Editor Biography - Victoria Bell
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| Name: |
Victoria Bell |
| Undergraduate Degree: |
Bachelor of Arts, French and Russian
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| Undergraduate University: |
University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa |
| Graduate Degree: |
Master of Arts, Translation |
| Graduate University: |
University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa |
| Graduate Degree: |
Master of Fine Arts, Creative Writing |
| Graduate University: |
University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada |
| Editing Experience:
14 Years
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Victoria Bell was born in England and raised in Scotland, Canada, South Africa, France, and South
Africa again, staying long enough to go to university, work as a copy editor for a post-secondary
college, and later as a writer of African country profile reports for a geological consultancy. In
2000, she returned to Canada and has settled in Ottawa as a full-time editor, translator and writer.
Her special interest areas with respect to editing include fiction (novels; short stories; flash
fiction), Africa, mining, geology, television production, music, literature, artificial intelligence
and network computing.
Victoria enjoys traveling, writing, reading, and music. She has completed two novels and is
currently writing a third, and her short stories have been published in print and online literary
journals.
Favorite books:
- The Shell Collector: Stories - Anthony Doerr
- Anything by Margaret Atwood, Raymond Carver, Tobias Wolff, A.M. Homes
- High Fidelity - Nick Hornby
- The Corrections - Jonathan Franzen
- Life of Pi - Yann Martel
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