David Bell

David Bell has lived all his life on the West Coast of Scotland. He has been a bank clerk, police officer, aviation and maritime security officer, taxi driver, aircraft dispatcher and worked for The National Trust. He has also run his own business for a time. Both he and his wife Jacqueline have travelled extensively. David has been a lifelong obsessive reader and is an honours graduate in Literature and Creative Writing. He is also a staunch supporter of the Open University. READERS SHOULD NOTE THAT I AM A SCOTTISH AUTHOR. APPARENTLY SOME AMERICAN READERS HAVE CONFUSED ME WITH AN AMERICAN AUTHOR OIF THE SAME NAME. ALL OF MY NOVELS MAKE IT CLEAR ON THE PREFACE OR FRONT PAGE THAT I AM IN FACT BRITISH AND USE UK SPELLING AS OPPOSED TO AMERICAN SPELLING. [LEASE NOTE THAT I WRITE MY OWN NOVELS AND HAVE DONE SINCE 2014. THIS SITUATION HAS BECOME APPARENT TO ME THROUGH CRITICISM OF MY SPELLING AND SUGGESTIONS THAT MY NOVELS HAVE NOT BEEN WRITTEN BY THE AMERICAN DAVID BELL.NORMALLY MY NOVELS ARE NOT SOLD IN AMERICA BUT SOME SPECIAL FREE PROMOTIONS HAVE SLIPPED THROUGH THE NET. ON ONE OCCASION MY EDITOR WAS ACCUSED OF BEING THE AUTHOR OF ONE OF MY NOVELS. I HOPE THIS CLARIFIES THE SITUATION. THE FOLLOWING ARE SOME OF MY CRIME NOVELS: BURNS THE AVATAR THE ISLAND DETECTIVE THE MEDIC THE SWIMMER