Bell was editor of The Indexer and Learned Publishing journals.
[3] Hazel Kathleen Bell (née MacAulife) was born on 5 December 1935 in Feltham, UK.
She started freelancing for publishers while raising her children and has created nearly 900 book indexes.
[3] Bell was editor of Society of Indexers' The Indexer journal[1] from 1978 to 1995 and editor of Learned Publishing journal (Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers)[5] from 1984 to 1996.
[7] Books written and edited by Hazel K. Bell include: From Flock Beds to Professionalism: A History of Index-makers (2008).