Ian A. Bell

Ian Bell (7 January 1956 – 10 December 2015) was a Scottish journalist and author born and educated in Edinburgh, known for winning the George Orwell Prize for Political Journalism in 1997. He authored three books, including a biography of Robert Louis Stevenson titled Dreams of Exile and two volumes on Bob Dylan, while serving as a columnist for The Herald and former Scottish editor of The Observer[1][2].