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Neely Powell

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in Chattanooga, The United States

November 03

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Paranormal, Romance, Mystery

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Nora Roberts, Patricia Briggs, Robert B. Parker, John Sandford

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Leigh Neely and Jan Hamilton Powell are the writing team of Neely Powell. They met working at a rock ‘n roll radio station, discovered they’d both rather be writing fiction, and have been close friends ever since.

Their path to cowriting paranormal romance took some detours. Leigh’s resume chronicles a diverse career as a disk jockey, newspaper reporter, advertising copywriter, magazine writer and editor. Jan wrote 24 romance novels as Celeste Hamilton for Silhouette and Avon Books and then built a career in corporate communications and public relations.

Neely Powell became a successful team when they turned their attention to shifters, weres, witches, ghosts, fae, and all things supernatural. Their first novel was TRUE NATURE from The Wild ...more

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	True Nature 3.80 avg rating — 40 ratings — published 2013 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Paranormal & Urban Fantasy Box Set: Reap & Repent / Wicked Ink / Witch's Awakening / Her Wild Protector by Lisa Medley (Goodreads Author), Misty Simon (Goodreads Author), Neely Powell (Goodreads Author) 4.44 avg rating — 27 ratings — published 2014 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Awakening Magic (The Witches of New Mourne, #1) 4.38 avg rating — 16 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Haunting Magic (The Witches of New Mourne #2) 4.56 avg rating — 9 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Healing Magic (The Witches of New Mourne, #3) 4.83 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2021 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Witch's Awakening 3.83 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2014 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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“Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing.

Ben Franklin”
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“People who deny the existence of dragons are often eaten by dragons. From within.”
― Ursula K. Le Guin, The Wave in the Mind: Talks and Essays on the Writer, the Reader and the Imagination

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“Imagination is the seed from which magic blooms...”
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“Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing.

Ben Franklin”
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“If you wish to be a writer, write.”
― Epictetus

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“Writing in the incurable itch that possesses many.”
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