William Bell (author)

William E. Bell (born 1945 in Toronto, Ontario) is a Canadian author of young adult fiction. He has been an innovator in literature for young adults in Canada and many of his novels are read in high school English courses. He lives in orillia, Ontario.

Education

His novel Crabbe was partly inspired by his days as a student at Lakeshore Collegiate Institute. Bell has a master's degree in literature and a second master's in education curriculum and administration, both from the University of Toronto.

Teaching career

Bell has taught in a variety of settings. He has been a high school teacher and the head of the English department at Orillia District Collegiate & Vocational Institute. He was a teacher in China at the Harbin University of Science and Technology and the Foreign Affairs College. He has also worked at the University of British Columbia and the Simcoe County Board of Education. He has frequently been invited to give presentations at conferences and to speak to elementary and secondary school students on creative writing.