This is the site for Sting of the Wasp, an in-progress narrative nonfiction book about the Cuban Five by Stephen Kimber.
The Five were members of “La Red Avispa”—the Wasp Network—spies Havana dispatched to Florida in the early 1990s to infiltrate militant anti-Castro exile groups that Cuba believed were plotting terrorist attacks on its soil. The Five were arrested, tried, convicted and are all now serving long prison terms in the United States.
That’s the short version of the story. The long version is… well, more complicated… Stay tuned.



STEPHEN KIMBER, a Professor of Journalism at the University of King's College in Halifax and co-founder of its MFA in Creative Nonfiction Program, is an award-winning writer, editor and broadcaster. He is the author of two novels and eight non-fiction books. Buy his books
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