Powell is referenced in the Gilmore Girls episode "Help Wanted", in which Rory expresses sadness over her relative obscurity.
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In 1942, Powell published her first commercially successful novel, A Time to Be Born, whose central figure—Amanda Keeler Evans, an egotistical hack writer whose work and media presence are bolstered by the assiduous promotion of her husband, the newspaper magnate Julian Evans—is loosely modelled on Clare Boothe Luce, wife of Henry Luce.
Dawn Powell, a writer from the 20th century lived in Shelby for a period of time.
Colin Powell | William Powell | Dawn French | Dawn of the Dead | Dawn | Anthony Powell | Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell | Michael Powell | Baden Powell | Dick Powell | Robert Baden-Powell | Eleanor Powell | Dawn Fraser | The Voyage of the Dawn Treader | The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader | Robert Powell | Golden Dawn | Red Dawn | Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn | Enoch Powell | Monty Powell | Lewis F. Powell, Jr. | John Wesley Powell | William Powell Frith | Powell River, British Columbia | Powell and Pressburger | Lawrence Clark Powell | Jane Powell | James Powell and Sons | Dawn Shadforth |
Actors, writers and others who rented homes in Mount Sinai included Lionel Barrymore, Dawn Powell, Norman Rosten, and Arthur Miller.