Michael Nest

Michael Nest is the award-winning author of four non-fiction books and one novel. Corruption, mining and conflict are the theme of the first two. The third, Still a Pygmy (2015), is a collaboration with Congolese activist Isaac Bacirongo – the first Indigenous Twa (Pygmy) to ever publish his memoir. The fourth, Cold Case North: the search for James Brady and Absolom Halkett (2020), is another collaboration: a cold case investigation into the disappearance and alleged murder of two Indigenous activists in Canada in 1967. Take Out the Jocks: a feminist revenge comedy (2023) is his first novel. Michael’s ‘day job’ is preventing corruption and fraud. He lives in Montreal, Canada.