Linden MacIntyre is a journalist and bestselling author whose work has earned Canada’s most prestigious literary and broadcasting honours. A former co-host of the fifth estate, he is the winner of ten Gemini Awards and the Scotiabank Giller Prize for his novel The Bishop’s Man. His books include the memoir Causeway, the non-fiction The Wake, and acclaimed novels such as Punishment, The Only Café, and The Winter Wives. His latest work, An Accidental Villain, explores war, loyalty, and forgotten history. Born in Newfoundland and raised in Cape Breton, he now lives in Toronto.