Bell, Wade 1941–

(Wade Cravath Bell)

PERSONAL: Born March 3, 1941, in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada; son of Bruce and Evelyn (Rowe) Bell; children: Julia Bowie, Jennifer de Peuter. Education: Carleton University, B.A.

ADDRESSES: Home—Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Agent—c/o Author Mail, Guernica Editions, Inc., P.O. Box 117, Postal Station P, Toronto, Ontario M5S 2S6, Canada. E-mail—[email protected].

CAREER: Writer. Gives readings from his works.

MEMBER: Writers Union of Canada, Writers Guild of Alberta.

WRITINGS:

The North Saskatchewan River Book (short stories), Coach House Press (Toronto, Ontario, Canada), 1976.

What Happened to the Girl? (one-act play), produced in Alberta, Canada, 1994.

A Destroyer of Compasses (short stories), Guernica Editions (Toronto, Ontario, Canada), 2003.

Author of theater piece Scenes from The North Saskatchewan River Book, first produced in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Work represented in anthologies, including Fresh Tracks: Writing the Western Landscape; The Road Home; Alberta ReBound; More Stories from Western Canada; and The Story So Far. Contributor to Canadian radio anthology series. Contributor of short stories and articles to more than thirty periodicals in Canada, the United States, and Japan, including West Coast Line, Event, Blood and Aphorisms, Matrix, Canadian Forum, Underpass, NeWest Review, Canadian Theatre Review, and AlbertaViews.

WORK IN PROGRESS: Two novels; a short story collection.

SIDELIGHTS: Wade Bell told CA: "My work is dedicated to artists and writers who suffer from clinically diagnosed depression and live in poverty on inadequate disability pensions."

BIOGRAPHICAL AND CRITICAL SOURCES:

ONLINE

Writers' Guild of Alberta Web site, http://www.writersguild.ab.ca/ (July 1, 2005), "Wade Bell."