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Art Bell

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in Lakewood, NJ, The United States

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https://www.artbellwriter.com/

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Fiction, Thriller, Mystery

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Phillip Roth, Gary Shteyngart, Joseph Heller, Christopher HItchens

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Art Bell is a former television executive. As president of Court TV, he oversaw daily live courtroom coverage and the production of hundreds of hours of original true-crime television series, documentaries, and movies.

His memoir Constant Comedy: How I Started Comedy Central and Lost My Sense of Humor, was a finalist in the 2020 Best Book Awards in both the memoir and business categories.

Art has had short stories, nonfiction, and satire published in several journals, including Lowestoft Chronicle, Aethlon: The Journal of Sports Literature, The Ocotillo Review, Fiction Southeast, Castabout Arts and Literature, High Shelf Press, and Writers Read.

What She’s Hiding is his first novel.

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