Anthony Bidulka shares how he transitioned from an accountant to acclaimed author, breaks down the importance of a character bible, and reveals why the crime genre keeps him coming back for more.

In 1999, Anthony Bidulka left a professional accounting career to pursue writing and never looked back.

Anthony has dedicated his career to writing traditionalgenre novels in an untraditional way, developing a body of work that often features his Saskatchewan roots and underrepresented, diverse main characters. He tells serious stories in accessible, entertaining, often humorous ways.

His books have been shortlisted for Crime Writers of Canada Awards of Excellence, Saskatchewan Book Awards, a ReLit award, and Lambda Literary Awards. His book Flight of Aquavit was awarded the Lambda Literary Award forBest Men’s Mystery, making him the first Canadian to win in that category. Going to Beautiful won an Independent Publisher Book Award being named Gold Medalist as the 2023 Canada West Best Overall Fiction novel and was awarded the Crime Writers of Canada Award of Excellence as Canada’s Best Crime Novel for 2023.

At time 12:23 he reads from Home Fires Burn.

His website is: https://anthonybidulka.com/

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