Bel Kaufman
Origin/Culture/Country: AmericanBel Kaufman: is a Russian-American professor and author. Born in Berlin, Germany, she is best known for her 1965 best-seller, Up the Down Staircase. The semi-autobiographical novel is about an idealistic young honors college graduate who becomes an English teacher, hoping to share her love of classic literature (especially Chaucer) and writing with her students. However, her idealism is quickly snuffed out by the gritty realities of her colleagues and students who populate the novel's fictional inner-city high school.
Bel Mooney
Origin/Culture/Country: BritishBel Mooney: is an English journalist and broadcaster born in Liverpool.In the early seventies, Mooney wrote for the New Statesman and was for many years she was a regular columnist for The Times, The Sunday Times and The Listener.