Isabel Vincent is an award-winning Canadian investigative journalist and author known for her compelling nonfiction works. Currently a reporter for "The New York Post", she has written several critically acclaimed books, including "Gilded Lily: Lily Safra, The Making of One of the World's Wealthiest Widows" and "Dinner with Edward: The Story of an Unexpected Friendship," which has been optioned for a feature film. Her investigative prowess is further showcased in "Bodies and Souls," an exposé on the trafficking of Jewish women in South America, which earned her the National Jewish Book Award (Canada).
Vincent began her career as a foreign correspondent in Rio de Janeiro, covering Latin America and Africa with a focus on crime, corruption, and human rights. Her immersive reporting took her from the Amazon Rainforest, where she documented Avon saleswomen navigating remote markets, to Medellín during the downfall of Pablo Escobar. Her early book "See No Evil" delves into a major Latin American kidnapping case, while "Hitler's Silent Partners," examining Swiss banks' complicity during the Nazi era, received the Yad Vashem Award for Holocaust History.
Her latest work, "Gold Bar Bob: The Downfall of the Most Corrupt US Senator," co-authored with Thomas Jason Anderson, investigates the corruption scandal surrounding former Senator Robert Menendez. Vincent continues to expose malfeasance in her reporting for "The New York Post," blending meticulous research with narrative depth.