== Victoria-area artists and writers ===
Canadian director [[Atom Egoyan]] was raised in neighbouring [[Saanich, British Columbia|Saanich]]. Actors [[Cameron Bright]] (''[[Ultraviolet (film)|Ultraviolet]]'', ''[[X-Men: The Last Stand]]'', ''[[Thank You for Smoking]]'', ''[[New Moon (2009 film)|New Moon]]'') and [[Ryan Robbins]] (''[[Stargate Atlantis]]'', ''[[Battlestar Galactica (2004 TV series)|Battlestar Galactica]]'', ''[[Sanctuary (Canadian TV series)|Sanctuary]]'') were born in Victoria. Actor [[Cory Monteith]] from the television series ''[[Glee (TV series)|Glee]]'' was raised in Victoria. Actor, artist, and athlete [[Duncan Regehr]] of ''[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine]]'' was raised in the region. Artist, art magazine publisher and jazz saxophonist [[Noah Becker]] of ''[[Whitehot Magazine]]'' has been a long time Victoria resident.

Nobel laureate [[Alice Munro]] lived in Victoria during the years when she published her first story collections and co-founded [[Munro's Books]]. Victoria resident [[Stanley Evans (author)|Stanley Evans]] has written a series of mysteries featuring a [[Coast Salish peoples|Coast Salish]] character, Silas Seaweed, who works as an investigator with the [[Victoria Police Department]]. Other Victoria writers include [[Kit Pearson]], [[Esi Edugyan]], [[Robert Wiersema]], [[W. D. Valgardson]], [[Elizabeth Louisa Moresby]], [[Madeline Sonik]], [[Jack Hodgins]], [[Dave Duncan (writer)|Dave Duncan]], [[Bill Gaston]], [[David Gurr]], [[Ken Steacy]], [[Sheryl McFarlane]], [[Carol Shields]] and [[Patrick Lane (poet)|Patrick Lane]]. [[Gayleen Froese]]'s 2005 novel ''Touch'' is set in Victoria. The comedy troupe [[LoadingReadyRun]] is based in Victoria.