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J. Bell Price

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The United States

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Genre

Poetry, Fantasy, Science Fiction

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Emily Dickinson, Erin Hanson, Kay Ryan

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November 2018

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J. Bell Price is a scientist by day and a poet, novelist, and artist by night. She is an advocate for mental health and loves math, reading, writing, and of course, poetry of all kinds.

She has been writing since she was five years old and published her first book of poetry at seventeen entitled Scars Vol I. Since then many more have come including Growing Pains, Wild Hearts, The Force Between Stars, and many more are constantly in the works as she balances life as a student, writer, wife, friend, and more.

Bell enjoys traveling with her husband, hiking, drinking diet coke and reading science fiction and fantasy. Bell is a passionate fighter for her ideals and morals, sometimes to the chagrin of her loved ones, but her joy comes in equal meas ...more

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Average rating: 4.05 · 19 ratings · 15 reviews · 6 distinct works

	Wild Hearts really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2020 — 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
	Scars 4.67 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2018 — 11 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
	Growing Pains 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2019 — 12 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
	Lessons from the Angel & the Sword 2.67 avg rating — 3 ratings	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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“Suppose you were the last one left? Suppose you did that to yourself?”
― Cormac McCarthy, The Road

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“I hope you find someone who knows how to love you when you are sad.”
― Nikita Gill

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“A mess of beautiful contradictions make her whole, she wears fire for skin but a storm lives in her soul.”
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“There are human beings in this world who are soft enough to feel every terrible thing that happens so deeply. And are still brave enough to remain constant and suffer for those who need them the most. Even the stars blink in awe of the gleam of their souls.”
― Nikita Gill

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“Some things are beautiful, but they are beautiful in the way of the sun. If you fly too close, they will melt your wings and send you plummeting into the sea.”
― Nikita Gill, Your Soul is a River

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