Aleksandr Bushkov was born in the ancient city of Minusinsk, which is located Krasnoyarsk Krai, Siberia, Russia, on April 5, 1956. His ancestors had Baltic origins and originated in Lithuania. He struggled to learn in a conventional classroom setting, and he has stated in interviews that he was a poor student, often acting up. Bushkov would never receive an undergraduate degree and was largely self-taught, through his voracious appetite for reading. His personal library has grown to such immense size over the years that he was forced to add a second storey to his dacha in order to accommodate it. Prior to the death in a helicopter crash of the former governor of Krasnoyarsk Krai, Alexander Lebed in 2002, Bushkov had held office as an advisor and aide to the governor. After 2002, information about Bushkov has become increasingly scarce. The author's website suggests that he is at present living in isolation in a dacha on the distant outskirts of Minusinsk, which lacks modern means of communication, and so, he is essentially a recluse. Bushkov shares his home with several hamsters and a dog.^[2]

• Официальный сайт писателя
• Фанклуб А. А. Бушкова «СВАРОГ»
• http://www.fantasyclub.ru/critics/bushkov.html
• Елисеев Г. А. Историк России, которого не было — критика историком книги «Россия, которой не было: загадки, версии, гипотезы»
• Мазурин Как «нагнуть» историю по-бушковски — критика бушковского видения декабризма
• Биография Бушкова А. А. книги в библиотеке InetLib.Ru