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Ted Bell is an American author of suspense novels such as Hawke and Assassin, Pirate, Spy, Warlord, Phantom, and Overkill, released in May 2018. He is best known for his New York Times Bestselling series of spy thriller novels (mentioned above) featuring the character Lord Alexander Hawke.

Before becoming a novelist, he was President and Chief Creative Officer of the Leo Burnett Company in Chicago. He was later named Vice-Chairman of the Board and World-Wide Creative Director of Young & Rubicam, one of the world's largest advertising agencies. At age 25, he sold his first Hollywood screenplay, Screamathon to producers Joel B. Michaels and Garth Drabinsky.

Bell is a graduate of Randolph–Macon College in Ashland, Virginia, with a B.A. in English. He is a member of the Kappa Alpha Order. He is a former member of the college's Board of Trustees. He was given an honorary degree in fine arts from Kendall College of Art and Design in Grand Rapids, Michigan.