William Bell

Background

William Bell was born on the 27th of October 1945 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He was the son of William B., a tool and die maker and Irene (Spowart) Bell.

Education

He graduated from University of Toronto and got the Master of Arts in the field of literature in 1969, then he approved his knowledges at Ontario Institute for Studies in Education where he got Master of Education in 1984.

Career

He worked at High school as an English teacher and department head in Ontario, Canada during the years 1970-87. Also he started working at Harbin University of Science and Technology as an English instructor in 1982-83 and he was at Foreign Affairs College of China in Beijing as English instructor in 1985-86.

Achievements

• Also he has a lot of awards such as Ruth Schwartz Award for Excellence in Children’s Literature, Belgium Award for Excellence in Children’s Literature, and Ontario School Librarians’ Award for Excellence, all 1990, all for Forbidden City.

Works

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  • Crabbe: 20th Anniversary Edition

    (One night, just before final exams, 18-year-old Franklin ...)

    1986
  • Death Wind (Orca Soundings)

    (Allie's life has just taken a turn for the worse; not onl...)

    1989
  • Forbidden City: A Novel of Modern China

    (Seventeen-year-old Alex Jackson comes home from school to...)

    1996

Views

He was interested in enviroment that led him to write a fictional story based on the indiscriminate logging practices that continue to destroy much of the wilderness in British Columbia.

Membership

He was a member of such organizations as Amnesty International and Greenpeace.

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  Amnesty International is a global movement of more than 7 million people in over 150 countries and territories who campaign to end abuses of human rights.

  Amnesty International , United Kingdom

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  Greenpeace is a non-governmental environmental organization with offices in over 40 countries and with an international coordinating body in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

  Greenpeace , Netherlands

Personality

Quotes from others about the person

• “Well written, well paced, and all too believable, this is an impressive novel".

Connections

He had a companion of Ting- Xing Ye who had a writer and he had three children. They are Dylan, Megan, Brendan.

Father:

William B. Bell

Mother:

Irene (Spowart) Bell

Son:

Dylan Bell

Daughter:

Megan Bell

Son:

Brendan Bell

Partner:

Ting- Xing Ye