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John R. Goodman

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John R. Goodman is an author who turned to full-time writing after a career spent mostly in IT.
He won the Award for Promising Playwright at Ink Festival 2019.
He has also adapted Great Expectations, by Charles Dickens, for the stage.
Death, Dot & Daisy is his first published novel. He is working on another book and another play.
He writes because his family will never let him finish a sentence in normal conversation.
He enjoys acting and directing theatre and wearing hats.

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The Morning That Changed Everything: Owning Your Power Before the World Tries to Name You

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