Donald Bell (writer)

Donald Bell (1937–2003) was a Canadian journalist, who won the Stephen Leacock Award in 1973 for his book Saturday Night at the Bagel Factory.[1] The book has also been credited with helping to make the bagel a staple of Montreal's food culture beyond the city's Jewish community alone.[2]

Donald Bell
Born1937
Died2003
Occupationjournalist, humorist
NationalityCanadian
Notable worksSaturday Night at the Bagel Factory

Based in Montreal, Bell was a columnist for Books in Canada and a contributor to various newspapers and magazines. He was an early popularizer of the theory that Thomas Neill Cream, a Canadian medical doctor, was the real Jack the Ripper, through pieces published in both The Criminologist and the Toronto Star.[3]

References
  1. "Bell receives award for most humourous book". Brandon Sun, June 25, 1973.
  2. Maria Balinska, The Bagel: The Surprising History of a Modest Bread. Yale University Press, 2008. ISBN 9780300142327. p. 183.
  3. "Gruesome twosome: Jack The Ripper: The Bloody Truth by Melvin Harris and Jack: A Novel About Jack The Ripper by Chris Scott". Toronto Star, October 1, 1988.


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