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Welcome to the worlds of Donovan Noel

I write upmarket coming-of-age stories infused with magical realism.

My novels explore identity, family, and sacrifice.

Across these worlds, characters face loss, navigate fragile bonds,

and seek freedom from the footprints they leave behind.

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"You see, #32 isn’t just a number to us. It’s a shield, a spark, a slice of hope carved out of a world that doesn’t exactly send us birthday cards."

Under Review with
Lamar University Press
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"I paused, felt wind, smelled scents of sea and flowers, bent to feel rugged, silky soil of mother earth and called this home."


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“Mesdames et messieurs,” I project my best announcer voice. “I am Finn the Magnificent and my canine assistant, Baguette.” He jumps and barks on cue. “Today you are in the presence of greatness. Not mine, unfortunately—Baguette’s.”

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I sleep beneath the eyes of statues and broken angels, in a mausoleum older than memory. This cemetery holds the bones of everyone, except the one I need most—Papa.

In progress
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Dogs real magic helps pain vanish, while creating love and the quiet hope that something broken can still belong.

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The Memory Tree
 

A video trailer of Donovan Noel's 

upcoming Christmas novella

COMING NOVEMBER 2025

Miggy's Song:
Time to Let Go
(from The Memory Tree)

 

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The Iconic and the Secret Paris:
An Autumn Journey
Travel Guide

 

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Miggy's SongDonovan Noel Lyrics
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Yves Song: 
A Devotion to Papa

 

from The Orphan of Père Lachaise,

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