Zev Bagel (Warren Redman) was born in England, where he obtained degrees in philosophy, psychology and social studies. He moved to Canada in 1993 and to Shediac NB in 2009.
As a fiction writer and poet, Zev Bagel is about twelve years old. As Warren Redman, he has been a youth worker, counsellor, life-coach and leadership trainer. He has also published 17 books of non-fiction, including Recipes for Inner Peace, Emotional Fitness Coaching and a Canadian award winner: The 9 Steps to Emotional Fitness.
Zev Bagel currently has eight novels completed or in progress. Four have been published so far: Secrets, Bernie Waxman & the Whistling Kettle, which won an honorable mention in the H.R. Percy Novel Prize category of the 2015 Atlantic Writing Competition,
Solitary, winner of the WFNB David Adams Richard Award, and The Last Jew in Hania.