Alexander Boldizar

Alexander Boldizar is a Canadian author known for his ambitious, philosophically rich speculative fiction. He won the Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel for The Man Who Saw Seconds (2025). The novel imagines a man with the ability to perceive a few seconds into the future and the catastrophic consequences of that ability becoming known to governments and power structures. Boldizar was born in Slovakia and has Canadian citizenship. He practiced law and was a competitive kickboxer before turning to writing. His debut novel The Ugly was published by Anansi in 2015 and was praised for its stylistic ambition. The Man Who Saw Seconds was published by Clash Books and became one of the breakout SF novels of 2024.