Bell, Stewart

Stewart Bell is a Toronto-based journalist who writes about criminal extremism – crimes committed to advance political, nationalistic, and other such ambitions. He is the author of three non-fiction books and has reported from Africa, South Asia, and the Middle East. His magazine article about child soldiers in West Africa, “Guerrilla Girls,” was awarded the Amnesty International prize. “The Terrorist Next Door,” his Saturday Night magazine article about the Algerian terrorist known as the Millennium Bomber, received an honorable mention from the National Magazine Awards and was made into a CTV television movie. Stewart’s writing about terrorism for the National Post, where he is a Senior Reporter, received a Citation of Merit from the National Newspaper Awards. He holds a Master of Journalism from Carleton University and a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from the University of British Columbia.
 

Selected Bibliography:
Bayou of Pigs: The True Story of an Audacious Plot to Turn a Tropical Island into a Criminal Paradise.Toronto: John Wiley & Sons, 2008
The Martyr’s Oath: The Apprenticeship of a Homegrown Terrorist. Toronto: John Wiley & Sons, 2005
Cold Terror: How Canada Nurtures and Exports Terrorism Around the World. Toronto: John Wiley & Sons, 2004
 

Bayou of Pigs
A critically-acclaimed true crime book about mobsters, mercenaries, neo-Nazis, militant Rastafarians and the plot to overthrow the governments of Grenada and Dominica.
"... high drama mixed with Pythonesque turns, politics, steamy sexual innuendo and plot twists …" – Toronto Star
"...extensively researched and well-written..." – The Washington Times
“If Bell had invented some of the mercenary gang as characters in a novel, you'd think him in line to be the next Elmore Leonard.” – Winnipeg Free Press.

Awards:
Canadian Association of Journalists Award (2006, Honorable Mention for Investigative
   Reporting)
Radio-Television News Directors Association Award, (2005, Winner, In-depth
   Investigation Category)
National Newspaper Award (2005, Citation of Merit, Beat Reporting)
National Newspaper Award (2001, Citation of Merit, Investigative Reporting)
National Magazine Award (2001, Finalist, Investigative Reporting)
Canadian Association of Journalists Award for Investigative Reporting, (2001, Honorable
   Mention)
Amnesty International Human Rights Media Award (2001)
Award from the Institute for International Affairs, B’nai Brith Canada (2002)
National Newspaper Award (2000, Citation of Merit, Investigative Reporting)
Award for Excellence in Legal Journalism, Law Society of British Columbia (1997)
Jack Webster Award (1997, Certificate of Merit)

Website:
http://www.stewartbell.net/