A jour­nal­ist for more than three decades, Mike Kel­ly is the author of two books and many prize-win­ning news­pa­per projects and columns for the Bergen Record in north­ern New Jer­sey. His assign­ments have tak­en him to Africa, North­ern Ire­land, Israel, Pales­tine, and Iraq. He cov­ered the 9/11 attacks, the cleanup of Ground Zero, and the 9/11 Com­mis­sion hear­ings in Wash­ing­ton, DC, and has devot­ed much of his time to cov­er­ing terrorism.