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Elizabeth A. Keddy

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Elizabeth Keddy is Massachusetts born and bred. The Way We Touch is her first novel, but she earned her living as a writer over the years, working as a newspaper reporter, a political aide, and a technical writer. Now retired, she volunteers in prison facilitating anti-violence workshops, teaching writing workshops, and tutoring. Her education includes BA in English and Ed.M degrees.
She has previously written The O’Reilly Family: History and Genealogy Chart (1840 to 2009), a pictorial biography of her mother’s family. Elizabeth lives in Massachusetts with her husband John, their Beagle Daisy, and their Maine Coon cat Callie.

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