Sam Hanna Bell

Sam Hanna Bell was a novelist, short story writer and playwright.

Born in Scotland in 1909 but raised in Raffrey, County Down, he studied at Belfast College of Art. From 1945 to 1969, he was a features producer for the Northern Ireland Home Service (subsequently BBC Radio Ulster).

His first collection of short stories, Summer Loanen, was published in 1943. His novels include December Bride (1951), The Hollow Ball (1961), A Man Flourishing (1973) and Across the Narrow Sea (1987).

A memorable film adaptation of December Bride starring Donal McCann was released in Irish cinemas in the same month that Bell died in 1990.


December Bride is now available to download as an eBook from the Amazon Kindle store