WelcomeSometimes, if you get very, very lucky, you get to do exactly what you wanted to do when you were just a kid. For me, that was writing. Writing stories, long and short. In the back seat of the old station wagon with the windows rolled up against the noise of siblings and neighborhood kids. Read nonstop. The professional writer's life began after a long mostly happy sojourn in the jetlag jungles of international advertising. I grew up in Florida, went to Virginia to a small college and majored in English. The school's unofficial motto was 'We can't all be scholars, but we can all be gentlemen.' After graduation, I worked for exactly 365 days in a bank (don't ask)and really, really disliked it. Later, I moved to Europe to be a writer, but mostly just to emulate Scott Fitzgerald who was and, I guess, is, my idol. I bounced around Italy, France, and in Rome, got cast as a cowboy in a spaghetti western that never got made, ran out of money and ideas at roughly the same time, got a job at a big New York ad agency. My career took me places: I lived in New York, Chicago, London, etc .In England, I wrote a young adult adventure novel. It's still my favorite book of mine. TSAR my sixth novel, is currently #5 on the New York Times Bestseller List. I started writing full time in 2000. And I've returned to Florida where, like it did on the day I was born, the sun still shines down all the livelong day. BiographyTed Bell was one of the leading talents in advertising, having won every award the industry offers, including numerous Clios and Cannes Gold Lions, and, as Worldwide Creative Director of Y&R, the Grand Prix at the prestigious Cannes Festival. A native Floridian, Bell graduated from Randolph-Macon College in Virginia and is a former member of the college's Board of Trustees. Bell began his advertising career at Doyle Dane Bernbach, New York, as a junior copywriter in the early seventies. By age 25 he'd sold his first screenplay and become the youngest vice president in the storied history of the creative powerhouse, DDB. In 1982 he joined Leo Burnett Co., Chicago, as a creative director. He was named President, Chief Creative Officer just four years later, in 1986, at age 40. Credited with developing numerous innovative and award-winning advertising campaigns, Bell joined Young & Rubicam, London, in 1991 as Vice Chairman and Worldwide Creative Director. After 10 years at Y&R, Bell retired in 2001 to write full time. Bell holds an honorary Doctor of Fine Arts degree from Kendall College in Michigan. Ted is also a member of the Men's Board at General Washington's Home at Mt. Vernon, a group chaired by former Secretary of the Army, Togo West. He lives in Florida and Colorado. An Interview With Ted:What is your educational background? What are your favorite hobbies? Where have you lived? Where have you travelled to? What was the inspiration for your book? Who are your favorite authors? What kind of experience has writing your book been for you (fun, exciting, agonizing…)? Anything about you as a working writer that you think might be interesting or unusual? Did you have any interesting experiences where you were researching your book, or getting it published? Thanks and Credits
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