• Reaching BACK has received literary acclaim as an Original Voice of Fiction from BORDERS Bookstores and was highlighted in a National Ad Campaign,
• Black Expressions reviewed it as "A great literary work",
• BET selected Reaching BACK as the giveaway to the BET 8^th Annual Walk of Fame,
• Chosen as Reader’s Choice Best in Fiction in the Atlanta Daily World and BORDERS Celebration of Books. 
• ReBorn "Essence Bestseller"
• In 2006 Nea was the recipient of the Women's Resource Center to End Domestic Violence Champion of Change Award whose books are used as counseling tools at Grady Hospital as part of the NIA PROJECT .  
• In May 2006 she was featured in an NBC spotlight of “Good People”
• Featured on the Anniversary Cover of WRITTEN Magazine .
• Nea gave the keynote speech at the opening of the 13^th Annual conference of the Criminal Justice Coordinating Council to over nine hundred attendees on “A Season of Violence” to an overwhelming audience response that cited her speech as the conference highlight.
• Keynote address to Chayil .
•  A Circle of Sisters .

.      Nominated for Hurston-Wright Legacy Award for ReBORN

Nea, Fulton County DA Paul Howard