found: Robert Louis Stevenson, 1992:t.p. (Ian Bell) jkt. (Ian Bell; b. in Edinburgh, 36 years of age at date of publication; this is his first book)
found: Orwell Prize website, 5 Feb. 2010:winners, 1997, journalism (Ian Bell was born in Edinburgh and has always lived in Scotland; a columnist on the Herald, he has also worked for the Scotsman, the Daily Record, and the TLS)
found: Contemporary Authors online, viewed 10 Jan. 2017(Ian Bell; born 7 January 1956, in Edinburgh, Scotland; died 10 December 2015; journalist; has worked as a columnist for The Herald, literary editor for The Scotsman, and for the Daily Record and Times Literary Supplement; author of "Dreams of exile: Robert Louis Stevenson, a biography" and "Once upon a time: the lives of Bob Dylan")
