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Catherine Bell
Catherine Bell grew up in New England in a world that seemed quite sure of itself while being wrong about many important things. She has written a number of stories about that expe...view moreCatherine Bell grew up in New England in a world that seemed quite sure of itself while being wrong about many important things. She has written a number of stories about that experience. An early reader, she found in fiction an exposure to other people's lives that penetrated apparent certainties and opened a wider world. Good schools and colleges prepared her to recognize good writing and thinking. She credits occasional work as a gardener, cook, checkout girl, waitress, secretary, freelance writer, and schoolbus driver with teaching her how to navigate that wider world.Bell trained as a teacher and taught through the Peace Corps at the University of Brasilia, and in American inner city public schools. As a long-time International Baccalaureate English teacher at Washington International School, she loved reading great literature with teenagers, who always had something fresh and consequential to say about writers like Tolstoi, Austen, Shakespeare, Wilfred Owen, Langston Hughes, and Leslie Marmon Silko.Life in Europe, South America, and both coasts of North America has drawn Bell's attention to cultural differences. What do we make of strangers? What triggers a sense of common humanity? Culture clashes, even within families, tend to appear in her fiction. She has published some twenty stories in journals such as Green Hills Literary Lantern, Sixfold, The Northern Virginia Review (prose award, 2014), Solstice, South Carolina Review, Saranac Review, Concho River Review, and Hayden's Ferry Review. Rush of Shadows is her first novel.view less
Books by Catherine Bell
Rush of Shadows Self-Reflection and Growth: Navigating Your Inner Landscape Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsEmpowering Relationships: Cultivating Connection and Understanding Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Journey of Self-Discovery: Exploring Your Deepest Desires Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings