Anthony Bidulka’s mystery series tells the story of a half-Ukrainian, half-Irish, Saskatchewan, gay, ex-farm boy, ex-cop, world-travelling, wine-swilling, wise-cracking, Canadian prairie, private detective living a big life in a small city.
The Russell Quant series is a multi award nominee including for the Crime Writers of Canada Arthur Ellis Award and Saskatchewan Book Award. The second book in the series, Flight of Aquavit, was awarded the Lambda Literary Award for Best Men’s Mystery.
Anthony Bidulka has enjoyed time well-spent and misspent in the worlds of academia, accounting, footwear, food services, and farming. In 1999, Anthony Bidulka, BA, BEd, BComm, CA, left a decade-long career as a chartered accountant to pursue writing.
Anthony has toured extensively throughout Canada and the US. A great believer in community involvement, he has sat on the boards of the International Association of Crime Writers, Crime Writers of Canada, Saskatchewan Writers Guild, Persephone Theatre, and is a co-founder of Camp fYrefly-Saskatchewan (a life skills camp for LGBT youth). Anthony has been the banquet MC for Canada’s premiere mystery conference, Bloody Words, and in June 2011, will be the MC for Crime Writers of Canada’s Arthur Ellis Awards.
The Russell Quant books: Amuse Bouche (2003), Flight of Aquavit (2004), Tapas on the Ramblas (2005), Stain of the Berry (2006), Sundowner Ubuntu (2007), Aloha, Candy Hearts (2009), Date With a Sheesha (2010). The eighth Russell Quant book, tentatively titled Dos Equis, is due to be released spring 2012.
Please visit www.anthonybidulka.com.
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