Amy Helen Bell

Amy Bell is a Full Professor of History at Huron University College in London, Ontario. Born in Fredericton, NB, she studied at Dalhousie and Queens University, graduating with a PhD in 2002. Her research focuses on the history of crime and forensics, Britain during the Second World War, and histories of the emotions. This is her third book. She lives in London with her two children.

Books in order of publication:

London Was Ours: Diaries and Memoirs of the London Blitz – 2008

Murder Capital: Suspicious deaths in London, 1933–53 – 2015

Life Sentence: How My Father Defended Two Murderers and Lost Himself – 2023

Under Cover of Darkness: Murders in Blackout London – 2024