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Colleen Oakley
Colleen Oakley is an Atlanta-based writer. Her articles, essays, and interviews have been featured in The New York Times, Ladies' Home Journal, Marie Claire, Women's Health, Redbook, Parade, and Martha Stewart Weddings. Before she was a freelance writer, Colleen was editor-in-chief of Women's Health & Fitness and senior editor at Marie Claire. Before I Go is her debut novel.
Books by Colleen Oakley
Close Enough to Touch
Published: March 2017
An untraditional, but beautiful love story about the power and possibilities of the human heart, and how two people can touch each other - without ever even touching.
Before I Go
Published: January 2017
There's just one thing more for Daisy to do - find her husband a new wife. A warm-hearted, funny, life-affirming story about the lengths we'll go to for the ones we love.
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