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Ashli O'Connell

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Historical Fiction, Fiction

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Ashli O’Connell is the author of the debut historical novel Emmaline. A lifelong storyteller, she began writing as a young girl in Utah and later spent more than twenty-five years crafting narratives in journalism, public relations, and marketing. She has an undergraduate degree in journalism and a master’s degree in communication. Ashli now lives in Missouri with her husband and three children.

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Virtual Emmaline Book Club Discussion

Hello! If you've read Emmaline, thank you so much. There is nothing more exciting and satisfying for an author than seeing the story in her head become a book in someone else's hands. I would love to connect with readers who want to discuss the book or participate in a Q&A with me, so I have created a private Facebook group for those who have finished the novel and would enjoy discussing it with m Read more of this blog post »

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Published on June 14, 2026 12:45 • Tags: emmalinenovel

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The Girls Who Went Away: The Hidden History of Women Who Surrendered Children for Adoption in the Decades Before Roe v. Wade

by Ann Fessler

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Ashli O'Connell made a comment in the group Goodreads Librarians Group — Combine Editions topic " Hi! The audiobook edition of Emmaline has been added as a separate work on my author profile rather than as an edition of the existing book. Could you ...more "
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Ashli O'Connell made a comment in the group Goodreads Librarians Group — Combine Book Editions topic " Hello, can you help me combine the paperback and digital editions so that this book only shows up one time in the system and on my page. Thank you, As ...more "
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