Bill Richardson is a writer and broadcaster. He has contributed to CBC Radio since 1984, and has been the host of a number of programmes, both on CBC Radio One and CBC Radio 2. They include Crosswords, As You Like It, Richardson's Roundup, Canada Reads, and Bunny Watson. He is currently the host of Saturday Afternoon at the Opera and In Concert, heard Sunday afternoons, CBC Radio 2's new forum for classical concerts recorded across the country. His books include Bachelor Brothers' Bed & Breakfast, which won the Stephen Leacock medal for humour, and After Hamelin, a novel for children and winner of the Silver Birch award. He has also been the recipient of a Vancouver Arts Award, and a gold medal for fiction in the National Magazine Awards. He lives in Vancouver.