H. A. Pell

Howard Alan Pell received his B.A. in English and his law degree from the University of Florida. He had dual careers: He retired from the Army with the rank of Colonel after thirty years, active and reserve; and he served as a civilian attorney for the State of North Carolina for twenty-five years. In the Judge Advocate General's Corps, he served as a prosecutor; defense appellate attorney; administrative law officer; commissioner (law clerk) for the Army's appellate court; and was the designated legal counsel to a Special Forces Group Commander, and a Major General commanding an Army Reserve division. He is a graduate of Officer Candidate and Airborne schools at Fort Benning, in addition to the Command and General Staff College. His awards include the Legion of Merit.

Mr. Pell was also a Special Deputy Attorney General with the North Carolina Department of Justice. He represented the State in criminal appellate litigation in State and federal courts, including oral argument before the N.C. Supreme Court. After ten years with the NCDOJ, he went to the N.C. General Assembly as a Staff Attorney. He served as a Committee Counsel for several committees, including the House Homeland Security, Military, and Veterans Affairs Committee, and judiciary committees in both the House and Senate. He also drafted criminal law statutes and provided legal counsel to legislators. From 2000 to 2008, he was an Adjunct Professor of Law at the College of Law, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Mr. Pell has publications in several legal journals and periodicals, including the Florida Bar Journal and the Natural Resources Journal. The War Within is his first novel.