Dana Marie Bell wrote her first short story when she was thirteen years old. She attended the High School for Creative and Performing Arts for creative writing, where freedom of expression was the order of the day. When her parents moved out of the city and placed her in a Catholic high school for her senior year she tried desperately to get away, but the nuns held fast, and she graduated with honors despite herself. She's now a USA Today best-selling author with Samhain Publishing and Carina Press. Dana has lived primarily in the Northeast with a brief stint on the US Virgin Island of St. Croix. She lives with her soul-mate and husband Dusty, their two maniacal children, an evil ice-cream stealing cat and a bull terrier that thinks it’s a Pekinese. She's been heard to describe herself as "vertically challenged" and "a lapsed brunette." Dana also suffers from ankylosing spondylitis (a progressive inflammatory arthritis that primarily affects the spine), and can be seen walking with a cane or tooling around in her mobility scooter. Her condition was the inspiration for Belle's hip injury in Steel Beauty. You can learn more about Dana at: http://www.danamariebell.com http://danamariebell.blogspot.com Dana is always happy to chat with journalists, reviewers or booksellers interested in promotional items. Contact her via email or postal mail. Please use the Contact Me page of my website and I will contact you as soon as possible. Postal Mail Dana Marie Bell Post Office Box 39 Bear, DE 19701 |
Fun Facts:
 | Dana attended the Philadelphia High School for Creative and Performing Arts for creative writing, but moved out of the | |
| city just before her senior year. | ||
| Dana wrote her first story when she was thirteen years old. | |
| Did you know kids can really lower your IQ? Take one of those IQ tests while they're banging on you with a stuffed | |
| animal. Dana lost 10 points. And she'd taken the test before! |
Awards and Honors
In 2009, Dana was a Passionate Plume finalist for her novella, The Wallflower. She was also given a Reader's Choice honorable
mention at the first annual Sammies.
In 2010 Dana was again a Passionate Plume finalist with her book Dare to Believe and was nominated for a CAPA Award for Bear
Necessities.
In 2012, Dana was a finalist in the EPPIEs for Artistic Vision.
In 2009, Dana was a Passionate Plume finalist for her novella, The Wallflower. She was also given a Reader's Choice honorable
mention at the first annual Sammies.
In 2010 Dana was again a Passionate Plume finalist with her book Dare to Believe and was nominated for a CAPA Award for Bear
Necessities.
In 2012, Dana was a finalist in the EPPIEs for Artistic Vision.
| Dana's Latest Print Book: |
Cynful
Halle Shifters Book 2
ISBN: 978-1-61921-128-5
To save the woman he loves,
he must push his gifts to the
brink.
Halle Shifters Book 2
ISBN: 978-1-61921-128-5
To save the woman he loves,
he must push his gifts to the
brink.
| Dana's Latest eBook: |
Throne of Oak
Maggie's Grove Book 2
ISBN: 978-1-42689-561-6
His past could end their future.
Maggie's Grove Book 2
ISBN: 978-1-42689-561-6
His past could end their future.
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