When Dr. Brad Burke came to his first Write! Canada conference six years ago, manuscript in hand, he was looking for contacts. “I didn’t have an idea what to do with my manuscript,” he admits, “so I thought, ‘maybe I can get a hold of some publishers and find some way to get this published.’”
The physical rehabilitation specialist found what he was looking for. It was at that first conference that he met Les Stobbe, who would become his agent.
The following year, he met Heather Gemmen, then senior editor at Cook Communications.
“She liked the books, took them back to Cook and decided to publish four of the six books I’d written. Simultaneously,” Brad adds.
The time lapse between Brad's first conference and being able to claim the title, “published author”? Three years.
Today, Dr. Brad practices medicine in Windsor, Ontario three days a week. He lives in Michigan, where he devotes the other two days of his workweek to writing and speaking.
His book series AN MD Examines, contains the titles: Is God Obsolete?, Why Doesn’t God Stop Evil?, Does God Still Do Miracles?, and Why Does God Allow Suffering?
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NOTABLE QUOTES:
“I really like the conference a lot. The people are awesome. It’s cool to see Canadians come from everywhere for a weekend of God and writing. It’s been a really good experience.”
- Jordana Shell, 19 from Clareshome, Alberta
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Compiled by Patricia Paddey.
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